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DATE=1/26/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N CONGO STATEMENT (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-258461
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  The United Nations Security Council today 
(Wednesday) issued a statement calling for full 
implementation of the cease-fire agreement in Congo-
Kinshasa and promising quick action on a plan to 
increase the U-N presence in that troubled central 
African nation. VOA Correspondent Breck Ardery reports 
from the United Nations.
TEXT:  In a public meeting of the Security Council, U-
S ambassador Richard Holbrooke, this month's president 
of the Council, called on all parties to the Lusaka 
cease-fire agreement on Congo to fully implement that 
accord. Reading a statement endorsed by all 15 members 
of the Security Council, Mr. Holbrooke reiterated U-N 
demands for the immediate cessation of hostilities and 
the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Congo.
Mr. Holbrooke went on to express the Council's 
willingness to expand the U-N mission in Congo in 
accordance with a recent recommendation from U-N 
Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
            ///Holbrooke act///
      It (the Council) expresses its intention to act 
      promptly on this basis. It expresses its 
      intention to consider, at the appropriate time, 
      preparations for an additional phase of U-N 
      deployment and further action.
            ///end act///
Secretary-General Annan has recommended the Security 
Council authorize the deployment of five thousand 
troops to protect unarmed U-N military observers in 
Congo. Diplomats say that would set the stage for a 
possible full-scale international peacekeeping mission 
there involving additional U-N troops.
The Security Council statement on Congo came after two 
days of intense U-N focus on the conflict there. On 
Monday, The Council held a day-long debate on Congo 
which included seven African heads of state who are 
directly or indirectly involved there. All of those 
presidents called for an immediate dispatch of U-N 
troops to Congo. The United States, although 
supporting the idea of peacekeepers, wants to make 
sure their mission is clearly defined and adequately 
supported.(Signed)
NEB/UN/BA/LSF/PT 
26-Jan-2000 15:00 PM EDT (26-Jan-2000 2000 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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