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Article: Burundi.(includes related article on human rights)(violence disrupts projects for refugees)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Concerned about the impasse in negotiations on Burundi, the Security Council on 11 December 1997 stressed the importance of the role of the United Nations in promoting peace in the country. Speaking on behalf of the members, Council President Fernando Berrocal Soto of Costa Pica expressed continued concern for the deteriorating humanitarian situation within the country and the increasing tensions between Burundi and the United Republic of Tanzania.
The continuing spiral of violence in Burundi and Rwanda was affecting humanitarian operations in both countries, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). On 20 January, ...