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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 11 Sep 2000
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMEN OF ANGOLA AND SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS BODIES United Nations 11 Sep 2000
• Press Conference By Chairman of Angola Sanctions Monitoring Mechanism, UN Press Briefing, 11 September 2000 -- For the first time, the General Assembly would take up the issue of diamonds as a catalyst for conflic
• U-N-SIERRA LEONE MEETING, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today (Monday) urged West African nations to continue working for peace in Sierra Leone.
• BRITAIN / SIERRA LEONE, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- Britain's government has hailed the rescue mission that won freedom for six British soldiers and a Sierra Leone national being held hostage in Sierra Leone by the renegade group known as the West Side Boys.
• African Ministers Discuss Sierra Leone at U.N., USIS Washington File, 11 September 2000 -- Pressing regional leaders to use their influence on new Sierra Leone rebel leaders to abide by the Lome Peace Agreement and cooperate with the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned September 11 that continued instability in the country could affect the entire region.
• Annan concerned over effect of Guinea/Liberia tension on Sierra Leone, UN News, 11 September 2000 -- xpressing concern about reports of tensions along the border between Guinea and Liberia, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to prevent any deterioration of the situation, which could have an "adverse effect" on Sierra Leone.
• Secretary-General Pays Tribute To Ecowas Efforts For Peace In Sierra Leone; Calls On Ecowas Leaders To Influence Rebels To Cooperate, UN Press Release, 11 September 2000 -- Text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Statement today to the first meeting of the Coordination Mechanism on Sierra Leone of the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States and the Government of Sierra Leone.
• GUINEA-REBELS, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- Guinean forces continue to round up Sierra Leonean and Liberian nationals, following recent clashes along Guinea's borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone.
• Press Conference By President of Croatia, UN Press Briefing, 11 September 2000 -- The United Nations had mainly been late in taking action to prevent conflict, especially conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, and needed a new mechanism so that action could be both blunt and cost-effective, the President of the Republic of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, told correspondents on Friday afternoon.
• LANKAN FIGHTING, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- Sri Lanka's state media says security forces gained new territory in fierce fighting in the northern Jaffna Peninsula, Sunday.
• U-S/SENEGAL, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- U-S military trainers have embarked on a new program in Senegal aimed at bolstering the skills of troops who take part in future peacekeeping missions.
• INDONESIA - MILITIAS, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- Indonesia says it is strengthening its security forces in West Timor.
t, Juan Larraín (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council's Angola Sanctions Monitoring Mechanism, told correspondents at a press conference.
• Proximity talks on Cyprus to resume at UN Headquarters, UN News, 11 September 2000 -- The latest round of United Nations facilitated proximity talks on Cyprus will open tomorrow at UN Headquarters in New York, a spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today.
• East Timor situation on agenda for Cohen talks in Indonesia, Stars and Stripes, 11 September 2000 -- Defense Secretary William Cohen will deliver a strong message from President Clinton to Indonesian officials this week about the failure of that nation's government to bring to heel the violent militia gangs that continue to wreak havoc on the island of Timor.

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• Indonesia's 'Embarrassment'And 'Moment of Truth': Atambua, Soeharto Trial, Presidential Power- Sharing, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 11 September 2000 -- Foreign press commentary on recent developments in Indonesia and East Timor.
• SAF - TERRORISM, Voice of America, 11 September 2000 -- Last week's murder of a Cape Town magistrate has sparked an angry exchange between South Africa's national security minister and the vigilante group he accuses of carrying out the killing.
• Space Systems/Loral Signs with Sea Launch for Telstar-8 Boeing 11 Sep 2000 -- Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE:LOR), has signed an agreement with Sea Launch, the ocean-based launch services company, to launch the Telstar-8 satellite in 2002.