The Joint Commission (J.C.) met on 27 February at 1630 to discuss the remaining tasks of the Lusaka Protocol, namely the normalization of State administration and demobilization “in situ”. The J.C. also analyzed the report of the Lumbala N’Guimbo and Cazombo incidents.

Le Representant special du Secretaire general de l’ONU en Angola, Me Alioune Blondin Beye, a quitte le 28 febrier dernier l’Allemagne pour Abidjan ou il subira une ultime consultation. Le RSSG rejoindra Luanda dans les prochain jours.

Yesterday the Joint Commission determined that UNITA is in a position to make a declaration on the status of its demobilization. During a meeting which lasted many hours, the Joint Commission dclared that as of the 27th of February, out of the 7,877 registered UNITA residual soldiers, 5,857 have been demobolized. The remaining ones will be demobolized in the framework of the so-called Open File Mechanism.

Le President de la Republique, Jose Eduardo dos Santos a recu lundi le Representant special du Secretaire general de l’ONU en Angola, M. Behrooz Sadry et les membres de la troika d’observatuers du prcessus de paix, notamment les ambassadeurs des Etas-Unis, de la Russie et du Portugal avec lesquels il a aborde les derniers developpements de la mise en eouvre du Protocole de Lusaka.

The Deputy UN SRSG in Angola, Behrooz Sadry, affirmed yesterday in Luanda that the peace process may come to a positive conclusion in the days to come. Mr. Sadry made the comment during a consultative meeting between the delegations of the Government, UNITA and the Mediation. After having had a meeting with UNITA’s leadership in Andulo on Monday, he said that there are positive prospects concerning to the end of the process.