SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING SIERRA LEONE

14 April 1999

Press Release
SC/6666

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING SIERRA LEONE

19990414 The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone has decided that it will consider favourably a request from the Government of Sierra Leone, Member State or any other appropriate source, to authorize the leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Corporal Foday Sayabana Sankoh, and other specified RUF members, to travel outside Sierra Leone, for planned talks in order to facilitate the peace process in Sierra Leone.

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