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Cease Fire – 2004

No violations of the ceasefire reported in 2004. Military operations had ceased throughout the country aside from some violence between the government and the FNL.¹ There was an allegation from Palipehutu-FNL, who did not sign ceasefire accord of ceasefire, of the violation of ceasefire from Forces for the Defense of Burundi and former Hutu rebels.² On 21 May 2004, the Security Council adopted recommendations of the Secretary General by adopting a resolution 1545 (2004). In its resolution, the Security Council established the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONBU) and authorized 5,650 military personnel, 200 military observers, 125 headquarters and staff officers. And as of 1 June 2004, the African Mission in Burundi troops from Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa, and 29 military observers from Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mali, Togo and Tunisia became ONBU troops. As of November 2004, there were 5,259 ONBU troops deployed in Burundi.³

1. “Secretary General’s Report to the Security Council,” United Nations Security Council (S/2004/210), March 16, 2004.
2. “Last Burundi rebels accuse army of breaking UN ceasefire accord,” Agence France Presse, August 2, 2004.
3. “Secretary General’s Report to the Security Council,” United Nations Security Council (S/2004/902), November 15, 2004; “Burundi; UN Mission Replaces Sections of South African Peacekeepers,” Africa News, October 25, 2004.