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To: ROY SENDELE who wrote (241)	11/28/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: john mcknight	Respond to of 264

Hi all Just lifted this off the Associated Press web site ....heres hoping regards John NOVEMBER 28, 09:16 EST Congo Cease-Fire Reached at Summit By IAN PHILLIPS Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) — The countries at war in Congo agreed today to a cease-fire to help end the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Congo's president, French President Jacques Chirac said. Chirac told reporters at the end of a summit of African leaders in Paris that Uganda, Rwanda and Congo ''had reached a consensus to stop this war.'' It was not immediately clear whether the rebels were a part of the deal. The cease-fire agreement brokered by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was to be signed sometime in December before a meeting of the Organization of African Unity on December 17-18, Chirac said. ''The secretary general has achieved an agreement for the reaffirmation of the commitment to put an end to this absurd and painful war,'' Chirac said. Earlier, Annan presided at a two-hour meeting, including Congolese President Laurent Kabila and the leaders of Uganda and Rwanda, who are supporting rebels waging a four-month insurgency in Congo. The heads of Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso also took part. Chirac said the meeting had been held in a tense but not hostile environments. The purpose of the talks on the sidelines of the summit that focused on security was to try to work out some framework for peace negotiations between the warring parties. The war in Congo dominated the final day of a Paris summit of more than 40 African countries focusing on security concerns and ways to help the troubled continent achieve stability and economic growth. Annan on Friday had urged African leaders — especially those at war in Congo — to renounce violence and accept compromise to achieve peace. Speaking to the summit Friday, Annan said many African conflicts are ''rooted in a culture of intolerance'' and that the Congo conflict poses the continent's greatest challenge. Annan and Chirac spoke at the opening ceremony of the 20th French-African summit confronting the issue of how to tame wars raging across the continent. The focus shifted to Kabila, who sat down with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Pasteur Bizimungu, Rwanda's leader. Kabila's presence in France has been the focus of attention following the decision by Britain's House of Lords rejecting immunity for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. French Prosecutors, responding to complaints by human rights groups, ruled Friday that Kabila could not be pursued for human rights violations because he benefits from customary immunity accorded heads of state in office. At a state dinner Friday night, Kabila was the only African leader Chirac did not publicly greet on the steps of the Elysee Palace. Instead, Chirac welcomed the Congolese leader inside, far from the cameras. home ] us news ] world ] business ] sports ] weather ] search ] help ] Copyright 1998 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed