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- Geneva Meeting On Liberia
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- US Department of State Dispatch, April 13, 1992
- Geneva Meeting On Liberia
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- <p>Statement by Department Spokesman Margaret Tutwiler,
- Washington, DC, April 8, 1992.
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- <p> The United States commends the ECOWAS (Economic Community of
- West African States) Committee of Five for its firm and clear
- reaffirmation of the Yamoussoukro IV Accords on Liberia, which
- was formulated during informal consultations April 6-7 in
- Geneva. The final communique calls for effective implementation
- without any further delay of the primary objectives of
- Yamoussoukro IV, including encampment, disarmament, and the
- conduct of democratic elections. The parties also clarified
- arrangements for the planned buffer zone along the border with
- Sierra Leone and directed that it be established without further
- delay.
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- <p> The United States fully supports the ECOWAS directive. We
- expect all Liberian parties to honor it scrupulously and to
- respect fully the sense of urgency ECOWAS has attached to
- implementation. We call on all armed factions to disarm and
- encamp and give ECOWAS their utmost cooperation. The United
- States will condemn any action which interferes with peaceful
- establishment of the buffer zone as an urgent priority.
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- <p> ECOWAS has once more demonstrated its resolve to bring about
- a peaceful solution in Liberia. It is time for the Liberian
- people to get on with the process of healing, reconciliation,
- and reunification.
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