11 April 2000 Military News

General Dynamics Successfully Completes Testing of Diesel Tank General Dynamics 11 Apr 2000 -- General Dynamics Land Systems successfully completed testing of its prototype diesel-powered M1A2 Abrams tank at Aberdeen Test Center, Maryland, March 31, 2000.
Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful Test Of ATACMS Block IA Missile Lockheed Martin 11 Apr 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - Dallas recently conducted a successful Full-Rate Production (FRP-4) test of the ATACMS Block IA Missile. The test validated the quality of the production line, demonstrated missile to launcher interface, bomblet pattern size and accuracy, performance of systems software, and evaluated thermal material.
Sanders Completes Delivery of Countermeasures Sets to Turkey Lockheed Martin 11 Apr 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has completed delivery of a large quantity of AN/ALQ-144A(V) infrared countermeasures systems to the Turkish government. Sanders received a $13.8 million U.S. Foreign Military Sales contract in March 1998 to produce the AN/ALQ-144A(V)1 and a smaller number of AN/ALQ-144A(V)5 systems with deliveries scheduled to be completed by December 2000.

11 April 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 11 Apr 2000

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE 'WEEK OF TRANQUILLITY' DEVOTED TO CHILD PROTECTION Press Release HR/4466 HR/CN/981 - 11 April 2000 -- -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara A. Otunnu, has proposed that the international community call on all warring factions in all ongoing conflicts to adhere to a simultaneous week-long ceasefire each year for the sake of children.
CHILD SOLDIERS Voice of America 11 April 2000 -- The United Nations estimates that more than 300-thousand children under the age of 18 are taking part in armed conflicts in more than 30 countries.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DISENGAGEMENT PLAN AS 'SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD' IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PEACE PROCESS Press Release SG/SM/7355 - 11 April 2000 -- Political Committee established under the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement adopted a plan for the disengagement of belligerent forces from their current confrontation lines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
U-N CONGO MOVEMENT Voice of America 11 April 2000 -- A new cease-fire commitment among the warring sides in Congo-Kinshasa seems to have sparked movement toward deployment of U-N observer troops to that central African nation.
CONGO-KINSHASA / U-N Voice of America 11 April 2000 -- The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the cease-fire set to take effect on Friday (April 14th) in Congo-Kinshasa is what he calls "a test" for all the parties involved in the war.

CHECHEN REFUGEES / RIGHTS Voice of America 11 April 2000 -- International pressure is mounting on Moscow to investigate allegations that Russian soldiers in Chechnya have committed widespread human rights abuses.
Text: U.S. on Chechnya Human Rights at UN Meeting 11 April 2000 -- Ambassador Nancy Rubin, head of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, addressed the commission's meeting in Geneva April 11 on the human rights situation in Chechnya.

ISRAEL / SYRIA / GOLAN Voice of America 11 April 2000 -- Israel has approved the construction of 200 new homes on the Golan Heights because, officials say, it does not appear that peace talks with Syria will resume anytime soon.
ETHIOPIA / FAMINE Voice of America 11 April 2000 -- The United Nations and international relief organizations are struggling to get food aid to Ethiopia, where starvation threatens up to eight-million people.

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