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Article: Annan disturbed over abduction of UN peacekeepers in eastern DRC
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 20, 2003
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Annan disturbed over abduction of UN peacekeepers in eastern DRC
UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-
General Kofi Annan said Friday that he was "deeply disturbed" by the
overnight abduction of two UN military observers in the eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
In a statement issued through his spokesman, Annan urged all
warring parties in eastern DRC and beyond to cooperate "
unconditionally" in the release of the missing UN peacekeepers.
He also called on the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy-
Liberation Movement and its rival, the Congolese Rally for Democracy,
to cease hostilities in the eastern DRC in line with a truce accord
they signed Thursday ...