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Secretary-General


SG/SM/6204
14 April 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6204
AFR/2


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR CEASE-FIRE, SUSTAINED TALKS ON ZAIRE'S FUTURE

19970414 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

While I am pleased that the parties to the conflict in Zaire have accepted the five-point peace plan endorsed by the Security Council, I am concerned that its implementation has not yet begun in earnest. There is no firm cease-fire.