The United Nations Security Council meeting on 11 December confirmed the planned withdrawal of its peacekeeping force from Angola, despite the continued threat to peace from UNITA’s substantial clandestine army.
The Security Council decided that the peacekeeping force in Angola, UNAVEM III, should begin closing down its operation in February 1997. Threats of sanctions against UNITA (see APM no.2 vol III) were dropped, despite the acknowledgement that UNITA have not handed over all their arms, and that over 15,000 troops have deserted from UNITA’s quartering areas (possibly to join UNITA forces left unregistered).
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Development Workshop Angola