U.N. Hears Conflicting Views on What to Do About Burundi
This article was published in the New York Times on August 22, 1996.
Highlighting the Security Council’s increasing attention to internal conflicts in unstable countries rather than threats of war between nations, leaders of opposing political parties in Burundi came to New York today to brief the Council and try to influence what course it will take.
It was the first time that a delegation of legislators has met the Council in a formal session, said Shazia Rafi, Secretary General of Parliamentarians for Global Action, an independent organization that arranged the Burundians’ trip.