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World Council of Churches' (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser has today sent a letter to United Nations' (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan expressing serious concern at the escalation of fighting in Liberia between government forces and the rebel group, Liberians United For Reconciliation and Democracy. Citing the "gravity of the near-anarchy situation that has developed", Raiser calls on the UN to support current peace initiatives and encourage the parties to accept a "credible peacekeeping force", with the aim of securing a lasting ceasefire.
Raiser also sent a letter to Benjamin D. Lartey, general secretary of the Liberian Council of Churches, commending his participation, on behalf of the churches', in the Liberian Peace Conference in Accra that opened on 4 June, and expressing the hope that this peace initiative "will bring an end to the fighting and to the prolonged sufferings of the people".
Full text of letter to the UN Secretary General:
www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/liberialet1.html
Full text of letter to the Liberian Council of Churches: