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1. “Members of the Security Council received advance warning of that oncoming catastrophe during an open briefing by Ambassador Hans Dahlgren of Sweden on his visit to the country as the Chairman of the Sierra Leone sanctions committee. Let us hope that this time around the open briefing of the members of the Security Council will be followed by a peace offensive, by renewed efforts of the international community and key actors on the ground to ensure the successful completion of the peace process in Sierra Leone.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

2. “The Government of National Unity has been established. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has provisionally registered itself as a political party. And recently there has been an increase in the number of ex-combatants registering for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme. Moreover, the first elements of the United Nations peacekeeping force are already on the ground. It is therefore to be hoped that the current period does indeed represent a critical watershed in the peace process that will usher Sierra Leone into a period of reconstruction, rehabilitation and reconciliation. The last thing that Sierra Leone needs at this juncture is a repeat of the events of December last year, when the rebel forces launched an offensive and plunged the country into chaos.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

3. “According to paragraph 20 of the Secretary-General's report, these attacks have involved rape, abduction, harassment and looting. Such behaviour by former rebel elements is unacceptable. Many compromises were necessary to sign the peace accords in Lome; one was the blanket amnesty provision for war crimes, which is, of course, difficult to reconcile with the goal of ending the culture of impunity. It is therefore imperative that the former rebel leaders, especially Mr. Foday Sankoh, prevent any further excesses on the part of their followers and ensure that all the provisions of the Lome Peace Agreement are respected in full. In the concluding part of his briefing, the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Bernard Miyet, emphasized that, despite all the difficulties, there was reason for cautious optimism about the peace process in Sierra Leone.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

4. “In November, members of the Security Council twice expressed their concern about a volatile security situation in Sierra Leone. In all the statements to the press by the President of the Security Council, members of the Council noted the violations of the Lome Peace Agreement and the consequent humanitarian suffering of the people of Sierra Leone. The disquieting nature of the Secretary-General's first report on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) is therefore not surprising. It is clear that, despite some progress on the ground, the military and human rights situation in Sierra Leone has deteriorated markedly in recent weeks. Slovenia is especially disturbed by the escalation of attacks on civilians by former rebel elements.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source