SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH REPORTS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND SUDANESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT/ARMY
Press Release
SG/SM/6994
AFR/142
SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH REPORTS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND SUDANESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT/ARMY
19990517 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General is deeply concerned with reports of fighting and skirmishes, including bombings, between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/Army in the Bahr-el-Gazal region, particularly its potential impact on humanitarian operations in the area.
United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations have continued to assist thousands of victims of severe famine in southern Sudan thanks to a humanitarian ceasefire in Bahr-el-Gazal agreed to by both the Government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/Army. The Secretary- General calls on both parties to respect fully the ceasefire agreed to and ensure the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance to extremely vulnerable populations in the region.
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