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• 16 February 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 16 Feb 2000
• RUSSIA / MEDIA Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- Human rights organizations have long criticized Russia for its war against the breakaway Chechen republic. Russia's newfound freedom of the press appears to be under attack as well.
• U-N-H-C-R / CHECHNYA Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- The United Nations says hundreds of refugees have fled fighting in southern Chechnya for the neighboring republic of Ingushetia in the past few days.
• RUSSIA: SKEPTICISM ABOUT GROZNY 'VICTORY'; CRITICISM OF WESTERN 'LENIENCY' Foreign Media Reaction 16 February 2000 -- Vladimir Putin's February 6 declaration that Grozny has been "liberated" by Russian forces topped recent editorial coverage of Russia. Media from Europe, East Asia, Latin America and Canada treated the news with skepticism and derision, contending that the Kremlin's "hollow victory" offers "little to celebrate," given the "death tolls" already exacted. Moreover, many--including some reformist and centrist papers in Moscow--contended that the war in Chechnya "has by no means been won."
• Transcript: Asst. Secretary Rice Discusses Sierra Leone USIA 16 February 2000 -- The United States welcomes the signing of the Lome Accord by the Sierra Leone rebel leadership and "the modest progress that has been made in disarmament," Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Susan Rice said.
• Text: Assistant Secretary Roth Testimony on Indonesia USIA 16 February 2000 -- The U.S. commitment to seeing a successful democratic transition in Indonesia goes beyond mere rhetoric, according to Assistant Secretary of State Stanley Roth.
• U-N-H-C-R / TIMOR Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says there has been an increase in violence and threats by militias in West Timor against aid workers and East Timorese refugees wanting to go home.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is taking on new powers to respond to guerrilla attacks against Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon
• NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS: HEADING 'IN REVERSE'? Foreign Media Reaction 16 February 2000 -- In the wake of recent developments in Northern Ireland, observers in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Canada expressed deep concern that the peace process there has hit a "brick wall," and may be heading "in reverse." Britain's suspension last Friday of Northern Ireland's multiparty government and the resumption of direct rule after parties to the conflict deadlocked over arms decommissioning was greeted with concern that the move may have been "premature." But a majority of observers still held out hope that the peace process was only "frozen" for the time being and would have survived the suspension.
• NORTHERN IRELAND Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- -R-A declared it will no longer participate in meetings with Northern Ireland's disarmament commission - dealing the peace process another blow.
• U-N / INDONESIA Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan has voiced strong support for the political and economic reforms in Indonesia.
• Text: Geithner Testimony to House Subcommittee on Indonesia USIA 16 February 2000 -- While the Indonesian government under President Wahid has taken important steps towards economic recovery, it still faces major challenges, according to Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Geithner.
• AMBON VIOLENCE / U-S PERSPECTIVE Voice of America 16 February 2000 -- The fighting began in Ambon early last year, and since then at least 1000 people have been killed and countless buildings, including many churches and mosques, have been burned or destroyed.
• Holbrooke Asks Legislative Support for Congo Peacekeepers USIA 16 February 2000 -- Declaring "we need your support because Africa matters," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke asked Congress February 15 to back a new three-phased plan under discussion for a U.N. peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC).

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• GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TERRORISM CONTINUES DEBATE ON PROPOSED HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE Press Release L/2943 - 16 February 2000 -- The Ad Hoc Committee, established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, has been elaborating anti-terrorism instruments on a step-by- step basis, including the 1997 Convention for the Supression of Terrorist Bombings and the 1999 Convention for the Supression of the Financing of Terrorism.