A/RES/50/159
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Welcoming the establishment, by Security Council resolution 1012 (1995)
of 28 August 1995, of the International Commission of Inquiry in Burundi, as
mandated in paragraph 1 of that resolution,
Welcoming also the Declaration adopted at Cairo on 29 November 1995 by
the heads of State of the Great Lakes region 5/ with the assistance of
President Jimmy Carter, President Julius Nyerere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
1.
Congratulates the political parties of the Mouvance présidentielle
and of the Burundian opposition on the outcome of their dialogue and their
concerted action, which led to the formation of a coalition Government
representing the different shades of opinion;
2.
Calls upon all the guarantors of the Convention on Governance to
ensure its full and impartial implementation for the benefit of all;
3.
Again encourages all the parties to that Convention and its
additional protocols to abide strictly by them;
4.
Urges all political parties, military leaders, the media and civil
society to dissociate themselves from extremist forces, to reject all
extremism and all ethnic or political fanaticism, to settle disputes through
negotiation and dialogue and to unite in order to bring about national
reconciliation and respect for human rights;
5.
Expresses its conviction concerning the need to increase
preventive action in Burundi without delay, in particular through the presence
of human rights experts and through human rights training programmes, in full
cooperation with the Government of Burundi;
6.
Strongly urges all the people of Burundi to cooperate with the
coalition Government and with the security forces to promote national
reconciliation and to fight all forms of extremism, in particular by armed
terrorist groups and armed militias;
7.
Condemns all those from within or outside the country who are
attacking innocent populations, arming extremists, heedlessly violating human
rights and seriously undermining national peace and security;
8.
Calls upon all parties to create the conditions for the return of
refugees and internally displaced persons;
9.
Also condemns the militia attack on the Organization of African
Unity Mission in Burundi which took place on 14 June 1995 in the province of
Cibitoke and resulted in the death of a military observer of that
organization;
10.
Endorses resolution CM/Res.1582 (LXII) on Burundi, adopted by the
Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its sixty-second
ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 21 to 23 June 1995; 6/
5/
S/1995/1001, annex.
6/
See A/50/647, annex I.
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