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July 2000 Military News

Security Council Decides To Establish United Nations Mission In Ethiopia And Eritrea, UN Press Release, 31 July 2000 -- The Security Council this morning decided to establish a United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea consisting of up to 100 military observers and the necessary civilian support staff in anticipation of a peacekeeping operation subject to future authorization.
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA-U-N, Voice of America, 31 July 2000 -- The U-N Security Council agreed (Monday) to send up to 100 military observers to Ethiopia and Eritrea to prepare for a possible peacekeeping operation along the border between the two countries.
SULAWESI CONFLICT, Voice of America, 31 July 2000 -- Violence is plaguing yet another of Indonesia's outlying provinces -- this time on the island of Sulawesi.
IVORY COAST VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 31 July 2000 -- Security forces in Ivory Coast have clashed with students trying to demonstrate near the French embassy in Abidjan.
SRI LANKA/ CABINET, Voice of America, 31 July 2000 -- Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a set of reform proposals aimed at ending the country's long ethnic war.
YUGOSLAVIA/DUTCH ARRESTS, Voice of America, 31 July 2000 -- The Dutch Ministry of Defense says Yugoslav authorities have arrested four Dutch citizens on suspicion they wanted to assassinate President Slobodan Milosevic.
MOGADISHU / SHARIA, Voice of America, 31 July 2000 -- Delegates from Somalia have been meeting at a reconciliation conference in Djibouti since early May to try to end more than a decade of fighting.
SPAIN PROTESTS, Voice of America, 30 July 2000 -- Demonstrations and silent vigils took place in various parts of Spain today to protest a wave of terrorist attacks blamed on the pro-independence group ETA.
SRI LANKA REFORMS, Voice of America, 30 July 2000 -- Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is likely to face tough opposition in the parliament when her government tries to pass reform proposals aimed at ending the country's long drawn-out ethnic war.
LEBANON/BORDER, Voice of America, 30 July 2000 -- U-N peacekeeping troops have begun deploying along the Lebanon-Israel border, two-months after the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon.
AFGHAN REPATRIATION, Voice of America, 28 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H- C-R, says more than 57-thousand Afghan refugees have returned home from Iran since the agency and the Iranian government began a voluntary repatriation program in early April.
UNHCR / CONGO REFUGEES, Voice of America, 28 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says at least six-thousand refugees recently fled into the Central African Republic to escape fighting between government and rebel forces in northwestern Congo-Kinshasa.
WFP / ERITREA, Voice of America, 28 July 2000 -- The United Nations World Food Program, W-F-P, says it is running out of food for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Eritrea.
CHALLENGE IN THE BALKANS, Voice of America, 28 July 2000 -- A discussion about the situation in the former Yugoslavia with Mihajlo Mihajlov, a former Yugoslav dissident and writer, Brian Marshall, an OSCE election observer and mission coordinator, and Stojan Cerovic, senior fellow at the U.S. Peace Institute and a columnist for the independent opposition weekly magazine, Vreme, in Belgrade.
U-N / LEBANON, Voice of America, 28 July 2000 -- United Nations troops are moving into southern Lebanon along the border with Israel, more than two months after Israel withdrew its forces from the area.
Political Developments, Killing of Un Peacekeeper, Plight Of Refugees, Discussed In Security Council Meeting On East Timor, UN Press Release, 28 July 2000 -- Political developments in East Timor, the killing of a United Nations peacekeeper and the continuing plight of refugees in the neighbouring Indonesian province of West Timor were the dominant themes this morning as the Security Council held an open meeting on the situation in East Timor.
Security Council explores ways to protect children in armed conflict, UN News, 26 July 2000 -- For the second time this year, the Security Council today took up the issue of children in war, in an extensive debate to explore measures to better protect young people from the irreparable damage of armed conflict.
Security Council renews mandate of UN operation in southern Lebanon, UN News, 27 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today extended for six months the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and called on the Government of Lebanon to ensure the return of its authority in the south and proceed with the deployment of its armed forces "as soon as possible".
UN officials re-check for violations of withdrawal line in southern Lebanon, UN News, 26 July 2000 -- An envoy of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today again toured southern Lebanon to check for any violations of the "Line of Withdrawal" agreed to by both Lebanon and Israel, a UN spokesman said in New York.
