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• Lockheed Martin Team Awarded ISC2 Contract For Command and Control Modernization Lockheed Martin 20 Sep 2000 -- The U.S. Air Force has selected the Lockheed Martin team to modernize its air, missile and space command and control (C2) systems in a program valued at approximately $1.5 billion.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 20 Sep 2000
• Security Council extends UN mission in Sierra Leone, UN News, 20 September 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today unanimously approved a resolution that extends the mandate of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) until 31 December 2000.
• Security Council Extends Sierra Leone Mission Until 31 December, By Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1321 (2000), UN Press Release, 20 September 2000 -- The full text of the resolution extending the present mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone.
• Annan flags human rights issue in latest report on Ethiopia/Eritrea, UN News, 20 September 2000 -- Amidst persistent accusations of human rights abuses by both Ethiopia and Eritrea, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report released today that he intends to establish a human rights component in the newly authorized United Nations peacekeeping mission for the two countries.
• U.S. Ambassador Renews Call for OSCE-Russia Cooperation in Chechnya, U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Vienna, 20 September 2000 -- Ambassador David T. Johnson's remarks to the OSCE Permanent Council.
• Indonesia to disarm militia in West Timor, Security Council told, UN News, 20 September 2000 -- An envoy of the Government of Indonesia has announced that his country plans to disarm the militias in West Timor using "persuasive and repressive" means.
• UN refugee agency continues efforts to find worker abducted in Guinea, UN News, 20 September 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that it has initiated a number of actions to locate a female staff member who was abducted by unknown gunmen in Guinea on Sunday, in an attack that left another aid worker dead.

News Reports

• Yugoslav Voters Have the Right to Democracy, USIS Washington File, 20 September 2000 -- Voters in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "have theright to democracy. Yugoslavia ought to be an important part of theinternational community, and this is their opportunity to choosethat," said James O'Brien, the U.S. State Department's special advisoron democracy in the Balkans.
• U.S. Ambassador to OSCE Calls on FRY to Release Foreign Detainees, U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Vienna, 20 September 2000 -- Ambassador David T. Johnson's remarks to the OSCE Permanent Council.