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U.S. Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NOON BRIEFING BY MANOEL DE ALMEIDA E SILVA DEPUTY SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK 

Monday, August 14, 2000 

COUNCIL DISCUSSES EXPANSION OF ETHIOPIA/ERITREA MISSION 

Following the meeting on Sierra Leone, the Security Council, in an open session, heard a briefing from Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bernard Miyet on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). 

Miyet told the Council that the United Nations had proceeded to deploy five military liaison officers respectively to the capitals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. This initial step is to pave the way for the deployment, intended by the end of this month, of a first group of 100 military observers. 

Last week, in a report to the Security Council, the Secretary-General recommended that there be a second phase of deployment, in which the Mission would be expanded to up to 4,200 military personnel, including 220 military observers, three infantry battalions and necessary support units. 

The Mission, Miyet noted, would divide its operations into three sectors, with headquarters based in Barentu for the western sector, Adigrat for the central sector, and Assba in the east. 

Following his briefing, the Council proceeded to an open debate on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. . 

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