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DATE=6/8/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=NEW CEASE-FIRE IN KISANGANI (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-263300
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan today 
(Thursday) arranged what is expected to be a new 
cease-fire between Rwandan and Ugandan troops in the 
Congolese city of Kisangani.  At the United Nations, 
V-O-A Correspondent Breck Ardery reports the cease-
fire is to be followed by an expansion of the U-N 
observer force in the area.
TEXT:  The deal was arranged in early morning phone 
calls involving Mr. Annan, President Paul Kagame of 
Rwanda, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and U-S 
ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke.  
Mr. Holbrooke was included because he recently led a 
special U-N Security Council mission to Congo.
The agreement says Rwandan troops will withdraw south 
of Kisangani and the Ugandan forces will pull back 
north and east of the city that is the center of 
Congo's diamond trade.  For its part, the United 
Nations agreed to increase the number of military 
observers in the Kisangani area that now number just 
20.
Rwanda and Uganda had been allies in their support for 
the overthrow of Congo's president, Laurent Kabila, 
but have recently been at odds after backing different 
rebel factions.
Ambassador Holbrooke noted that this is the third 
cease-fire in recent weeks in Kisangani and told 
reporters he is tired of the fighting.
            /// Holbrooke Act ///
      We are sick and tired of this lamentable and 
      inexcusable fighting between two countries that 
      are friends, that are allies and are fighting 
      each other on the soil of a third country.  
      There is simply no excuse for it.
            /// End Act ///
Mr. Holbrooke said fighting in Kisangani threatens the 
entire peace process in Congo.  The U-N Security 
Council has authorized an enlarged mission to Congo 
consisting of 55-hundred troops, but they have yet to 
be deployed.   (Signed)
NEB/UN/BA/LSF/JP
08-Jun-2000 14:35 PM EDT (08-Jun-2000 1835 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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