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War crimes ambassador to visit

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    The Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues at the US State Department is travelling to Sierra Leone on Saturday to promote reconciliation and accountability for violations of humanitarian law, according to a news release.

    David Scheffer aims to focus attention on the atrocities that have occurred since the signing of the Lome Peace Accord in July 1999. He plans to meet with government and rebel leaders as well as with victims of atrocities, the news release said.

    Scheffer is travelling to Sierra Leone from Arusha in Tanzania, where he met with senior officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. On 23 February he will go to Geneva to meet with senior officials from UNHCR.

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