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DATE=4/18/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N-UNITA SANCTIONS (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-261490
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  The United Nations Security Council today 
(Tuesday) has approved a resolution designed to put 
pressure on governments that violate sanctions against 
UNITA, the rebel group in Angola. V-O-A Correspondent 
Breck Ardery reports from the United Nations.   
TEXT:  The Council resolution establishes a group of 
five experts who will monitor international compliance 
with the sanctions against UNITA. The group will 
report its findings in November at which time the 
Council will take what the resolution calls 
"appropriate" action against sanctions violators.
UNITA has been fighting a guerilla war against the 
legitimately-elected government of Angola for more 
than eight years and the United Nations has been using 
sanctions in an effort to end UNITA's armed 
insurgency. Canada's ambassador Robert Fowler, who 
heads the Angola Sanctions Committee, says the 
resolution will make it clear that the Security 
Council is quite serious about enforcing sanctions 
against UNITA.
            ///Fowler act///
      This resolution stipulates that the Council will 
      not continue to stand idl by while its 
      decisions are flouted.

            ///end act///
American ambassador Richard Holbrooke says the 
resolution should send a message to UNITA leader Jonas 
Savimbi.
            ///Holbrooke act///
      Mr. Savimbi should read the writing on the wall 
      (understand what is going on) here in this 
      meeting today. The noose is closing on him. He 
      should take action on his own to stop the pain 
      and suffering he is causing to the people of 
      Angola. If he does not, he will lose anyway but 
      at much greater cost to the people of Angola and 
      to himself.
            ///end act///
The resolution does not n5e countries or individuals 
suspected of violating sanctions against UNITA but a 
recent U-N report did name the leaders of Burkina Faso 
and Togo. The report also cited the governments of 
Belgium, Bulgaria and Rwanda for alleged lax 
enforcement against sanctions violators.
The resolution is vague about what penalty might be 
imposed this November on sanctions violaors. There 
has been speculation it ght mean sanctions against 
sanctions violators. But diplomats say it ould 
pobably be difficult fr te Cuncil t~o reach 
conensus o the dea of imposing what wold amount to 
secondary sanctions. (Signed 
NEBBA/LFENE/PT
18-Apr2000 
Source: Voice of America
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