SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS "OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL" ACTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE
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SG/SM/7377
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE
20000502The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by recent incidents in Sierra Leone, during which fighters belonging to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) have physically obstructed the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration process, detained civilian and military personnel of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and attacked UNAMSIL troops at Makeni and Magburaka. The Secretary-General condemns these outrageous and criminal acts against United Nations peacekeepers and calls upon the leadership of the RUF, in particular Foday Sankoh, to cease these acts immediately and to cooperate in good faith in the implementation of the commitment which he freely entered into under the Lomé Peace Agreement.
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