Small groups of Sierra Leone rebels come forward to disarm: UN mission, UN News, 27 July 2000 -- The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) reported today that in the wake of its "Operation Thunderbolt" -- a successful preemptive strike against a rebel group on Monday -- small groups of Sierra Leonean rebels have started to come forward to disarm.
UN opens second liaison office in Horn of Africa, UN News, 27 July 2000 -- The United Nations took another step in its efforts to maintain the impetus of a ceasefire accord between Ethiopia and Eritrea as it opened today its liaison office in the Eritrean capital of Asmara.
UN officials en route to Lusaka meeting on DR of Congo, UN News, 27 July 2000 -- Senior officials from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) were en route to Lusaka today to attend a meeting of defence and foreign ministers of the signatories of the Lusaka peace accord, a UN spokesman said in New York.
Angola sanctions yielding "desired results," Security Council told, UN News, 27 July 2000 -- The sanctions imposed by the international community on Angola's rebel army are working, the United Nations Security Council heard today as it met for a day-long debate on the situation in that war-torn country.
Security Council Holds Meeting On Situation In Angola, UN Press Release, 27 July 2000 -- Angola's mineral and human wealth had the potential to eradicate poverty in a relatively short time, make it a prosperous country and promote the well-being of all its people, given the political will to make peace a reality, Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, told the Security Council today during its open meeting on Angola.
U-N-ANGOLA, Voice of America, 27 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today (Thursday) held an open discussion of the crisis in Angola with a consensus that rebel leader Jonas Savimbi remains the main obstacle to peace.
YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES / KRSTIC, Voice of America, 27 July 2000 -- Prosecutors at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal are expected to finish presenting their case [EDS: by Friday, but could continue until early next week; watch CN wire for details] against General Radislav Krstic.
PHILIPPINES HOSTAGE RELEASE, Voice of America, 27 July 2000 -- In the southern Philippines, gunmen from the Islamic extremist Abu Sayyaf group have released another captive, a German journalist.
SIERRA LEONE-WAR CRIMES, Voice of America, 27 July 2000 -- The United States has introduced a U-N Security Council resolution that would establish a special court that could try a top rebel leader in Sierra Leone for war crimes.
US - BALKANS, Voice of America, 26 July 2000 -- The United States has announced a new fund aimed at promoting private sector investment in Southeastern Europe.
Special Representative For Children And Armed Conflict Urges Security Council To Implement Specific Measures To Protect War-Affected Children, UN Press Release, 26 July 2000 -- The Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, has urged the international community to implement a series of specific measures to put pressure on warring parties who abuse children. The measures included a legal ban on exports of natural resources by warring parties, the exclusion of crimes against children from amnesty agreements and greater support for the world's internally displaced.
MEPP: Clinton On Israeli TV: 'Pressure'On Arafat; 'Support' For Barak, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 25 July 2000 - Foreign media commentary on recent developments in the Middle East peace process.
Camp David II: 'Everyone Wants A Piece of Jerusalem, Not The Peace of Jerusalem', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 25 July 2000 -- Foreign media commentary on the conclusion of the Camp David summit between Arafat and Barak.
NAMIBIA / ANGOLA, Voice of America, 25 July 2000 -- Two civilians have been killed in the Kavango region of northern Namibia in violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Angola.
UNHCR / CONGO REFUGEES, Voice of America, 25 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it still is not able to provide humanitarian assistance to most of the 65-thousand refugees who fled to Congo-Brazzaville to escape fighting in Congo- Kinshasa.
U-N-SIERRA LEONE, Voice of America, 25 July 2000 -- Under pressure from the United States, the United Nations Security Council seems to be moving away from the idea of an immediate increase in the size of the U-N peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone.
U-N-H-C-R / ERITREANS, Voice of America, 24 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it plans to begin repatriating Eritrean refugees from camps in Sudan.
U-N TROOPS-LEBANON, Voice of America, 24 July 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today (Monday) that border violations in south Lebanon have ended and U-N peacekeepers will soon move into the area.
U-N PEACEKEEPERS-SIERRA LEONE, Voice of America, 24 July 2000 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan says (Monday) the weekend attack by United Nations peacekeepers on a rebel faction in Sierra Leone should serve as a warning that U-N troops will defend themselves.
ASEAN / EAST TIMOR, Voice of America, 24 July 2000 -- East Timor says it wants to begin early talks on joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
INDONESIA / PEACEKEEPER KILLED, Voice of America, 24 July 2000 -- A firefight in East Timor, between United Nations peacekeepers and suspected members of a pro- Indonesia militia group, has killed a young soldier from New Zealand.
U-N-H-C-R / CHECHNYA, Voice of America, 24 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says between 100 and 200 Chechen refugees are fleeing into the neighboring republic of Ingushetia every day.
"Blue line" violations cleared, UN troops set to deploy on Israeli/Lebanese border, UN News, 24 July 2000 -- Confirming that all the violations had now been cleared along the "blue line" of withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he expected to see UN troops on the border "in the next few days."
Annan recommends six-month extension of UN operation in Abkhazia, Georgia, UN News, 24 July 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended the extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for another six months, stressing that, despite the slow progress of the peace process, the UN operation continues to play an "essential role" in the search for a solution to the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
Security concerns prompt UN refugee agency to close office in West Timor town, UN News, 24 July 2000 -- Following a series of security incidents in West Timor over the past few weeks, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has shut down its office in the border town of Betun and withdrawn its three international staff there, a spokesman for the agency said today in Geneva.
Thousands of refugees in DR of Congo cut off from aid, UNHCR warns, UN News, 21 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency said today that its staff in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had received "alarming" reports of large numbers of refugees gathered along the banks of the Ubangui River, in an area cut off from humanitarian assistance due to insecurity.
Diamond industry's move on "conflict" stones welcomed at UN, source, 21 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today expressed its appreciation to diamond industry leaders for their prompt reaction to its proposals on curbing illicit trade in precious stones used to finance armed conflict, according to the Council President, Ambassador Patricia Durrant of Jamaica.
IVORY COAST/REFERENDUM, Voice of America, 23 July 2000 -- Officials in Ivory Coast say voting on a new constitution will continue for a second day, after severe organizational problems delayed voting on Sunday.
IVORY COAST/REFERENDUM, Voice of America, 22 July 2000 -- Ivory Coast's military government has put the nation on heightened alert leading up to Sunday's constitutional referendum.
SRI LANKA OPPOSITION, Voice of America, 22 July 2000 -- Sri Lanka's main opposition leader has walked out of ongoing talks on constitutional reforms with President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
SIERRA LEONE / CLASH, Voice of America, 22 July 2000 -- United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have attacked positions held by a dissident militia group that had been part of a government coalition against rebels in the country.
U-N / DIAMONDS BAN, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- The head of the U-N Sanctions Committee on Angola, Robert Fowler, has expressed great satisfaction with the world diamond industry's decision to ban sales of "conflict diamonds" -- (which are) stones exported illegally from African war zones.
YUGO WAR CRIMES, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- A Bosnian Croat who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for failing to prevent a rape has lost an appeal to the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal.
MANDELA / BURUNDI, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- Government and rebel officials from Burundi have failed to reach agreement on a peace plan proposed by former South African President Nelson Mandela.
UNHCR / CONGO REFUGEES, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it has received reports of large numbers of refugees fleeing from Congo-Kinshasa to villages along the Ubangui River on the Congo-Brazzaville side of the river.
PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- In the southern Philippines, the Islamic extremist Abu Sayyaf group has freed four more Malaysian hostages, but 33 people remain captive.
U-N-H-C-R / RWANDA REFUGEES, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it is concerned by what it calls a worrying increase in the number of Rwandan refugees arriving in Tanzania.
U-N-H-C-R / TIMOR, Voice of America, 21 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it has closed its office in the West Timor border town of Betun because of increasing violence and harassment by pro-Indonesian forces.
Press Conference By Permanent Representative of Canada, UN Press Briefing, 21 July 2000 -- The resolution passed by the World Diamond Congress in Antwerp two days ago was remarkable, Robert Fowler, Canada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
Illicit Diamonds and Conflicts , The White House, Office of the Secretary, 21 July 2000 -- The United States has spearheaded a number of initiatives to curb the trade in illicit diamonds that fuels many African conflicts and humanitarian crises -- particularly in Sierra Leone, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
New UN report proposes measures to protect children in armed conflict, UN News, 21 July 2000 -- In his latest report to the Security Council on the subject of children and armed conflict, Secretary-General Kofi Annan identifies steps that could be taken by a wide range of national, regional and international actors to fulfil the international community's collective responsibilities towards children.
Secretary-General Says Conflict Prevention Should Be Cornerstone of Collective Security In Twenty-First Century, UN Press Release, 20 July 2000 -- The text of the address delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on conflict prevention
UN refugee agency appeals for $8.4 million to aid Angola, UN News, 20 July 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today issued an appeal for $8.4 million for its emergency assistance programme for 300,000 people forced from their homes by civil strife in Angola.
Security Council underscores importance of conflict prevention, UN News, 20 July 2000 -- After a day-long debate on ways to improve United Nations capacity to avert conflict, the Security Council today unanimously adopted a presidential statement that called for the creation of a "culture of prevention" and mandated Secretary-General Kofi Annan to submit to the Council by next May his recommendations on best strategies to reach that goal.
U-N-CONFLICT PREVENTION, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today (Thursday) that the world organization must become more involved in preventing armed conflicts rather than just responding to them.
AFGHAN/U-N, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- A senior U-N official says no progress has been made in talks aimed at persuading Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement to lift a ban on Afghan women working for international aid agencies.
MANDELA / BURUNDI, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela is mediating another round of Burundi peace talks in Arusha, Tanzania.
FIJI'S TROUBLED FUTURE, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- For almost two-months, a discredited businessman and a small group of elite soldiers held the Prime Minister of Fiji, and much of its cabinet, hostage in that South Pacific island nation's parliament building.
FIJI POL, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- Fiji's eight-week long political crisis could result in the Pacific island nation being ruled by two rival ethnic governments.
IVORY COAST REFERENDUM, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- Ivory Coast citizens will vote Sunday in a referendum on the nation's constitution.
SRI LANKA AMNESTY, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- The human rights group, Amnesty International, has criticized the Sri Lankan government for high incidents of human rights abuses in the country.
U-N / WESTERN SAHARA, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- Experts on the Western Sahara have begun a two-day meeting at United Nations headquarters in Geneva.
A SERBIAN SHADOW GOVERNMENT?, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- One of President Clinton's goals during his last six months at the White House is to see Slobodan Milosevic removed as president of Yugoslavia. U-S officials are examining several scenarios to make that happen, including one floated last month to grant Mr. Milosevic immunity from prosecution for war crimes if he gives up power and goes into exile.
U-S / AFGHANISTAN, Voice of America, 20 July 2000 -- The Clinton administration predicts the ruling Taleban of Afghanistan will not achieve their objective of taking complete control of the country.
Addressing root causes of conflict key to effective prevention: Annan, UN News, 20 July 2000 -- To be effective, international efforts to prevent conflicts must address the structural faults that predispose society to crises, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the United Nations Security Council today as it opened a day-long meeting on conflict prevention.
RUSSIA / POLITICS, Voice of America, 19 July 2000 -- Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, has voted overwhelmingly (more than 360 votes to 35) to approve a bill that sharply limits the powers of regional leaders.
SPAIN / BOMB, Voice of America, 19 July 2000 -- Spanish police have defused a bomb placed in the car of a local politician in the southern city Malaga.
BASQUE TERRORISTS, Voice of America, 19 July 2000 -- In Madrid, Spain Wednesday night, thousands of people took to the streets to protest the pro- independence Basque National Party for its silence to the new wave of terrorist attacks against anti- independence politicians.
MANDELA / BURUNDI, Voice of America, 19 July 2000 -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela is opening another round of Burundi peace talks.
MOLUCCAN REFUGEES, Voice of America, 19 July 2000 -- The International Organization for Migration, I-O-M, says a ferry boat carrying more than 15-hundred Christians fleeing sectarian fighting in the Indonesian region of Molucca has arrived safely in West Timor.
UN agencies review efforts to aid East Timorese refugees in West Timor, UN News, 18 July 2000 -- Amid ongoing security problems in camps for East Timorese refugees in West Timor, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today began a two-day meeting with UN agencies and non-governmental organizations to review their assistance activities in the area.
