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Prisoner Release – 1996

In early February, the Angolan government announced that it had fulfilled its pledge to release hundreds of UNITA prisoners.¹

UNAVEM noted in its April report that substantial “progress has been recorded regarding the release of prisoners. The Government has freed all of the 354 detainees registered with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and by 1 April UNITA had released 157.”²

1. “Security Council Likely to Extend Angola Peace Mission Three Months,” Associated Press, February 6, 1996.
2. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1996/248), April 4, 1996.