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The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) said on Tuesday that while the Sierra Leonian government had attempted to fulfill its commitments under the Lome Peace Agreement, the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had “still to show an adequate commitment to the provisions of the agreement and to play the part expected of it in this regard”.
In a statement issued at the end of a meeting in London, CMAG urged the RUF to proceed, without further delay, to disarm and demobilise its combatants in accordance with the provisions of the Lome agreement.
CMAG said the rebels should release all prisoners and abducted persons and allow unhindered access to UNAMSIL and humanitarian organisations to the areas under its control. It called on the RUF to cooperate fully in the peace and reconciliation process in order that stability might be restored in the country without “further delay”.
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