Cease Fire – 1997

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Cease Fire – 1997

1997

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In November, the UN mission in Angola reported that “ceasefire violations by both the former UNITA rebel group and government forces have escalated in the past month.” MINUA reported that over roughly a two week span, 30 ceasefire violations took place, with 14 in the previous week.1

As an indicator of escalating conditions on the ground, the UN mission issued a statement asking the government to “renounce any idea of unleashing a military offensive against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).”2

MONUA military and civilian police observers, particularly in UNITA-controlled areas, were prevented from carrying out their patrols on several occasions and were even harassed and physically attacked.3

  1. “UN Says Ceasefire Violations on the Rise in Angola,” Agence France Presse, November 5, 1997.
  2. Ibid.
  3. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA),” U.N. Security Council (S/1997/959), December 4, 1997.