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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 25 Aug 2000
• Secretary-General's Report on Sierra Leone, UN Press Briefing, 25 August 2000 -- The Secretary-General's report on Sierra Leone has been finalized and is expected to go to the President of the Security Council today, so that it can be informally distributed to the Council members.
• UN panel on Sierra Leone diamonds to visit African, western capitals, UN News, 25 August 2000 -- The panel, which was established for an initial four-month period, has set a programme of work that will take the five-man team on a series of visits starting next week.
• UN food agency reaches 2,600 needy Afghan families in strife-torn area, UN News, 25 August 2000 -- The United Nations announced today that its World Food Programme (WFP) had succeeded in crossing front lines and bringing aid to a large group of needy people in Afghanistan's strife-torn Dara-e-Suf region.
• AFGHANISTAN / U-N, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- The United Nations says it has completed delivery of more than 400-tons of food to drought- stricken people in central Afghanistan.
• YUGOSLAVIA / MARKOVIC, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- The wife of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has entered the race for a seat in Parliament in next month's elections, regarded as a sign that President Slobodan Milosevic wants to increase his power base ahead of the elections on September 24th.
• REPORTS OF CONTINUED AERIAL BOMBINGS OF CIVILIAN TARGETS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman, 25 August 2000 -- Statement from the State Department expressing concern over bombings in Sudan.
• SRI LANKA / ARMY COMMANDER, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- Sri Lanka's new army commander Lionel Balagalle says a shortage of manpower is the biggest difficulty facing his country's army, which has been locked in long-running conflict with separatist Tamil rebels.
• INDONESIA POL, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid hands greater powers to his vice president in a move expected to appease some of his critics.
• Note from East Timor, UN Press Briefing, 25 August 2000 -- The first criminal sentence in East Timor since the popular consultation held last August was carried out today in the Dili District Court.
• No change in West Timor security situation, UN refugee agency reports, UN News, 25 August 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that the situation in West Timor remained "alarming," with no change in the security conditions in the camps for East Timorese refugees or along the repatriation route between East Timor and Indonesia.
• UN appeals for $30 million for internally displaced in Ethiopia, UN News, 25 August 2000 -- The United Nations office in Ethiopia today appealed for $30.4 million for rehabilitation and recovery programmes for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Tigray and Afar regions of the country.
• CONGO / UN, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- The government in Congo-Kinshasa says United Nations peacekeepers may now move more freely throughout the country.
• CLINTON-AFRICA, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- President Clinton is preparing to leave for Africa to underscore support for the democratic transition in Nigeria and peace efforts in Burundi.
• ALBANIA / MONTENEGRO, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- Albania's prime minister, Ilir Meta, wound up a visit to Washington Friday calling the situation in neighboring Montenegro very delicate.

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• FIJI / TREASON, Voice of America, 25 August 2000 -- In Fiji, lawyers for jailed coup leader George Speight have asked judges to dismiss treason charges filed against him and sixteen of his associates.