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Peace agreement would need periodic reviews

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    If a peace agreement is signed in Lome its provisions should be reviewed regularly, John Hirsch, Vice President of the International Peace Academy (IPA) said on Sunday in an interview on local radio in Freetown.

    Hirsch said one of the problems with the Abidjan Accord, signed in November 1996 by President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and rebel leader Foday Sankoh, was that no written commitment was made to review its implementation once it was signed. Hirsch was US ambassador to Sierra Leone at the time.

    Hirsch said such reviews should include representatives from regional and non-regional states and would help put the "international spotlight on the regional actors".

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