UN General Assembly
2000

That is why it has just asked the Secretary-General to send to Burundi a team of experts in criminal law to inquire freely into the existence or nonexistence of political prisoners in Burundi. It is no longer possible to deal with this question outside of the peace agreement unless one wants to imperil the entire peace process. The Government and the people of Burundi were very grateful for the opportunity they had to explain to the Facilitator during his two visits to Burundi how delicate the problem was. Burundians suffer enormously from war; they want finally to breathe the air of peace. Deadly, wanton ambushes against people travelling on the roads, attacks on innocent people in the hills and in the displaced persons camps, theft of livestock, destruction of houses, crops, social infrastructure and so on — all of this must stop so that, finally, our country can regain its peace and tranquillity. Setting conditions to halt violence is cruel, and the international community must condemn this attitude and those responsible for it. Given the