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31 October 2000 Military News

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  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 31 Oct 2000

  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on Women and peace and security United Nations Security Council Adopted by the Security Council at its 4213th meeting, on 31 October 2000 -- "Urges Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all decision-making levels in national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict (...) Calls on all parties to armed conflict to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, and all other forms of violence in situations of armed conflict" [PDF 35.6 Kb]

  • Press Briefing On Financial Implications of Brahimi Peace Operations Report, UN Press Briefing, 31 October 2000 -- A new report, which presented the financial and budgetary implications of the implementation package presented by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on the Brahimi report, was now available, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno, told journalists at a press briefing at Headquarters this afternoon.

  • Namibia / Angola / Medicine, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- The long civil war in Angola is spreading over the borders into Zambia and Namibia.
  • UNHCR / Angola, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- The U-N's refugee agency, the U-N-H-C-R, says about 18-thousand Angolan refugees are massing at the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  • Interim Chechen Administration's Move To Grozny On Hold, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 211, Part I, 31 October 2000 -- The planned move from Gudermes to Grozny of most agencies of the pro-Russian interim Chechen administration has been postponed indefinitely, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo told journalists in Gudermes on 30 October.
  • Russia, EU Agree Political Solution Needed On Chechen Conflict, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 211, Part I, 31 October 2000 -- In a joint declaration issued following the Russia-EU summit in Paris on 30 October, Russian President Putin and EU leaders noted that with regard to the conflict in Chechnya, "we agreed on the necessity and urgency of seeking a political solution with respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation."

  • KOSTUNICA ACCEPTS GUILT...Or Does He, RFE/RL Balkan Report, Vol. 4, No. 81, 31 October 2000 -- Kostunica's remarks on a popular U.S. television news program (CBS network's "60 Minutes II") mark a significant change in his public declarations about Serbian culpability in the atrocities of the past decade, as well as in his views on whether Milosevic should be brought to justice
  • Survey Suggests Majority of Montenegrins Support Independence, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 211, Part II, 31 October 2000 -- A poll published in the Montenegrin daily "Vijesti" on 30 October showed that a majority of respondents would favor independence if a referendum on the topic were held, although a majority also favored some future association with Serbia, Reuters reported.
  • U-N / Yugoslavia, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has endorsed Yugoslavia's request for full membership in the world organization.
  • Yugoslavia / IMF, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Progress is being made in Yugoslavia's efforts to rejoin the International Monetary Fund, which is an essential first step for post-Milosevic Serbia obtaining needed reconstruction loans.
  • Security Council recommends admission of FR of Yugoslavia to UN membership, UN News, 31 October 2000 -- In a unanimous decision, the Security Council today recommended to the General Assembly that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia be admitted to membership in the United Nations.
  • Yugoslavia Recommended for U.N. Membership, USIS Washington File, 31 October 2000 -- The Security Council October 31 accepted the application of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) for membership in the United Nations.

  • Israel / Palestinians / Bethlehem, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Bethlehem, the cradle of Christianity, is virtually sealed-off from the outside world with violence raging across the territories.
  • US / Mideast, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- The Clinton administration is renewing efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians to stop fighting and agree to a truce after more than one month of deadly conflict.
  • Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- At least three Palestinians are dead after new fighting with Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip.
  • Israel / Palestinian Reax, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank town of Ramallah reacted angrily Tuesday after Israeli air attacks on suspected command centers of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
  • / Palestinians, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon is vowing to oust Prime Minister Ehud Barak from office, apparently ending prospects of a national emergency government being formed to deal with raging violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
  • Annan increasingly concerned at ongoing Middle East violence, UN News, 31 October 2000 -- Reacting to the latest spate of clashes in the Middle East, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the parties to honour the understandings reached earlier this month at the summit meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - Middle East Unrest, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 31 October 2000 -- Q: The Secretary seemed to find more fault in one of her TV appearances, last night I guess, with the Palestinian side than with the Israeli side. And, you know, there have been so many hours since then. Has she or you noted, or anybody in the building noted, any difference in -- if you look at some of the things Arafat has said now? Do you see him as being receptive to her appeals?
  • Albright Interview with Jim Lehrer on PBS October 30, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 31 October 2000 -- MR. LEHRER: All right, let's talk about the Middle East. As we just reported, as I just reported in the news summary, Israeli Prime Minister Barak said today that the window of opportunity for peace with the Palestinians was closing. Do you agree with him?
  • Secretary-General Calls For 'Full, Immediate Implementation' of Sharm El-Sheikh Understandings, UN Press Release, 31 October 2000 -- The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned at the continuing wave of violence in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. He is dismayed by the ongoing loss of innocent lives.

  • Afghan Fugitives Gather On Border With Tajikistan, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 211, Part I, 31 October 2000 -- Some 1,500 Afghans fleeing the ongoing fighting between Taliban and Northern Alliance forces have congregated at the Pyandj border crossing between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Interfax reported on 30 October.
  • / India/ Afghanistan, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Pakistan is urging India to reduce military tensions in the disputed Kashmir region.

  • Congolese rebel leader apologizes for shooting of UN helicopter, UN News, 31 October 2000 -- A rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has apologized for an incident in which a United Nations helicopter was hit by small arms fire, a UN spokesman announced today.
  • Kenyan general named to head UN mission in Sierra Leone, UN News, 31 October 2000 -- In a first move to reshape the military leadership of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), Secretary-General Kofi Annan has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Lt. Gen. Daniel Opande of Kenya as Force Commander of the Mission.
  • East Timor: UNHCR reports biggest return to Oecussi since July, UN News, 31 October 2000 -- A group of East Timorese refugees has gone back to East Timor's Oecussi enclave in the biggest single-day return since July, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today.
  • Holbrooke Praises, Criticizes Bosnia in University Speech, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 31 October 2000 -- "The historic transformation throughout the region illustrates a significant accomplishment: the beginning of a return to normality in the Balkans."

News Reports

  • Peru / Revolt, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Peru's military says a revolt by an army unit in the southern part of the country is virtually over with all but eight of the mutineers captured.
  • Peru Uprising CQ, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- A short-lived revolt by a small unit of Peruvian soldiers Sunday is the latest chapter in the political crisis that began in mid-September and which has steadily weakened Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.

  • Zanzibar / Elections, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- Election observers on the island of Zanzibar say Sunday's vote there should be repeated. But the government says it is only going to re-run the vote in two districts, something opposition candidates say is not acceptable.
  • US / Indo Pol Analysis, Voice of America, 31 October 2000 -- The U-S Embassy in Indonesia is closed to the public until further notice.



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