28 August 2000 Military News

National Guard soldiers kept Bosnia communications going, Stars and Stripes, 28 August 2000 -- National Guard and regular Army troops maintain communications during a network outage.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 28 Aug 2000

Burundi Peace Process, THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary, 28 August 2000 -- PRESS BRIEFING BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SAMUEL BERGER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS GAYLE SMITH AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE GREAT LAKES, FORMER CONGRESSMAN HOWARD WOLPE
Clinton August 28 Address at Burundi Peace Talks in Arusha, 28 August 2000
Clinton in Tanzania to Support Burundi Peace Efforts, USIS Washington File, 28 August 2000 -- Text of President Clinton's remarks to the peace conference in Tanzania.
CLINTON-BURUNDI, Voice of America, 28 August 2000 -- President Clinton has witnessed the signing of a framework agreement aimed at ending Burundi's Civil War, during a ceremony in Arusha, Tanzania.

Annan hails inauguration of new Somalian President as step towards peace, UN News, 28 August 2000 -- n a message to the inauguration ceremony of the new President of Somalia, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the event marked an important milestone in the endeavour to re-establish the country as a member of the community of nations.

U-N-SIERRA LEONE, Voice of America, 28 August 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is recommending a major increase in the size of the U-N peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone.
Annan recommends extending, reinforcing UN mission in Sierra Leone, UN News, 28 August 2000 -- In his latest report to the Security Council, Mr. Annan suggested that UNAMSIL be strengthened to a level of 20,500 military personnel, including 260 military observers, to enable it to enhance its operational structure and overall effectiveness and to deploy in key areas throughout the country.
UN helps efforts to free UK soldiers held by Sierra Leone rebels, UN News, 28 August 2000 -- The United Nations said today its Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was making every effort to assist the British Government and the local authorities in ending the detention of a group of soldiers, including 11 Britons and one Sierra Leonean, by rebel troops known as the West Side Boys.

PHILIPPINES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, 28 August 2000 -- US believes paying ransom for hostages is inappropriate. US will not pay ransom, nor negotiate with terrorists. Release of some hostages is a blessing.
PHILIPPINES-HOSTAGES, Voice of America, 28 August 2000 -- Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines have released another one of their hostages.

EAST TIMOR, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, 28 August 2000 -- US congratulates East Timorese on pending anniversary of their independence vote. Good work of UN in East Timor also commended. Sadly, 100,000+ refugees remain in camps. Recent militia activity along border and inside East Timor is deplored; they must be disbanded.
MARKING AN ANNIVERSARY IN EAST TIMOR, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman, 28 August 2000 -- This Wednesday will mark the first anniversary of the August 30, 1999 consultation organized and validated by the United Nations in which the overwhelming majority of the people of East Timor resisted violence and the threat of violence to vote for independence...
Clinton Letter to Congress on Deployment of East Timor Peacekeepers, THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, 28 August 2000
Former head of UN mission in East Timor gets hero's welcome in Dili, UN News, 28 August 2000 -- As East Timor prepares for the first anniversary of its independence from Indonesia, the former chief of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the territory received a hero's welcome today in Dili when he visited the ongoing congress of an umbrella group of Timorese political groups.

MONTENEGRO, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, 28 August 2000 -- US supportive of democratic forces within Montenegro.

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