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• 10 March 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Mar 2000
• RUSSIA / BABITSKY Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- Russian prosecutor-general's office is bringing criminal charges against Radio Liberty reporter Andrei Babitsky, contending he aided Chechen rebels.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- Russia's acting president, Vladimir Putin, suggests Moscow may introduce direct presidential rule in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
• YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIAL Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic is charged with genocide for commanding the execution of thousands of Muslims after the fall of the United Nations-declared safe area of Srebrenica in 1995.
• TIMOR REFUGEES Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it is concerned about Indonesia's plans to cut off aid to East Timorese refugees in West Timor by the end of the month.
• INDONESIA MILITIA CRACKDOWN Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid says the government is going to crack down on armed militia groups in West Timor.
• LANKA / BLAST Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- At least 19 persons have been killed and 45 injured in a bomb blast in the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
• CONGO REFUGEES Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says refugees from Congo-Kinshasa continue to flee across the river to neighboring Congo-Brazzaville to escape fighting between government soldiers and rebels.
• REPORT OF THE PANEL OF EXPERTS ON VIOLATIONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS AGAINST UNITA S/2000/203 10 March 2000 -- Despite the imposition of these various sanctions by the Security Council, it has been clear to all concerned that the sanctions were not working effectively. UNITA was still able to procure what it needed for its war machine, and sell its diamonds. UNITA officials still traveled with little restriction, and UNITA continued to be active in international capitals through "unofficial" offices and representatives.

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