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DATE=7/12/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251682
TITLE=U-N / CONGO REBELS (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IS (MONDAY) CALLING 
ON RWANDA AND UGANDA TO STEP UP PRESSURE ON REBEL MOVEMENTS IN 
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TO SIGN A CEASE-FIRE 
AGREEMENT.  MORE FROM OUR U-N CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON.
TEXT:  AFTER RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE SITUATION IN CONGO, THE 
U-N SECURITY COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT WELCOMING THE SIGNING OF 
A CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT BY SOME PARTIES IN THAT COUNTRY'S 
CONFLICT.  BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY ARE DISMAYED THAT LEADERS
OF CONGO'S REBEL MOVEMENTS DID NOT SIGN THE AGREEMENT.  THEY SAY 
REBEL PARTICIPATION IN THE AGREEMENT IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY OF
BRINGING ABOUT NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND LASTING PEACE.
THE STATEMENT WAS READ ALOUD BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AGAM HASMY OF 
MALAYSIA:
                        /// HASMY ACT ///
         THEY EMPHASIZED THAT EARNEST EFFORTS TO FIND A PEACEFUL 
         SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 
         THE CONGO SHOULD NOT BE HELD HOSTAGE TO THE INTERNAL 
         DIVISION AMONG THE REBELS.  IN THIS REGARD, THEY CALLED 
         UPON THE GOVERNMENTS OF RWANDA AND UGANDA AND OTHER 
         GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE INFLUENCE, TO MAKE ALL THE 
         NECESSARY EFFORTS SO THAT THE REBEL MOVEMENTS SIGN THIS 
         AGREEMENT AND ALSO FOR THE REBEL MOVEMENTS TO ABIDE BY 
         THE CEASE-FIRE PENDING THEIR SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT.
                         /// END ACT ///
DIPLOMATS SAY RWANDA AND UGANDA HAVE BEEN KEY SUPPORTERS OF THE 
REBEL MOVEMENTS IN CONGO, AND THAT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT COMES AMID PLANNING BY THE UNITED 
NATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF A PEACEKEEPING FORCE FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.  THE STATEMENT DOES NOT 
SPECIFICALLY MENTION THAT PLAN, BUT DOES SAY THE COUNCIL IS READY
TO CONSIDER CONCRETE ACTION FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS.  U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL NOT SEND A PEACEKEEPING 
FORCE TO THE COUNTRY UNTIL A CEASE-FIRE AND PEACE PLAN HAVE BEEN 
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.
ON SATURDAY, THE LEADERS OF CONGO, RWANDA, ZIMBABWE, AND NAMIBIA 
AND THE DEFENSE MINISTER OF ANGOLA, SIGNED THE CEASE-FIRE 
AGREEMENT AT A MEETING IN LUSAKA.  INTERNAL DIVISIONS ARE 
REPORTED TO HAVE PREVENTED REBEL REPRESENTATIVES FROM SIGNING THE
DOCUMENT.  (SIGNED)
NEB/MR/TVM/PT
12-Jul-99 4:38 PM EDT (2038 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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