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135750

MOHIAN 9592

FM BON COREU

TO ALL COREU IMMEDIATE DESKBY 29110OZ

CPE PRES' BON 166

26-02-88, 0951 HRS L.T.

DIFFUSION RESTREINTE

--PART TWO OF TWO (CPE' BON 165).

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THEY CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA TO INITIATE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE WITH THE GENUINE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE. THE PREREQUISI- TES OF THIS SHOULD INCLUDE THE LIFTING OF THE STATE OF EMRGENCY, THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE UNBANNING OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES THE MINISTERS VIGOROUS- LY CONDEMNED THE RECENT POLITICAL SUPPRESSION OF SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS. THEY URGED THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERN- MENT MOST STRONGLY TO REPEAL THE IMPOSED MEASURES WITHOUT DELAY. THE MINISTERS FURTHER CONDEMNED ALL AGGRESSIVE AND DESTABILIZING ACTIVITIES ON THE PART OF SOUTH AFRICA AGAINST ITS NEIGHBOURS IN THE REGION AND CALLED FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF REGIONAL PROBLEMS BY PEACEFUL MEANS. THE MINISTERS CALLED

FOR AN IMMEDIATE INDEPENDANCE OF NAMIBIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH UN RESOLUTIONS 435.

11. CENTRAL AMERICA

THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED THE SITUATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE REGION. CONVINCED THAT THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE EFFORTS FOR ACHIEVING PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA BY POLITICAL MEANS AND FOR STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY IN THE REGION, THEY URGED THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO FULFILL ALL THEIR COMMITMENTS UNDER THE ESQUIPULAS ROEM2 AGREEMENT. THEY ALSO APPEALED TO COUNTRIES WITH LINKS AND INTERESTS IN THE REGION TO LEND CONSTRUCTIVE SUPPORT TO THE PEACE EFFORTS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ACHIEVING PEACE IN CENTRAL

AMERICA.

12. NARCOTICS

DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE CONSTITUTE AN INCREASING THREAT

TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY. THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR RESOLVE TO UNITE

THEIR COUNTRIES' FORCES TO FIGHT THIS SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL THREAT. THEY SHARED THE VIEW (WELCOMED THE FACT) THAT THE

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT

TRAFFICKING IN JUNE 1987 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT

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