"I would like to stress the fact that the situation in Burundi remains explosive and that it is important that we act with speed. I have already appointed my Special Representative in Burundi in the person of Amb. Papa Louis Fall of Senegal. I have asked him to be in Bujumbura on the 14th December 1993. But it is of paramount importance that the military component of the Mission or at least elements of this component must be in place in Bujumbura as soon as possible in order to keep the momentum of the slow but positive evolution which started in Burundi." - Dr. Salim, December 7, 1993
