United Nations Security Council Resolution 1216 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1216 was adopted unanimously on December 21, 1998. After expressing concern at the crisis and humanitarian situation in Guinea-Bissau, the Council called for the immediate establishment of a government of national unity in the National People's Assembly and the holding of elections by the end of March 1999.The civil war was triggered by an attempted coup d' tat against the government of President Jo o Bernardo Vieira led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Man in June 1998. Clashes between government forces, backed by neighbouring states, and the rebels eventually resulted in a peace agreement in November 1998, which provided for a national unity government and new elections in the next year. A subsequent, brief outbreak of fighting in May 1999 ended in Vieira's ouster.