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SG/SM/6135

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER RENEWED FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU

20 December 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/6135


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER RENEWED FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU

19961220 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General has been following with deep concern the renewed fighting in Mogadishu since last week which has claimed the lives of well over 100 people. The Secretary-General considers the renewed fighting particularly worrying, as it could deal a fatal blow to the recent agreement signed in Nairobi by the three Somali leaders based in Mogadishu, under the mediation of President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, and to hopes for a reinvigoration of the peace process in Somalia. The Secretary-General calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and urges the Somali leaders to demonstrate political wisdom and patriotism and to desist from all actions which serve to undermine the positive contributions to peacemaking coming from within the region.

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