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DATE=3/14/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N ANGOLA SANCTIONS PREVIEW (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-260190
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  A contentious session of the United Nations 
Security Council is expected Wednesday, when the 
Council formally receives a report on sanctions 
against UNITA, the rebel group in Angola.  V-O-A 
Correspondent Breck Ardery reports from the United 
Nations.
TEXT:  The report says Security Council sanctions 
against UNITA have been violated, both in financing 
and supplying the rebel group which has been waging a 
guerilla war in Angola for more than 20 years.  The 
report was prepared by the U-N Angola Sanctions 
Committee, chaired by Canadian Ambassador Robert 
Fowler.
The report says some Eastern European nations have 
been violating arms sanctions against UNITA, and 
singles out Bulgaria by name.  The report says UNITA 
has raised money for weapons through the illegal sale 
of diamonds, and it is highly critical of the diamond 
exchange in Belgium for not enforcing the sanctions.  
The report also alleges UNITA used proceeds from 
diamond sales to buy favors from the leaders of 
Burkina Faso and Togo.  Several other countries are 
also cited as less than vigilant in observing 
sanctions against UNITA.
U-N Security Council President Anwarul Karim Chowdhury 
of Bangladesh told reporters that Security Council 
rule 37, which allows non-members of the Council to 
speak, will be in effect at the session on Angola.
                 /// CHOWDHURY ACT ///
      We will have an opportunity, under rule 37, to 
      [hear from] the member states who have been 
      referred to in the report of the sanctions 
      committee, and to which they might like to 
      respond.
                    /// END ACT ///
Countries named in the report have already said 
allegations about them are either untrue or grossly 
misleading.
U-N spokesman Fred Eckhard says he does not know if 
this is the first time a Security Council committee 
report has made allegations of wrongdoing against 
heads of state, but Mr. Eckhard does say it is 
"unusual."   (Signed)
NEB/UN/BA/LSF/ENE/WTW
14-Mar-2000 17:15 PM EDT (14-Mar-2000 2215 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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