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<title>
Geneva Meeting On Liberia
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US Department of State Dispatch, April 13, 1992
Geneva Meeting On Liberia
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<p>Statement by Department Spokesman Margaret Tutwiler,
Washington, DC, April 8, 1992.
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<p> The United States commends the ECOWAS (Economic Community of
West African States) Committee of Five for its firm and clear
reaffirmation of the Yamoussoukro IV Accords on Liberia, which
was formulated during informal consultations April 6-7 in
Geneva. The final communique calls for effective implementation
without any further delay of the primary objectives of
Yamoussoukro IV, including encampment, disarmament, and the
conduct of democratic elections. The parties also clarified
arrangements for the planned buffer zone along the border with
Sierra Leone and directed that it be established without further
delay.
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<p> The United States fully supports the ECOWAS directive. We
expect all Liberian parties to honor it scrupulously and to
respect fully the sense of urgency ECOWAS has attached to
implementation. We call on all armed factions to disarm and
encamp and give ECOWAS their utmost cooperation. The United
States will condemn any action which interferes with peaceful
establishment of the buffer zone as an urgent priority.
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<p> ECOWAS has once more demonstrated its resolve to bring about
a peaceful solution in Liberia. It is time for the Liberian
people to get on with the process of healing, reconciliation,
and reunification.
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