UN peacekeeper from Nigeria killed by Sierra Leone rebels, UN News, 18 July 2000 -- The United Nations reported today that a UN peacekeeper from Nigeria had been killed in Sierra Leone in an attack by rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF).
UN women's fund sponsors peace conference for Burundian women, UN News, 18 July 2000 -- In an effort to give Burundian women a greater voice in promoting the peace process in their country, a United Nations women's rights agency has co-sponsored a conference, that brought together some 50 Burundian women delegates and observers in Arusha, Tanzania.
UN planning team concludes mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia, UN News, 17 July 2000 -- A report containing a concept of operation for a prospective United Nations peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia is expected to go to the Security Council some time next week, a UN spokesman said today in New York.
In a daring mission, UN peacekeepers in Sierra Leone rescue detained troops, UN News, 17 July 2000 -- After exhausting every diplomatic and political means to free detained United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone, the UN mission in the country staged a daring rescue operation bringing to safety the 233 UN troops illegally surrounded for over two months by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels.
UN force in Lebanon inspects withdrawal line along Israeli border, UN News, 17 July 2000 -- Officers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army began today an inspection tour of the withdrawal line along the border with Israel.
DoD News Briefing - Indonesian Unrest, U.S. Department of Defense, 17 July 2000 -- Q: Mr. Cohen, Paul Tee from Reuters. Two church groups in the last two days have called for an international intervention in the Moluku Islands to stop escalating violence there. Would the United States accept or support an East Timor-style intervention there?
SPAIN/ETA, Voice of America, 16 July 2000 -- In Spain, the Basque separatist group ETA has been blamed for the assassination of a councilman in the southern city of Malaga.
PHILIPPINES BOMB, Voice of America, 16 July 2000 -- A bomb explosion has ripped through a crowded public market on the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao, killing at least two people and injuring 33.
SPAIN/ETA, Voice of America, 16 July 2000 -- In Spain, the Basque separatist group ETA has been blamed for the assassination of a councilman in the southern city of Malaga.
INDONESIA - MALUKUS, Voice of America, 15 July 2000 -- Indonesia's defense minister is accusing the country's army of taking sides in bitter fighting between Muslims and Christians in the country's Maluku islands.
PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES, Voice of America, 15 July 2000 -- A second Malaysian captive has been released as the hostage crisis in the Philippines continues.
SIERRA LEONE / U-N, Voice of America, 15 July 2000 -- United Nations forces in Sierra Leone have rescued more than 200 peacekeeping troops trapped in a rebel stronghold in the eastern part of the country.
U-N-H-C-R / CONGO-KINSHASA, Voice of America, 14 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says a deteriorating security situation in Congo- Kinshasa is creating enormous difficulties for aid workers who are trying to bring humanitarian assistance to thousands of refugees in neighboring Congo-Brazzaville.
MALUKU VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 14 July 2000 -- At least seven people have been killed and 12 wounded in the latest eruption of violence in Indonesia's eastern Maluku province.
U-N-H-C-R / LIBERIA REFUGEES, Voice of America, 14 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it has suspended the repatriation of Liberian refugees who are in Guinea-Conakry because of renewed fighting along the border between rebels and Liberian government forces.
PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES, Voice of America, 14 July 2000 -- In the southern Philippines, rebels from the Islamic extremist group, Abu Sayyaf, have freed a Malaysian hostage held with 19 others for almost 12 weeks.
U-N-WESTERN SAHARA, Voice of America, 14 July 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is raising the possibility that there may have to be an alternative to a U-N plan for a referendum on Western Sahara.
U-N-H-C-R / TIMOR, Voice of America, 14 July 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, is urging Indonesian authorities to stop what it says are troublemakers in West Timor who are preventing East Timorese refugees from returning home.
Camp David II: 'Fierce Debates' Amid 'Pastoral Ambience', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 14 July 2000 - Foreign media commentary on the week's events in the Camp David meetings between Arafat and Barak.
In Beirut, UN envoy discusses blue line violations, donor support for Lebanon, UN News, 14 July 2000 -- The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, today met with Lebanon's top leadership to discuss the "blue line" with Israel and donor efforts to alleviate the problems of the people of South Lebanon.
