DATE=6/16/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=SECURITY COUNCIL/ CONGO RESOLUTION (L-O)
NUMBER=2-263566
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: The United Nations Security Council has
unanimously passed a resolution demanding Rwanda and
Uganda withdraw their troops immediately and
completely from Kisangani, the diamond center in the
north of Congo-Kinshasa that was the recent scene of
fierce fighting. Correspondent Barbara Schoetzau
reports from the United Nations.
TEXT: The French-sponsored resolution also demands
the immediate withdrawal of the Congolese armed
opposition and other armed groups from Kisangani and
expresses outrage at the recent fighting in the area.
The resolution further demands that Rwandan and
Ugandan forces pull out of the rest of Congo-Kinshasa
without further delay to be reciprocated by the
withdrawal of other parties in accordance with the
timetable set up by the July 1999 Lusaka cease fire.
The resolution caps two days of meetings between U-N
officials and the political committee set up by the
Lusaka agreement to oversee the implementation of the
cease fire in Congo-Kinshasa.
British Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock says the
resolution puts the Lusaka accord back on track.
////GREENSTOCK ACT ////
We are fed up to the back teeth with parties who
say they are going to implement agreements and
are not doing so. That was conveyed with the
political committee of the Lusaka agreement. The
resolution condemns the Ugandans and Rwandans
for doing so much damage in Kisangani in their
own internecine struggle. But it actually, as a
text, brings the Lusaka agreement back up front
in terms of implementation.
//// END ACT ////
The resolution expresses the view that the governments
of Rwanda and Uganda should make "reparations for the
loss of life and property damage they have inflicted
on the civilian population of Kisangani." The
reparations would be based on a damage assessment
established by the Secretary General.
The Security Council, through the resolution, also
expresses "deep concern" at Congo-Kinshasa's lack of
cooperation with the facilitator appointed by the
Organization of African Unity for the national
dialogue.
The resolution expresses the Security Council's
"readiness" to consider measures aimed at achieving
implementation of the resolution. The measures are not
specified, but it is widely assumed that the Security
Council is considering economic sanctions. (Signed)
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16-Jun-2000 20:54 PM EDT (17-Jun-2000 0054 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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