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To: Confluence who wrote (3612)	6/9/1999 5:05:00 AM
From: Gord Bolton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7235

Tighter sanctions on Unita urged JEROME HULE, New York \| Wednesday 10.00am. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE chairman of the United Nations sanctions committee on Angola's rebel Unita movement, Robert Fowler of Canada, has recommended measures he says would ensure greater effectiveness of the restrictions. He told reporters in New York on Monday, on his return from an 18-day mission to southern and central Africa, that the crisis in Angola has reached a point demanding a new approach. In his report to the UN Security Council earlier, Fowler, Canada's permanent representative to the UN, made 14 recommendations aimed at curtailing the ability of Unita to make war. One of these called for sanctions monitors to be sent to surrounding countries and for the enhancement of air surveillance by neighbouring countries. He also recommended that countries with significance intelligence outreach be encouraged to work on boosting the sanctions. During his visit to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Angola, the Canadian diplomat said he encouraged governments to adopt legislative measures for penalising those found to be violating UN sanctions against Unita. Even given the best intentions, it will take a while for regional countries to pass such legislation. The UN Security Council has over the years imposed sanctions on Unita, including an embargo on arms and trade in diamonds, a ban on the movement of Unita officials and a freeze of the financial assets of the rebel movement headed by Jonas Savimbi. Fowler said he had met with diamond companies, including De Beers of South Africa, and they gave their whole-hearted support to the idea of ensuring that Unita's trade in diamond is cut off. The ambassador intends to visit diamond exchanges in Europe in July to enlist their support. The Canadian diplomat said his trip to southern and central Africa had acquainted him with the difficulties countries there have in enforcing UN sanctions against Unita. For instance, he said, most of the countries do not have the capacity to properly monitor their air space. In this regard, he said, assistance would have to be sought from countries that have the capacity for airspace monitoring. Fowler said his recommendations are to be thoroughly looked into by two panels that have been authorised to investigate the violations on sanctions against Unita and make recommendations on how they can be made more effective. -- PANA mg.co.za