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Ogata urges ECOMOG forces to stay

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    UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata said an eventual repatriation of refugees to Sierra Leone would depend on the security situation. Summarising her West African visit, a UNHCR spokesman quoted her as saying it was practically impossible to get humanitarian aid to most of the country.

    Yesterday, addressing a news conference in Abidjan at the end of her tour, Ogata said she hoped the West African intervention force, ECOMOG, would stay in Sierra Leone, despite Nigeria’s intention to withdraw its troops. “I hope there are no immediate drastic changes following the election in Nigeria as there is no alternative to peacekeeping forces at present,” she said.

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