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Leaders Impose Sanctions On Rebels

The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
June 9, 2004
Posted to the web June 9, 2004

By Ignatius Ssuuna
Kampala
A Great Lakes Heads of State Summit on Burundi, has imposed movement
restrictions on the leaders and members of the Palipehutu-FNL rebel group.
This is to strengthen the appeal to them to join their country's transitional
government.
This was in a communique issued at the end of a one-day summit in Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania on Saturday.
The Palipehutu-FNL is the only rebel group that has persistently refused to
adhere to the Arusha Agreement of 2000 that warring factions in Burundi signed
to end bloodletting in their country, form a transitional government and
prepare for elections.
This was in a meeting chaired by President Yoweri Museveni as the chairman of
the Great Lakes initiative on Burundi, and was attended by leaders; Benjamin
Mkapa of Tanzania, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia, Paul
Kagame of Rwanda and the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Mozambique Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Leonardo Simao and Kenya Internal
Security Minister Chris Marungaru represented their respective countries.
In addition to the travel restrictions, the summit resolved also to support the
transitional government and its armed forces to deal decisively with the
security problem posed by Paiipehutu-FNL." The summit gave Palipehutu-FNL
another 3 months grace period to join the Burundi peace process.
The summit called on the United Nations and the African Union during the 3
months to study the FNL actions and advise on whether they do not violate
international provisions on terrorism and other crimes.

   

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