Cease Fire – 1996

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Cease Fire – 1996

1996

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Alioune Blondin Beye, the special U.N. envoy to Angola, reported that the peace process in Angola was badly stalled, with both sides still deployed and engaging each other. “Two years? This is beginning to look like a very long time,” concedes Mr. Beye.1

From 27 June to 4 October, UNAVEM reported 55 ceasefire violations (roughly 18 per month).2

  1. “Angola: U.N. Officials Worry as UNITA Edges Away From Peace,” IPS-Inter Press Service, October 8, 1996.
  2. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1996/827) October 4, 1996.