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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 18 May 2000
• FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON ASPECTS OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCE, INCLUDING REVISION OF SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, GRATIS PERSONNEL Press Release GA/AB/3373 - 18 May 2000 -- The time had come to commence the revision of the peacekeeping scale of assessments, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it ended its three-day discussion of various aspects of the financing of peacekeeping missions.
• CHILD SOLDIERS / BAN Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- Delegates to an international conference on child soldiers have called for a global ban on the use of children in combat.
• U-N-ETHIOPIA-ERITREA EMBARGO Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- United Nations Security Council approved an arms embargo against both Ethiopia and Eritrea in an effort to further pressure those African nations to end their border war.
• ETHIOPIA - ERITREA Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- Ethiopia says it has captured the strategic Eritrean town of Barentu, cutting a main Eritrean re- supply route.
• ERITREA WAR Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- Ethiopia has made significant advances into Eritrean territory, taking the town of Barentu.
• CONGRESS/ETHIOPIA Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- International aid officials have told the U-S Congress that fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea is hampering efforts to help drought victims in the Horn of Africa.
• CLINTON-ETHIOPIA-ERITREA Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- President Clinton has publicly appealed to the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea to end the border dispute that has again flared into open warfare.
• Text: U.N. Envoy Seeks to Avert Possible Famine in Horn of Africa 18 May 2000 -- The crisis in the Horn of Africa has not yet reached the famine stage, but it "can easily" enough unless preventative measures are taken now, Catherine Bertini, the U.N. special envoy on the drought in the Horn of Africa, warned members of the U.S. Congress on May 18.
• Text: U.S. Africa Subcommittee Chair Faults Ethiopia, Eritrea in War 18 May 2000 -- It is a "sad reality," but the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea "see domestic advantage in making war" with each other, says Congressman Ed Royce (Republican of California), the chairman of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa.
• Text: War Sapping Resources to Fight Famine in Ethiopia 18 May 2000 -- The cycle of famine in Ethiopia will not be broken as long as that country's government continues to spend a third of its budget on its military, warns Congressman Benjamin Gilman (Republican of New York), chairman of the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations.
• Text: Lives of 16 Million at Peril in Horn of Africa 18 May 2000 -- The lives of more than 16 million people are believed to be at risk in the Horn of Africa because of a long drought and civil unrest, according to a top U.S. Agency for International Development disaster assistance official.
• Sierra Leonean Ambassador Calls Jackson Mission Positive By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File 18 May 2000 -- A special diplomatic mission to West Africa led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson is a step in the right direction toward resolving conflict in Sierra Leone, that country's ambassador to the United States, John Leigh, said May 17.
• Special Envoy Jackson Begins Mission of Hope to West Africa By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File 18 May 2000 -- The special envoy for the president and the secretary of state for the promotion of democracy in Africa, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, began a six-day mission to West Africa May 17, saying he looked forward to discussing with regional leaders ways of bringing peace to war-torn Sierra Leone.
• LEBANON / ATTACKS Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- Hezbollah guerillas in southern Lebanon have attacked several Israeli and pro-Israeli militia positions. Israel replied with a number of airplane, helicopter, and artillery attacks.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- Hezbollah guerrillas are stepping up their rocket and artillery attacks against military positions manned by Israeli soldiers and their militia allies in southern Lebanon.
• PHILIPPINES / BOMBS Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- A series of explosions have killed at least five and wounded scores of others in the strife-torn southern Philippines.
• SRI LANKA BLAST Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- The Sri Lankan government says it withheld news of a deadly bomb blast on Wednesday in an effort to prevent more ethnic violence in the country.

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• PRESS BRIEFING BY UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATOR United Nations 18 May 2000