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09 November 2000 Military News

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  • DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 09 Nov 2000
  • Challenges of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Reviewed By Countries With First-Hand Experience, UN Press Release, 09 November 2000 -- elegates of several countries with experience of hosting United Nations peacekeeping missions addressed the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon as it continued its general exchange of views on the comprehensive review of peacekeeping operations.
  • Fourth Committee Hears 17 Speakers In Debate On Peacekeeping Operations; Security Council Reform, 'Brahimi Report' Recommendations Addressed, UN Press Release, 09 November 2000 -- The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning continued its comprehensive review of peacekeeping in all its aspects, with 17 speakers addressing a wide range of issues, including the impact of Security Council reform on peacekeeping, the recommendations contained in the Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations -- the Brahimi report -- the need for a strengthened Department for Peacekeeping Operations and peacekeeping operations in Africa.

  • BURUNDI: Concern over peace accord, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- More and more parties are expressing concern over the peace agreement signed in Arusha, Tanzania, on 28 August.

  • Ivory Coast, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- Ivory Coast today/Thursday marks a national day of mourning following the bloodiest clashes in its history.

  • DRC: Angola to take "decisions" soon, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- Angolan Chief of Staff General Joao Batista de Matos, who visited the DRC-government held town of Mbandaka in Equateur province earlier this week, said his country would soon adopt "important decisions relating to the return of peace in the DRC".
  • DRC: New Goma group a "rival political party", Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- Victor Ngezayo, the hotel owner and businessman, who has established a new group in the eastern town of Goma says the movement is not a rebel group, but a rival political party to the governing Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma).
  • DRC: Demonstrations banned in Bunia, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- The Ugandan army has announced a ban on all demonstrations in the unsteady northeastern town of Bunia, after an attempt to overthrow rebel leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba at the weekend.
  • DRC: Uganda, Rwanda react to new force, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda explained that the neutral African force would replace all foreign armies currently in the DRC and "regretted" that such a force had not been provided by the UN.
  • DRC: Leaders agree on neutral African force, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- African leaders meeting in Tripoli, Libya, have agreed on the deployment of a neutral African force in the DRC, according to a statement issued after the discussions on Wednesday.
  • Security Council briefed on obstacles to UN deployment in DR of Congo, UN News, 09 November 2000 -- The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) faces a number of difficulties which are blocking its deployment, a senior UN peacekeeping official told the Security Council today.

  • ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UN mission chief expresses confidence, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- The new head of the new United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) on Tuesday said he believed the peace operation would succeed because the two countries "have signed an agreement that they are determined to implement."
  • UN force commander in Ethiopia and Eritrea reports good cooperation by sides, UN News, 09 November 2000 -- The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) is receiving good cooperation from both sides, according to the Commander of the UN force.

  • MOZAMBIQUE: RENAMO supporters killed in demo, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- At least seven people died on Thursday when police dispersed demonstrating supporters of the opposition RENAMO party in central and northern Mozambique

  • SUDAN: Khartoum set to ask UN to lift sanctions, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- The Sudanese government will urge the UN Security Council to lift diplomatic and economic sanctions against it after more than four years, despite the threat of the US blocking any such move with its veto in the Council
  • SUDAN: Army claims control of Kassala, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- Government forces on Thursday claimed to be in control of the city of Kassala, 400 km east of the capital Khartoum, after driving out rebels who had claimed its capture on Wednesday
  • Sudan Fighting, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- There has been a major battle between the Sudanese government and rebels for control of a key eastern town.

  • Sierra Leone - Rebels, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- Sierra Leone's government and the country's main rebel group, the Revolutionary United Front (R-U-F) have delayed, until Friday, a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.

  • SOMALIA: Potential for renewed violence remains - Annan, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- Compounding the humanitarian problems facing Somalia was the fact that over the past year, seven aid workers from the UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) had been killed there

  • Indonesia / Aceh Violence, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- As many as nine people may have been killed by Indonesian security forces in the separatist northern province of Aceh.

  • U.S. mission in East Timor will be reviewed this month, By Jan Wesner Childs, source, 09 November 2000 -- The United States will review its mission in East Timor this month and decide whether to change the makeup of its small force there.
  • Marines in East Timor work to make residents' lives better, By Jan Wesner Childs, Stars and Stripes, 09 November 2000 -- A platoon from 9th Engineer Support Battalion, on a 90-day deployment from Okinawa to East Timor, is witnessing the birth of a new country and the struggles that come with it.
  • Security Council delegation set to leave for Indonesia, East Timor, UN News, 09 November 2000 -- A delegation of the United Nations Security Council was set to leave for East Timor and Indonesia today to review the work of the UN mission in the newly independent territory and Jakarta's progress in disarming militia in West Timor.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - Indonesia/East Timor, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 09 November 2000 -- Q: Do you have anything to bring us up to date on the schedule of Ambassador Gelbard, who he has seen in the building, who he is going to see or not going to see?

  • WFP / Chechnya, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- The United Nations World Food Program, the W-F-P, says many people in the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya are fleeing to neighboring Ingushetia in search of food and other relief supplies.

  • In Geneva, Annan briefs European and US envoys on Cyprus, UN News, 09 November 2000 -- As the current round of proximity talks on Cyprus continued in Geneva, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today held a series of meetings there with concerned officials from Europe and the United States.

  • Tensions At Serbian Prisons Easing, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 218, Part II, 9 November 2000 -- Serbian officials said on 8 November that discussions with inmates who have taken control of three Serbian prisons have improved the situation there
  • State Department Noon Briefing - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 09 November 2000 -- Q: Is Jim O'Brien going to Belgrade?

  • Clinton-Arafat, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- President Clinton returning to Middle East diplomacy after the U-S election held talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Thursday and will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday.
  • Qatar / Israel, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- The Middle Eastern nation of Qatar says it is cutting relations with Israel after coming under pressure from Muslim countries as it prepares to host a summit of the Islamic Conference.
  • Israel - Palestinians - Traumas, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- Many Israeli and Palestinian children have been traumatized by the past six-weeks of violence.
  • Israel - Palestinians, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- Israeli combat helicopters fired missiles into a vehicle carrying leaders of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization.
  • Mideast Peace, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is pushing for fundamental changes in the Middle East peace negotiations.
  • State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 09 November 2000 -- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher briefed.
  • Dennis Ross Speech on Middle East Peace, source, 09 November 2000 -- The U.S. Special Middle East Coordinator Dennis Ross said creating a lasting peace in the region requires gaining the support of "peoples and publics."

  • AFGHANISTAN: IRIN Interview with Taliban ambassador, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- In an interview with IRIN on Tuesday, he discussed the prospects for peace in Afghanistan and the effects on the country of UN sanctions, and called for an end to foreign interference in the country.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Opposition gloomy about UN peace talks, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- The Afghan opposition Northern Alliance said it was not optimistic about UN-sponsored peace talks with the ruling Taliban movement announced last week

News Reports

  • COTE D'IVOIRE: Generals arrested, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- Two generals, ex-members of the former ruling junta have been arrested in connection with an alleged assassination attempt against General Robert Guei
  • SWAZILAND: IRIN Focus on political unrest, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 09 November 2000 -- Swaziland will next week reintroduce a dreaded detention law in a campaign to curb increasing activity by political dissidents.
  • Europe Devolving, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- Spanish police have arrested a group of suspected Basque terrorists in the wake of a bombing in Madrid that killed a supreme court judge and two associates and wounded sixty other people.
  • U-S Election / Arab React, Voice of America, 09 November 2000 -- In the Middle East, people have been surprised and mystified by developments in the U-S presidential election.



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