SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF SUDAN CEASEFIRE
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF SUDAN CEASEFIRE
19991014The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Government of the Sudan, on 12 October, to extend the ceasefire, which was due to expire on 15 October, for an additional three months. He also welcomes the announcement by the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement/Sudan Peoples Liberation Army yesterday to continue the humanitarian ceasefire in Bahr el Ghazal, Western Upper Nile and Central Upper Nile for the same period.
He urges the parties to the conflict to redouble their efforts to secure a comprehensive and lasting peace, in the context of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Authority on Development discussions.
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