Като чета доклада (правилно се е усетил Чавдар, шефа на комисията е канадец) излиза, че основните обвиняеми са били Русия, Украйна, Белорусия и Белорусия. Само че първите две са се направили на утрепани и са казали "А, няма такова нещо!", докато нашите хдраво са се изложили, хем са продавали, хем са си признали. Че коя държава на света си признава доброволно когато е сгафила?
Иначе работата е много здрава, съгласно приетата Резолюция 1295 от 18 април 2000 е назначена специална комисия за разследване и след 6 месеца въпроса за назначаване на санкции ще се гласува отново. Впрочем, ето част от доклада на ООН:
REPORT OF THE PANEL OF EXPERTS ON VIOLATIONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL
SANCTIONS AGAINST UNITA
...2. The source of origin of UNITA's arms and training
39. The source of arms. UNITA acquired arms and military equipment from two sources - large quantities were imported from suppliers in Eastern Europe, and substantial quantities were captured by UNITA from Government forces in battle. There has been considerable speculation as to the actual source of origin of the weapons purchased by UNITA - the vast majority of which were of East European origin. The Panel learned that as a result of the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact international arms markets were being filled with surplus weaponry, much of it of East European origin offered at below market prices. The arms reduction requirements imposed by the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) have resulted in the need for some countries to reduce and dispose of stockpiles. Likewise, the desire of a number of former Warsaw Pact countries to join NATO may have resulted in those countries selling off non-NATO standard equipment at a discount - with much of this equipment going to Africa Arms sales bring in hard currency, and are a significant economic factor in a number of former Warsaw Pact countries now facing economic difficulties.
40. It is known that there are many Ukrainian nationals among the flight crews of aircraft bringing in arms and other military materiel for UNITA. A number of the air transport companies often mentioned in connection with illegal flights into Andulo appear to have Ukrainian ties. The presence of Ukrainian instructors in UNITA areas has also been widely reported. Also prevalent were Ukrainian arms brokers purporting to have good connections in Ukraine and Bulgaria. General Bandua stated that he thought that a BM-27 (Hurricane) Multiple Launch Rocket system had come from Ukraine, via Togo. However, the Government of Ukraine reported that there were no authorized arms sales from Ukraine to Togo during the relevant period. The Panel's investigation turned up no evidence that the Government of Ukraine sold arms or otherwise provided military assistance directly or indirectly to UNITA.
41. While not excluding the possibility that some weapons may have reached UNITA from Ukrainian territory - especially from unauthorized sources, the evidence collected as a result of the Panel's own investigations overwhelmingly points towards Bulgaria as the source of origin for the majority of the arms purchased by UNITA - at least since 1997. The Panel heard corroborated independent testimony from several sources that aircraft carrying military equipment for UNITA arrived in Andulo from Bulgaria. This information was confirmed by the ex-UNITA officer who was in charge of the control tower at Andulo until its capture by Angolan Government forces in October 1999. General Jacinto Bandua also confirmed that flights carrying military equipment arrived in Andulo from Bulgaria. General Bandua had the responsibility of cross-checking delivery quantities and weight against the accompanying documentation, and he noted that in many cases Bulgaria appeared in the documentation as the point of origin for the flights bringing in military equipment. General Bandua recalled that in some cases the documentation indicated that some of the equipment had transited through Togo. The Bulgarian connection is also supported by evidence gained in 1999 from the interrogation of a captured UNITA Colonel, who stated that boxes of ammunition and other military materiel delivered to Andulo had Bulgarian markings. A report on the Colonel's interrogation was shown to the Panel.
42. In light of what was learned by the Panel regarding UNITA's pattern of procurement for arms and military equipment, the Panel formally asked the Governments of Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Russian Federation to provide information on any arms sales involving Togolese end-user certificates since 1997. The Government of Bulgaria indicated that "since the beginning of 1997, 19 permits have been issued to Bulgarian companies for arms export to the Republic of Togo In at least one case, the importing party arranged for the transport of the arms on Air Cess - a company that has long been widely reported as having been engaged in sanctions busting for UNITA. As noted above, the Government of Ukraine informed the Panel that there were no authorized sales by Ukraine to Togo since 1997.
43. The Panel observes that, at the time this report was finalized, it had not received substantive replies from the Government of Belarus and the Government of the Russian Federation to its requests for information, including with regard to arms sales with end- user certificates from Togo and Burkina Faso.
44. External training of UNITA soldiers. The Panel also received evidence suggesting that some UNITA personnel had been trained in Bulgaria on the use of various weapons systems that UNITA was importing - particularly the SAM6 anti-aircraft missile system, and the BMP2. The director of the control tower in Andulo stated that a flight that brought back some of the UNITA personnel who had gone for training, came to Andulo directly from Bulgaria. General Bandua indicated that those who had gone abroad for training officially went in the guise of Zairians and not as UNITA (though the UNITA trainees were all Portuguese speakers rather than French speakers). In response to a question posed by the Panel, the Government of Bulgaria acknowledged that "In August, September and October 1996, 40 Zairian military specialists were trained for the level of command positions in the "KUB" anti-aircraft missile complex in the "P. Volov" Air Force Academy in the town of Shumen, Bulgaria."
45. In response to a similar set of questions, the Government of Ukraine informed the Panel that they were "not in possession of any information on military personnel training in or for Zaire" and that there was "no agreement between Ukraine and Zaire on any kind of military or military-technical cooperation, including training". The Panel found no evidence to suggest that Ukraine was directly or indirectly involved in the training of UNITA personnel. The Governments of Belarus and the Russian Federation have not yet provided substantive replies."
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