Guineans soldiers are meanwhile harassing civilians with gunboat patrols within the territorial boundary of Sierra Leone with Guinea. They loot property and generally intimidate these civilians, especially around the Penguya area, as they go to their farms. They have received no supply of food, drugs or any item relating to the DDR programme. We wish to bring to the attention of this Meeting the there are still checkpoints manned by CDF and SLA personnel in various areas of the Provinces. I invite you to drive from Freetown to Kenema right now to prove the worth of this statement.
Fresh violations continue to occur on an almost daily basis as described under the points above.
The RUFP still notes political maneuvering by the United Nations on the correct and practical interpretation of the spirit and letter of the Lome Peace Agreement. The RUFP notes a partial, racial view being taken by the United Nations with regards the problem of Sierra Leone which do not effect the interests of the People of Sierra Leone, their basic needs and problems. The RUFP remains fully committed to the sincere, positive, correct and practical implementation of the Lome Peace Agreement according to its spirit and letter and hopes that by the end of this meeting, all issues identified of paramount importance to the RUFP in documentation presented so far, will to a large extent be treated accordingly, in a fair and proper manner.