15 August 2000 Military News

ATK Produces One Hundred Millionth Round of Small Caliber Ammunition at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant ATK 15 Aug 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said it has produced the one hundred millionth round of small caliber ammunition at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo. since taking over operations there on April 3, 2000.
MEADS INTERNATIONAL SIGNS $10 MILLION TRANSITION EFFORT EXTENSION CONTRACT Lockheed Martin 15 Aug 2000 -- The team of MEADS International signed a $10 million contract August 14 at the NATO MEADS Management Agency (NAMEADSMA) in Huntsville, Ala., to continue work on the Medium Extended Air Defense System--the next generation air and missile defense system for the U.S., Germany and Italy.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 15 Aug 2000

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, 15 August 2000 -- Do you still consider Charles Taylor of Liberia to be an impediment to the peace process in Sierra Leone?
U-S/LIBERIA / TAYOR, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- The United States is denouncing as ridiculous a report that it is involved in a plot to assassinate the leader of Liberia, President Charles Taylor, who is accused of helping rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone through diamond smuggling. 2000 -- Q: New subject. Do you still consider Charles Taylor of Liberia to be an impediment to the peace process in Sierra Leone? And, if so, what are you doing about it?

U-S CONGO REACT, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- he United States today (Tuesday) criticized Congo's President Laurent Kabila after he walked out of an African summit meeting aimed at reviving the peace process in Congo.
CONGO SUMMIT, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- African leaders have failed in their latest attempt to get the faltering peace process in Congo- Kinshasa back on track.

UN food agency sends relief convoys to war-torn Chechnya, UN News, 15 August 2000
W-F-P / CHECHNYA, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- The U-N World Food Program is sending trucks carrying desperately needed food for thousands of people in Chechnya.

Security Council acts to create war crimes court for Sierra Leone, UN News, 15 August 2000
U.N. Resolution 1315 on Sierra Leone, 15 August 2000
UN officials report harassment of rebel sympathizers in Sierra Leone, UN News, 15 August 2000
DoD News Briefing, 15 August 2000 -- Q: The assessment team in Africa for possible peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone, where does that stand?

Annan announces resumption of UN humanitarian flights to Sudan, UN News, 15 August 2000
U-N-SUDAN RELIEF, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- The United Nations has decided to resume relief flights to the African nation of Sudan after the Sudanese government offered security assurances.

UN succeeding in efforts to integrate Bosnian police force, Security Council told, UN News, 15 August 2000
CLINTON-BALKANS, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- President Clinton - speaking in Los Angeles in advance of his Democratic convention address - defended his administration's record on foreign policy including his decision to send U-S troops to Bosnia and Kosovo.
U-N-BOSNIA, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- A top U-N official said today (Tuesday) that steady progress is being made in creating a multi- ethnic police force in Bosnia.
Remarks on Bosnia by U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg before the United Nations, 15 August 2000
BRIEFED ON BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING, COUNCIL HEARS RANGE OF VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON ACCORDS, UN Press Release, 15 August 2000 -- United States Says Greatest Obstacle to Progress 'Still Belgrade'; Russian Federation Warns That Nationalist Forces Slow Political Change

UN refugee agency opens new field office in Colombia, UN News, 15 August 2000
UN observers ready to move into Ethiopia/Eritrea, Security Council told, UN News, 15 August 2000
Thousands of Angolans flee fighting to neighbouring countries: UNHCR, UN News, 15 August 2000
INDIA / INDEPENDENCE DAY, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- India's Prime Minister has warned Pakistan not to use force to resolve the dispute over the territory of Kashmir - saying Kashmir is an integral part of India.

DUTCH / YUGOSLAVIA, Voice of America, 15 August 2000 -- Dutch diplomats in Belgrade have expressed concern about the medical condition of four Dutch citizens who are being held on suspicion of plotting to kidnap or kill Yugoslavia's President Slobodan Milosevic.
Delta III Payload Becomes Subject of Space-Based Studies Boeing 15 Aug 2000 -- Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) at the University of Colorado will utilize the simulated payload from the next Delta III launch to conduct a variety of post-launch missions and studies.

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