Japan donates over $27 million for reconstruction effort in East Timor, UN News, 14 July 2000 -- In the largest contribution so far to the rehabilitation of infrastructure in East Timor, Japan today donated more than $27 million to assist the United Nations efforts in the newly independent territory.
UN refugee agency deplores ongoing violence in West Timor camps, UN News, 14 July 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today denounced the continuing violence in camps for East Timorese refugees in West Timor and said the Indonesian Government's failure to live up to its commitments may force the UN agency to review its operations there.
Press Conference Sponsored By United States - East Timor, UN Press Briefing, 14 July 2000 -- The East Timorese refugee camps in West Timor presented a political crisis needing immediate resolution by concerted action of the United Nations, the United States and the Indonesian Government, correspondents were told yesterday afternoon at a Headquarters press conference. The press conference was sponsored by the United States Mission to the United Nations.
Insecurity on Guinea/Liberia border, in DR of Congo forces UNHCR to suspend work, UN News, 14 July 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today announced that it had halted its repatriation operations in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to poor security situations in those countries.
UN aid officials in Angola condemn latest attack on youth centre, UN News, 14 July 2000 -- United Nations humanitarian officials in Angola today issued a strong condemnation of the latest attack by armed bandits on a children's centre in which one boy was killed, four youths injured and 21 other children abducted.
Annan appoints experts to investigate Angola sanctions' violations, UN News, 13 July 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of five experts to investigate violations of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council against the Angolan rebel National Movement for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
Security Council extends UN peacekeeping mission in Prevlaka peninsula, UN News, 13 July 2000 -- The Security Council today authorized the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) to continue monitoring the demilitarization of the strategically important peninsula for six more months, until 15 January 2001.
East Timor establishes new "National Council": UN, UN News, 13 July 2000 -- Following yesterday's groundbreaking approval of a transitional cabinet for East Timor, the territory's main decision-making body today approved the establishment of a "National Council" consisting of representatives from political, religious and private sectors, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) announced in Dili.
Press Briefing By Under-Secretary-General And Adviser To Secretary-General For Special Assignments In Africa, UN Press Briefing, 13 July 2000 -- An entire generation of Angolans had not known peace since the country had gained its independence in 1976, Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and the Adviser to the Secretary-General for Special Assignments in Africa, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
U-N / HORN OF AFRICA, Voice of America, 13 July 2000 -- The U-N Refugee Agency says it is facing a crisis in the Horn of Africa, where hundreds-of- thousands of refugees and internally displaced people are in urgent need of assistance.
Yugoslavia: 'Milosevic Forever?' A 'Divorce' For Montenegro?, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 12 July 2000 - Foreign media commentary on Yugoslav constitutional changes and their impact on Serbia's relations with Montenegro.
SPAIN / BOMB, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- A Basque separatist group is being blamed for an explosion that injured eight people in Madrid.
CHIAPAS CANDIDATE, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- Even as Mexico's ruling party continues a bitter internal debate following its first ever loss in a presidential election on July second, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, faces a new electoral challenge-in the southern state of Chiapas.
U-N / CYRPUS TALKS, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- U-N-mediated peace talks on the future of Cyprus have broken off with no progress reported on reuniting the divided Mediterranean island.
LANKAN RIGHTS, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- A group of Sri Lankan Tamil academics has accused the country's Tamil Tiger rebels of forcibly recruiting young children in their fight against government forces for a separate homeland.
U-S - SIERRA LEONE, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- The United States is rejecting calls for more U-N peacekeeping troops to go to Sierra Leone, on the grounds the existing force has serious problems with its command.
U-N / SOMALIA, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- he U-N Human Rights investigator for Somalia says she is concerned by reports that people supporting the peace process are being intimidated by regional administrators in northwestern Somaliland and northeastern Puntland.
SREBRENICA ANNIVERSARY, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- Five-years ago today (July 11, 1995), Bosnian Serbs overran the town of Srebrenica. The United Nations had declared it a safe area, but after the Serb takeover, more than seven-thousand Muslim men and boys were executed. There are commemorations today in Srebrenica, and in The Hague.
