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  • DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 08 Nov 2000

  • UN official urges collective action to improve peacekeeping, UN News, 08 November 2000 -- The top United Nations peacekeeping official today urged Member States to consolidate their support for the Organization's peace operations around the world.
  • Under-Secretary-General For Peacekeeping Addresses Fourth Committee, Highlights Department's Proposed Structure Changes, UN Press Release, 08 November 2000 -- The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie Guehenno, who assumed his post on 1 October, addressed the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning on a wide range of issues, among them, planned structural changes in the Department for Peacekeeping Operations, the problem of understaffing, and the need for transparency with troop-contributing countries and for rapid and effective deployment of peacekeeping forces.
  • Lack of Participation By Developed Countries In UN Peacekeeping Missions Raised In Fourth Committee, UN Press Release, 08 November 2000 -- Several speakers this afternoon expressed concern over delays in reimbursement to troop-contributing countries and the non-participation by developed countries in United Nations peacekeeping activities, as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its general exchange of views on the comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all its aspects.

  • ANGOLA-DRC: FAA commander visits, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- The commander of the Angolan armed forces (FAA) said in Kinshasa on Tuesday that the Angolan military presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was now only symbolic, news agencies reported.

  • DRC: Libyan summit to discuss DRC conflict, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni had talks in Tripoli with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi on Tuesday, ahead of a summit of African leaders to discuss the DRC conflict
  • DRC: Atrocities reported around Beni, Lubero, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- Civil society sources in the Beni and Lubero area, just south of Bunia, have warned of "massacres, killings, armed robberies and rape" in the region, which, they say have been exacerbated by the RCD-ML leadership troubles.
  • DRC: Bunia reported tense but quiet, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- The weekend rebellion in the northeastern town of Bunia, caused by a split in the governing Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML), appears to have been contained.

  • NIGERIA: IRIN Focus on new security strategy in the Niger Delta, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- As successive Nigerian governments itched to employ military repression to quell the restiveness that progressively overtook much of Nigeria's southern Niger Delta oil region in the last decade, oil companies were the main restraining force.
  • NIGERIA: Curfew lifted in northern state, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- Nigerian authorities have lifted an evening curfew they imposed in the northern city of Kaduna following ethnic and religious clashes in May that left more than 100 people dead.

  • State Department Noon Briefing - Sudan, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 November 2000 -- Q: Have you seen the reports that Sudanese rebels have captured the town of Kassala, and can you confirm it independently at all?

  • East Timor recovery on track thanks to "rapid and generous" donor response: Annan, UN News, 08 November 2000 -- East Timor has recovered from the destruction of last September's post-referendum violence thanks to the "rapid and generous" donor response towards meeting the needs of the population, according to a just released report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

  • In Geneva, Secretary-General meets with two Cypriot leaders, UN News, 08 November 2000 -- Working to foster a comprehensive approach to settling the question of Cyprus, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today held separate meetings in Geneva with Glafcos Clerides and Rauf Denktash, the respective leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.

  • Montenegro Seeks Better Relations With Croatia...Asks To Attend Summit Independently of Belgrade, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 217, Part II, 8 November 2000 -- Foreign Minister Branko Lukovac said a dispute over Prevlaka, a peninsula in the Adriatic, will not hurt relations between Croatia and Montenegro
  • Yugoslavia To Disband Paramilitary Force In Montenegro?, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 217, Part II, 8 November 2000 -- Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica is prepared to dissolve paramilitary troops stationed in Montenegro

  • End Note - Serbian Prison Unrest Spreads, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 217, Part II, 8 November 2000 -- The uprisings represent a major challenge to plans by the fledgling government of Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica to amnesty some 800 Kosovar Albanians, whom Serbian forces seized as hostages during NATO air strikes last year.
  • Serbian Prison Chaos Continues, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 217, Part II, 8 November 2000 -- Serbian inmates at three Serbian prisons prisoners continue to demand better conditions and their inclusion in a general amnesty being drawn up for ethnic Albanian prisoners
  • Yugoslavia - Prisons, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- The transitional government of Yugoslavia's main republic, Serbia, has promised to draft an amnesty law that includes Serbs.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 November 2000 -- Q: Can we change the subject again? Is there anything new on the Yugoslavia diplomatic relations angle?
  • Secretary-General Urges Government of Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia To Take Necessary Measures To Ensure Security Of Prisoners, UN Press Release, 08 November 2000 -- "The Secretary-General has been informed by his Special Representative in Kosovo of the unrest in several detention facilities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including in Nis."

  • UN/Arafat Visit Set, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will meet with members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to promote a plan for an international protection force for Palestinians.
  • Battle for Jerusalem, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is due to meet with President Clinton at the White House on Thursday and is likely to push for an international force that will serve as a buffer between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
  • Robinson / Palestinians, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- Palestinian officials in Geneva say the United Nations Human Rights chief, Mary Robinson, will not be welcome to visit the West Bank and Gaza unless she investigates Palestinian accusations of human rights abuses by Israel.
  • Israeli / Arabs / Inquiry, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- Israel has announced a state commission of inquiry into the deaths of 13 Arab citizens during clashes last month with police.
  • Israel / Palestinian, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- Israeli-Palestinian clashes have claimed at least three more victims.
  • Mideast / Peace, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- Palestinian and Israeli political analysts say the election of a new U-S president will have a major impact on the Middle East peace process.
  • Rock Thrower, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- For more than five-weeks, Palestinian men and boys and even women have gathered at areas in the West Bank and Gaza to hurl rocks and stones at Israeli soldiers.
  • Security Council to meet with both sides in Middle East crisis, UN News, 08 November 2000 -- Following a request from Israeli and Palestinian authorities to meet with the United Nations Security Council, the UN body today agreed to hold a meeting with both sides this Friday morning in New York.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - Middle East Unrest, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 November 2000 -- Q: Okay. To go back to Mr. Arafat, do you have anything new to say on the idea of an international protection force which he continues to float as a proposal despite discouraging noises both from here and from Jerusalem, or wherever the Israeli Government is these days?

  • Fighting and drought leave Afghanistan with grave food crisis: UN food agency, UN News, 08 November 2000 -- Ravaged by severe drought and continued fighting, Afghanistan faces a serious food crisis which is likely to worsen without international assistance, a United Nations agency warned today.

News Reports

  • TANZANIA: New Zanzibari president calls for unity, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- Zanzibar president-elect Amani Abeid Karume of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party was sworn in on Wednesday after the results of controversial elections on the islands were announced the previous day.
  • Zanzibar Inauguration, Voice of America, 08 November 2000 -- The new president of Zanzibar has been sworn in.

  • ZIMBABWE: IRIN News Briefs, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- Opposition leader meets British foreign secretary; Denmark calls for rule of law; Sweden suspends bilateral agreements; University lecturers on strike; War vets ordered off Ian Smith's farm; CFU appeals to farmers to avoid confrontation
  • ZIMBABWE: Whites not targeted in land grab, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- Zimbabwe's deputy attorney general said on Tuesday the government's drive to seize white-owned farms for landless blacks was legal and did not discriminate against whites

  • GHANA: Clashes between rival parties reported, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- About 19 persons were wounded when supporters of rival parties clashed recently in central Ghana, state radio reported on Tuesday.



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