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The UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hedi Annabi, on Thursday briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Sierra Leone.
The UN Department of Public Information said the closed-door meeting took place less than a week after reports of hostile actions by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, in particular the obstruction of Sierra Leone's UN-backed disarmament programme.
On Saturday 22 April, RUF rebels made UN military observers dismantle a reception centre for combatants in Magburaka area in northern Sierra Leone. A UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) official told IRIN the rebels "said their leader had not told them that a centre was to be erected in that area".
Members of the Council asked Annabi to convey their concern about such incidents to the parties, especially the RUF, Council President Robert Fowler of Canada told the press. He said the council would be discussing the matter again shortly when the Secretary-General's report on UN activities in Sierra Leone is issued.
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