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States to conclude their agreement on a moratorium on the importing, exporting and manufacture of light
weapons;
9. Welcomes the restoration of democracy in Nigeria and the commitment of the present Nigerian
Government to transparency and good governance;
10. Also welcomes the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and
the Revolutionary United Front,9 in Lomé on 7 July 1999, calls upon the respective parties to implement the
agreement fully, commends in this regard the President of Togo and the Economic Community of West
African States, together with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone and all
those involved in facilitating the negotiations in Lomé, on their contribution to this achievement, and welcomes
the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999 on the establishment of
the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone;
11. Further welcomes the decision taken by the Government of Liberia to destroy arms and ammunition
collected during the disarmament exercise and the completion in Liberia in October of 1999 of the weapons
destruction programme, an important step in the fight against the proliferation of arms, which would promote
peace, confidence and cooperation in the region;
12. Welcomes the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo,10 in Lusaka on 10 July 1999, and the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1258 (1999)
of 6 August 1999, commends in that context the Organization of African Unity and the Southern African
Development Community and, in particular, the President of Zambia, for their efforts to find a peaceful
settlement to the conflict, and also commends the Secretary-General, the Special Envoy of the SecretaryGeneral for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Representative of the SecretaryGeneral to the Great Lakes Region and all those who contributed to the peace process;
13. Calls for the full implementation of the Lus aka Ceasefire Agreement, urges all the parties in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to engage in a process of political dialogue and negotiation without delay,
and calls upon the international community to extend the necessary support to the Organization of African
Unity, the United Nations and the Joint Military Commission to enable them to carry out their mandate without
further delay;
14. Reaffirms the importance for Member States to contribute by all means at their disposal to an
effective and lasting peace in Angola, and in that context reiterates that the primary cause of the present
situation in Angola is the failure of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola under the
9
Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year, Supplement for July, August and
September 1999, document S/1999/777, annex.
10
Ibid., document S/1999/815, annex.
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