14 April 2000 Military News

14 April 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 14 Apr 2000

GRENADE ATTACKS IN ACEH Friday, April 14, 2000 -- A spokesman for the insurgent Aceh Merdeka Movement (AMM) took responsibility on behalf of his group for the attack against the Indonesian military base camp and the ambush of the mobile brigade members near Lhosukon.
HOLBROOKE TO CONGO Voice of America 14 April 2000 -- The American Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, will lead a U-N Security Council mission to Congo-Kinshasa early next month.
CHAIRMAN OF INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO UNITED NATIONS ACTIONS DURING 1994 RWANDA GENOCIDE PRESENTS REPORT TO SECURITY COUNCIL Press Release SC/6843 - 14 April 2000 -- The Security Council had the power to have prevented at least some of the Rwandan tragedy, and could act to ensure such a tragedy did not happen again. The report made clear that in Rwanda -- as in Bosnia and Somalia -- "we failed", stated the representative of the United States. It pulled no punches, spared no responsibilities, and left no stone unturned.

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