19 April 2000 Military News

GE Marine Engines' Proven LM Aeroderivative Gas Turbines are Best Solution for U.S. Navy's Next Generation DD 21 Destroyers GE Marine 19 Apr 2000 -- GE Marine Engines discussed how its full line of proven aeroderivative gas turbines are the best solution for the U.S. Navy's next generation DD 21 destroyers. The LM gas turbines range in power from 6,000 shaft horsepower (shp) to 57,300 shp, GE reported at the Sea-Air-Space 2000.
GE's New On-line Remote Diagnostics to be Demonstrated Shipboard on the U.S. Navy's USS DONALD COOK DDG 75 Destroyer GE Marine 19 Apr 2000 -- GE Marine Engines announced that its new on-line remote diagnostics system will be demonstrated for the U.S. Navy on the USS Donald Cook DDG 75 destroyer later this year. GE recently completed the first U.S. Navy testing of this system on a GE LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine at the land-based engineering site in Philadelphia, Pa., GE reported at Sea-Air-Space 2000.
Sanders Completes Preliminary Airworthiness Evaluation for ATIRCM/CMWS; Prepares for Contractor Flight Testing Lockheed Martin 19 Apr 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has successfully completed Preliminary Airworthiness Evaluation (PAE) of the new Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS) on a U.S Army EH-60 helicopter.

19 April 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 19 Apr 2000

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT, REVIEWS PAST PROGRESS, RECOMMENDS FUTURE APPROACHES Press Release SG/SM/7364 SC/6848 - 19 April 2000 -- Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict
SECURITY COUNCIL MOVES TO ENHANCE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT Press Release SC/6847 - 19 April 2000 - The Security Council reaffirmed its readiness to adopt appropriate steps to deal with deliberate attacks on civilian populations and other protected persons, as well as with widespread violations of international humanitarian law and of human rights in conflict situations.
Text: Ambassador Soderberg's UNSC Remarks on Protection of Civilians 19 April 2000 -- Discussing a variety of options that could help protect civilians caught in war, U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg emphasized to the UN Security Council that "civilians cannot be adequately protected by the international community alone."

PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY LEGAL ADVISER, UN MISSION IN EAST TIMOR 19 April 2000 - The 23 East Timorese prosecutors and judges now serving at district courts in Dili, Baucau and Oekussi were the first ever locals to fill these roles in East Timor.
E.TIMOR INVESTIGATION Voice of America 19 April 2000 -- Indonesia's Attorney General is pushing ahead with plans to investigate six top generals accused of involvement in the violence that consumed East Timor last September.
INDONESIA'S MILITARY Voice of America 19 April 2000 -- As Indonesia struggles to stay together against separatist pressures, it must rely on its army. But what if the military is the cause of a country's insecurity?

ACEH TRIAL Voice of America 19 April 2000 -- A high-profile human rights trial got underway Wednesday in Indonesia's Aceh province of 24 soldiers accused of massacring a group of civilians last year.
Security Council Steps Up Investigation of UNITA Sanctions BustingBy Judy Aita Washington File 19 April 2000 -- The Security Council April 18 unanimously voted to strengthen the implementation of sanctions against UNITA.
ON THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH CAUCASUSSERGEI V. YASTRZHEMBSKY - assistant to the Russian Acting President 19.04.2000 -- Several detachments of the 42nd motorised division have indeed been airlifted southward. This is the division, which will be stationed in Chechnya on a permanent basis. Let me share some curious information with you. The source is intercepted telephone communications between ringleaders of bandit formations. : Look at the map and you will see that the fighters hold a small territory of some 66 by 25 kilometres.

ZIMBABWE: 'A DISTURBING MATTER OF CONSCIENCE FOR ALL OF AFRICA' Issue Focus - Foreign Media Reaction 19 April 2000 -- Zimbabwe "is on the road to anarchy" 20 years after its independence from Britain. "The blame," they maintain, "lies almost entirely" on its only president, the former freedom fighter, Robert Mugabe.
RIGHTS / COLOMBIA Voice of America 19 April 2000 -- The U-N Human Rights Commission says it is deeply concerned by continuing widespread human-rights violations in Colombia.
PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF MONGOLIA United Nations 19 Apr 2000

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