UN General Assembly
1993

Are the crimes that are being committed in Angola under Mr. Savimbi’s order not worse than those which the United Nations has attributed to General Aidid or the crimes that it intends to judge in the former Yugoslavia? The murder of medical personnel and patients in hospitals; the hunting down and execution of journalists; family members of Government leaders and dissidents from UNITA, Jonas Savimbi’s organization; the incineration of political adversaries in huge bonfires; the indiscriminate bombardment of cities with long-range guns and missiles; and UNITA’s ties with the forces of apartheid - what does all this mean? Are these not crimes against humanity? The sanctions that the Security Council decreed and which entered into force on 25 September constitute proof of the commitment of the international community to the Angolan conflict. We hope that these signs will be honoured by Mr. Savimbi and his allies so that dialogue can be resumed as soon as possible, on the basis of the Bicesse Accords, the Abidjan Protocol and on fulfilment of paragraphs 6 and 12 of Security Council resolution 851 (1993).