CONGO-KINSHASA / REFUGEES, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The U-N refugee agency says it will close its last camp of Rwandan and Burundian refugees in Congo- Kinshasa next month.
UNHCR / ERITREA REFUGEES, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it will meet with Eritrean and Sudanese officials later this week in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, to discuss plans for the possible repatriation of an estimated 90-thousand Eritrean refugees now in Sudan.
INDONESIA / SECURITY WORRIES, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- Indonesia's defense minister has painted a bleak picture of the country's security situation, citing a lack of funds and personnel.
LANKA/DESERTERS, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The Sri Lankan government has arrested more than 47-hundred army deserters.
SIERRA LEONE FORCE SIZE, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has (Tuesday) moved closer to authorizing an increase in the size of the Sierra Leone peacekeeping force.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA, Voice of America, 10 July 2000 -- Russia's security services are on heightened alert around the breakaway Chechnya region following an outbreak of bombings that killed at least eight people and wounded scores of others.
AFGHAN / AMERICAN ARREST, Voice of America, 10 July 2000 -- An American woman working for a non- governmental organization in Afghanistan has been arrested by Taleban authorities in the capital, Kabul.
W-F-P / AFGHANISTAN, Voice of America, 10 July 2000 -- The United Nations World Food Program says it is concerned that renewed fighting in Afghanistan could interrupt its operations.
E-U / BALKANS, Voice of America, 10 July 2000 -- France has proposed a summit meeting of E-U countries and Balkan nations.
SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPERS, Voice of America, 10 July 2000 -- New problems are facing the more than 200 United Nations peacekeepers who remain surrounded by rebel forces in Sierra Leone.
CONFLICT DIAMONDS, Voice of America, 10 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council recently (7/5) imposed an international ban on the purchase of diamonds originating in Sierra Leone.
ALBRIGHT-RWANDA Voice of America 09 July 2000 -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says an international panel is wrong to blame the United States for failing to prevent the ethnic killing of more than one-half-million people in Rwanda in 1994.
AFGHAN FIGHTING Voice of America 09 July 2000 -- Fierce fighting has broken out in Afghanistan between the hard-line Taleban movement and opposition forces north of the capital, Kabul.
MONTENEGRO / PARLIAMENT Voice of America 08 July 2000 -- The president of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, says the Yugoslav federal government in Belgrade is stepping up its political and military pressure on his small republic and warns there is an increasing risk of civil war.
UNHCR / TIMOR Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says tensions are rising between East Timorese refugees and local residents in West Timor.
TIMOR - LANGUAGE IDENTITY Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- Beyond issues of governance, Timor must also create a new national identity - including a decision on which language its people should speak.
RWANDA GENOCIDE REPORT Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- A new study conducted for the Organization of African Unity on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda says reparations should be paid by nations that failed to prevent or stop the mass killings.
COLOMBIA SUPPORT Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- A dozen European and North American governments will gather to discuss how much support they're willing to give the South American country of Colombia to disentangle itself from more than 30 years of guerrilla war and illicit drug trafficking.
UNHCR / BOSNIA Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- There has been a significant increase in the number of Bosnian refugees returning home to areas where they are considered be ethnic minorities.
PHILIPPINES / HOSTAGES Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- Philippine negotiators are preparing to return to Jolo island for talks on freeing 20, mainly foreign, hostages held by Islamic extremists.
MALAYSIA-ARMS Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- A shadowy Islamic cult called Al- Ma unah, or the Brotherhood of Inner Power, practices martial arts and espouses creation of a pure Islamic state, and one of the groups leaders is a former army officer court-martialled for dealing in drugs and illegal immigrants.
NORTHERN IRELAND Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- An uneasy calm has descended on Northern Ireland after a fourth-night of Protestant demonstrations turned violent.
U-N / CONGO BRAZAVILLE Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- The United Nations says the international community has an excellent opportunity to help Congo-Brazzaville make good on its hard-won peace and restore security and stability in the country.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly criticized government ministers for the suicide bombings that killed at least 50-people in Chechnya.
U-N-AFGHANISTAN Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today (Thursday) warned the Taleban in Afghanistan that its actions pose a threat to international security.
AFGHAN SANCTIONS Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- The United Nations imposed economic sanctions on the Taleban movement in Afghanistan last November. But eight-months later, the sanctions have not accomplished their goal.
