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• Boeing Develops Stealthy 'Topcoat' for F-22 Raptor Boeing 23 Mar 2000 -- The Boeing Company has developed a new paint that will reduce the F-22 Raptor's vulnerability to infrared threats. The paint, referred to as a 'topcoat,' was applied to the second F-22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
• Lockheed Martin Completes Successful MLRS M270A1 Confidence Demonstration Lockheed Martin 23 Mar 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - Dallas has successfully completed a five-day-long Confidence Demonstration on the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270A1 improved launcher.

Other Conflicts

• 23 March 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 23 Mar 2000
• SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL ON ROLE OF UN PEACEKEEPING IN DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION Press Release SG/SM/7337 SC/6831 - 23 March 2000 -- If peacekeeping operations are to support disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes efficiently, it is essential that provisions for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration be integrated into any peace agreement that is reached.
• SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES SUCCESS OF DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION; REQUIRES POLITICAL COMMITMENT OF PARTIES Press Release SC/6832/Rev.1* - 23 March 2000 -- Security Council stressed that the success of the process required, as a precondition, the political commitment of the parties involved.
• DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION AT HEART OF PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL Press Release SC/6830 - 23 March 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council today that the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration was at the heart of peacekeeping efforts, not only in bringing stability to conflict areas, but in addressing their root causes.
• Transcript: Holbrooke Calls for Reform of UN Peacekeeping Funding 23 March 2000 -- The United Nations faces "a coming train wreck over the peacekeeping budget," in which the Security Council may vote for peacekeeping, but the UN will be unable to fund it, according to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke
• Text: Ambassador Nancy Soderberg's Remarks to the UN Security Council 23 March 2000 -- The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants into civil society is an essential element of peace agreements, says U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg.
• CLINTON-ASSAD SUMMIT 'AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED' Issue Focus - Foreign Media Reaction 23 March 2000 -- Sunday's summit meeting between President Clinton and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Geneva has raised "worldwide expectations" that peace talks between Israel and Syria may resume soon.
• RWANDA PRESIDENT Voice of America 23 March 2000 -- The president of Rwanda has resigned (Thursday) following a power struggle with the country's military.
• COLOMBIA-VIOLENCE PT I Voice of America 23 March 2000 -- Continuing violence in Colombia is increasingly eroding free speech in the South American nation, as murders of journalists, academics and others mount.
• ON THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS SERGEI V. YASTRZHEMBSKY - aide to the RF Acting President -- 23 March 2000 -- The law enforcement ministries say the situation in Chechnya remains rather complicated, although hostilities have virtually stopped, and there have been no direct clashes, with the exception of shoot-outs outside Komsomolskoye and the limited actions of frontline aviation undertaken to liquidate small bandit groups.
• ON MIGRATION SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF INGUSHETIA SERGEI V. KHETAGUROV - Head of the Federal Migration Service -- 23 March 2000 -- I would like to start with the statement made recently by President of the Ingush Republic Aushev. He asserted that there are 211,000 refugees from Grozny on the territory of Ingushetia and federal authorities have stopped supplying them with bread and hot meals.

News Reports

• Sea Launch Assembles Review Board to Investigate Launch Failure Boeing 23 Mar 2000 -- Late last week, Boeing received a Technical Assistance Agreement from the U.S. Department of State. This license enables the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board to begin assessing the data and understanding the root cause of the March 12 launch failure.