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Defense Industry

• Boeing Gets $10.4 Million Helmet Mounted Cueing System Contract Boeing 23 Aug 2000 -- The Boeing Company has received a $10.4 million contract to begin low-rate initial production for the U.S. Navy of its Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS).
• Lockheed Martin Awarded First SH-60R Avionics Production Contract Lockheed Martin 23 Aug 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego was awarded the first SH-60R Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract, valued at approximately $88 million, to provide the U.S. Navy seven SH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 23 Aug 2000
• Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (Brahimi Report)
          Background Note: United Nations Political and Peace-Building Missions
          Background Note: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, 1948-1 August 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN, UNITED NATIONS PANEL ON PEACE OPERATIONS, UN Press Briefing, 23 August 2000 -- The Secretary-General has appointed Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to follow up recommendations by the United Nations Panel on Peace Operations for the improved conduct of the Organization's peace and security activities.
• Annan Endorses Plan to Recast UN Peacekeeping Operations, USIS Washington File, 23 August 2000 -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has endorsed a far-reaching report by an independent, international panel that proposes extensive structural and management changes designed to strengthen UN peacekeeping operations.
• The Brahimi Report On U.N. Peacekeeping Reform, U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman, 23 August 2000 -- The United States commends the panel's work to strengthen the United Nations' ability to conduct peacekeeping operations, and will carefully review its recommendations.
• FACT SHEET - The Brahimi Report on UN Peacekeeping Reform, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman, 23 August 2000
• Annan endorses far-reaching proposals for UN peacekeeping operations, UN News, 23 August 2000
• Head of panel on UN peace operations says States have signalled willingness to make needed changes, UN News, 23 August 2000 -- Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, who chaired the Panel on UN Peace Operations which released its far-reaching proposals today, said most representatives of Member States contacted by the Panel "realize that the UN can do better and should be helped to do better."
• SECRETARY-GENERAL PROMISES MAJOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING REFORM; CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO PROVIDE FUNDS, IMPROVE DECISION-MAKING, UN Press Release, 23 August 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged world governments to join him in implementing far-reaching changes in the structures and management of United Nations peace operations recommended by a panel of international experts, saying that prompt action was "absolutely essential to make the United Nations truly credible as a force for peace".
• U-N PEACEKEEPING REFORM, Voice of America, 23 August 2000 -- A report released today (Wednesday) recommends some major changes in the way the United Nations plans and conducts peacekeeping operations.
• U-S/NIGERIA PEACE KEEPING, Voice of America, 23 August 2000 -- U-S military personnel are arriving in Nigeria to begin training hundreds of Nigerian troops for peace keeping duty in Sierra Leone.
• U-N-H-C-R / TIMOR, source, 23 August 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, has suspended its aid operations in West Timor, after pro-Indonesian militiamen attacked and severely injured three U-N workers.
• UNHCR Suspends Aid Work in West Timor after Attack on UN Staff, UN Press Briefing, 23 August 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today suspended aid operations for East Timorese refugees in West Timor. The decision was taken after three UNHCR staffers were severely injured in the worst attack so far against UNHCR personnel working in West Timor.
• UNHCR suspends operations in West Timor camps, UN News, 23 August 2000 -- Soren Jessen-Petersen, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner, strongly condemned Tuesday's assault by pro-Indonesian militias on the UNHCR workers while the three were distributing plastic sheeting for refugees at Naen camp outside Kefamenanu town, east of the provincial capital, Kupang.
• At Headquarters, Secretary-General Opens Meeting with UNAMSIL Troop Contributors, UN Press Briefing, 23 August 2000 -- In Sierra Leone, the United Nations Mission faced open hostilities since last May, and, although the situation has since stabilized, the United Nations must "remain vigilant and be prepared for worst-case scenarios".
• Troop contributors meet on UN mission in Sierra Leone, UN News, 23 August 2000 -- At the invitation of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the troop-contributing countries for Sierra Leone met today in New York to discuss ways to improve the operations of the United Nations mission in that country.
• SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO UNAMSIL'S COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT SHORTFALLS AND MANDATE, UN Press Release, 23 August 2000 -- The text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's opening remarks at a meeting held today with chiefs of defence staff of United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) Troop Contributors.
• Special Envoy Abubakar, President Kabila Discuss Peace Process in Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Press Briefing, 23 August 2000 -- Following today's meeting, General Abubakar met briefly with local media and said that his talks with President Kabila were "useful", and that they had discussed means to proceed with the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Mandate of UN operation in DR of Congo extended by Security Council, UN News, 23 August 2000 -- Calling on the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other parties to lift all obstacles to the deployment of the United Nations mission in that country, the Security Council today decided to extend its mandate until 15 October 2000.
• COUNCIL DECIDES ON INTERIM EXTENSION OF MONUC MANDATE UNTIL 15 OCTOBER, UN Press Release, 23 August 2000 -- 'Technical Extension' Designed to Allow Time For Further Diplomatic Activity, Possible Adjustments to Mandate
• Security Council Holds Consultation on Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Press Briefing, 23 August 2000
• U-N-AFGHANISTAN, Voice of America, 23 August 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council issued another call for an end to the fighting in Afghanistan.
• Security Council members warn that Afghanistan's instability could spread to region, UN News, 23 August 2000 -- Members of the United Nations Security Council today expressed grave concern at the continued armed conflict in Afghanistan and agreed there was a "growing risk of greater internationalization of the problem."
• UNHCR / BURUNDI, Voice of America, 23 August 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says there has been a sharp increase in the number of Burundian refugees fleeing into western Tanzania.
• WAR-TORN ANGOLA, Voice of America, 23 August 2000 -- Profiles the state of the nation after decades of war financed by oil and diamonds that in peacetime could make Angola prosperous.

News Reports

• INDONESIA / CABINET SHAKE-UP, Voice of America, 23 August 2000 -- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has announced his new cabinet line-up -- one that he hopes will help him pull Indonesia out of its economic slump and deal with separatist and religious violence in outlying provinces.
• Delta III Rocket Launched Successfully With ATK Solid Propulsion Motors ATK 23 Aug 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said nine of its solid propulsion rocket motors helped successfully launch a Boeing Delta III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
• The Boeing Company and MacDonald Dettwiler Broaden Space Station Relationship Boeing 23 Aug 2000 -- Representatives of The Boeing Company and MacDonald Dettwiler's wholly owned subsidiary, MD Robotics, signed a teaming agreement to reinforce their ongoing commitment to the future of the International Space Station (ISS).
• Boeing Delta III Rocket Successfully Places Data-Gathering Payload into Orbit Boeing 23 Aug 2000 -- A data-gathering, simulated payload was successfully placed into orbit aboard a Boeing Delta III rocket. The launch vehicle lifted off at 7:05 a.m. EDT.