Security Council Decides To Impose Prohibition On Imports of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone, UN Press Release, 05 July 2000 -- Acting under the provisions set out in Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council this evening decided that all States shall prohibit the direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone.
U-N-SIERRA LEONE DIAMONDS Voice of America 05 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council tonight (Wednesday) approved a resolution which imposes an embargo on diamond exports from Sierra Leone.
MALAYSIA-ARMS Voice of America 05 July 2000 -- No insurgency has taken place in Malaysia since the 1950s. A police inspector general hinted the thieves belong to an obscure Islamic religious cult.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 05 July 2000 -- Russia is bracing for what it fears will be a new round of attacks by Chechen rebels as the country begins burying victims of Sunday's suicide truck bombs that killed at least 50 people.
AMNESTY / ANGOLA Voice of America 05 July 2000 -- Amnesty International, is accusing the Angolan government of intimidating journalists and cracking down on public protests to silence critics of its policies.
SIERRA LEONE - TOWN Voice of America 04 July 2000 -- In Sierra Leone, United Nations Peacekeepers have taken control of a key town that lies between the capital, Freetown, and rebel-held areas in the country's interior.
MALAYSIA-ARMS Voice of America 04 July 2000 -- A firefight has taken place in Malaysia between army troops and a gang of munitions thieves. However, there is no active insurgency in Malaysia.
U-N-H-C-R / ERITREA Voice of America 04 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency says it is racing against time to get adequate shelter and food into Eritrea before the rainy season makes distribution of relief supplies impossible.
U-N-H-C-R / CONGO Voice of America 04 July 2000 -- The United Nations says renewed fighting in Congo-Kinshasa has caused more than 10-thousand people to flee into neighboring Congo-Brazzaville.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 04 July 2000 -- Russian forces are intensifying security precautions in Chechnya, following a series of suicide bomb attacks that killed at least 50-people and wounded hundreds.
W-F-P / CHECHNYA Voice of America 04 July 2000 -- The U-N World Food Program, W-F-P, says it plans to distribute food aid to tens of thousands of people in the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya.
LAOS-FIGHTING Voice of America 03 July 2000 -- Laos has been hit by a series of mysterious violent incidents in recent weeks. More information about the attackers or what political affiliation they have -- if any -- is not known.
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA TALKS Voice of America 03 July 2000 -- Ethiopia and Eritrea have opened a second round of peace talks, this time in Washington, in an attempt to turn last month's cease-fire agreement into a formal peace.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 03 July 2000 -- At least 25 people were killed and more than 80 wounded when a truck bomb exploded outside a Russian military housing complex in eastern Chechnya.
AIDS DEVASTATES AFRICA Voice of America 03 July 2000 -- The U-N document says that AIDS has killed almost as many people in sub-Saharan Africa as the number of people killed by bubonic plague during the Middle Ages. Africa now accounts for 83-percent of the world's AIDS deaths.
AFGHAN-FIGHTING Voice of America 02 July 2000 -- In Afghanistan, reports say there is a build up of troops by the ruling Taleban movement and an opposition alliance north of the capital, Kabul, after Saturday's fighting that claimed heavy casualties on both sides.
SIERRA LEONE AMBUSH Voice of America 01 July 2000 -- Gunmen in Sierra Leone have attacked a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers, killing at least one soldier and wounding four others.
PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES Voice of America 01 July 2000 -- Concern is rising over the 10 foreign tourists held on the southern Philippine island of Jolo for nearly ten weeks.
COLOMBIA - FARC - DRUGS Voice of America 01 July 2000 -- In Colombia, diplomats from 21 embassies, most of them European, completed a two-day meeting Friday in the demilitarized zone, controlled by the left-wing FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrilla group.
AFGHAN-FIGHTING Voice of America 01 July 2000 -- Taleban and opposition forces have been exchanging heavy artillery and mortar fire near Bagram, about 50 kilometers north of the capital, Kabul.
The Second Chechen War: The Information Component by Emil Pain, Former Russian Ethno-national Relations Advisor, Military Review July-August 2000
Grozny 2000: Urban Combat Lessons Learned by Mr. Timothy L. Thomas - Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS. Military Review July-August 2000