UN Security Council
1996

UNITED NATIONS S Security Council Distr. GENERAL S/RES/1072 (1996) 30 August 1996 RESOLUTION 1072 (1996) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3695th meeting, on 30 August 1996 The Security Council, Reaffirming all its previous resolutions and statements by its President on the situation in Burundi, Recalling the statement by its President of 24 July 1996 (S/PRST/1996/31) in which the Council strongly condemned any attempt to overthrow the legitimate Government of Burundi by force or coup d’état, and recalling also the statement by its President of 29 July 1996 (S/PRST/1996/32) in which the Council condemned the actions that led to the overthrow of constitutional order in Burundi, Deeply concerned at the continued deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation in Burundi that has been characterized in the last years by killings, massacres, torture and arbitrary detention, and at the threat that this poses to the peace and security of the Great Lakes Region as a whole, Reiterating its appeal to all parties in Burundi to defuse the present crisis and to demonstrate the necessary cohesion, unity and political will to