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As the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina continues to deteriorate, the United Nations has secured previously denied access to all areas of Bosnian Serb-controlled territory in the Sarajevo 12.5-mile (20 km) heavy weapons exclusion zone. This breakthrough agreement, reached after a Thursday meeting between the Bosnian Serb army leadership and the
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In a disturbing incident in southwestern Somalia, Somali militia members ambushed a United Nations peacekeeper convoy, killing seven Indian soldiers and wounding nine. The attack occurred in the village of Burleego, 70 miles southwest of Mogadishu, and was described as "unprovoked and carefully coordinated" by Major Richard McDonald,
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The United Nations took control of the protection zone in southwestern Rwanda on Monday, with 1,800 UN soldiers of the peacekeeping operation in Rwanda, UNAMIR, assuming responsibility for the area once controlled by French and African troops. The transition from Operation Turquoise, a 2,600-strong French force, occurred without
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Seven Indian soldiers serving in the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Somalia were killed and six wounded in an ambush by Somali gunmen on August 22. The attack occurred while they were escorting a humanitarian convoy near the town of Burlego, and the United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali condemned the
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Australian defence personnel serving in non-warlike situations will no longer have to pay tax on their daily allowance of $51, following a decision by the Treasurer to reverse an earlier tax ruling. The change was prompted by criticism from defence officials and comes as Australian troops join the United Nations
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As the French completed their early-morning handover to Ghanaian United Nations peacekeepers, thousands of Hutu refugees set off on a long trek west, fearing retribution from the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The French, who had promised to protect the civilian population, were met with a massive no-confidence vote as
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United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali expressed concern about the humanitarian mission in Rwanda, urging the United States to seek a UN mandate to carry out its efforts. The US is the largest donor to Rwanda's humanitarian efforts, but its troops and officials working in the capital, Kigali, are
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As international violence erupted in Kigali, the global community largely abandoned Rwanda, despite a 2,500-strong UN peacekeeping force having been stationed there since 1990. The UN's capacity was severely crippled, with numbers dwindling to just 700, as the Clinton Administration cited limitations on its interests in restoring
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The United Nations' (UN) inability to deploy an adequate peacekeeping force to Rwanda highlights a broader issue of the UN's failure to fulfill its commitments in various global hotspots. Despite the UN Security Council authorizing 5,500 troops for Rwanda, only half that number is expected to
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President Clinton has appealed to Congress to more than double aid for Rwanda, aiming to increase the flow of food, medicine, and water to millions of Rwandans displaced by ethnic violence. The administration plans to send 200 U.S. troops to open the Kigali airport, which will be handed over
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The Canadian government, led by Defence Minister David Collenette and Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa Christine Stewart, has increased its relief commitment to Rwanda, pledging an additional $13 million to help combat the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region. This brings the total Canadian commitment to $34
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The Clinton Administration is mulling a decision to withdraw the last remaining American diplomats and marines from Somalia due to a surge in violence and the increasingly destabilized security situation. The move comes as United Nations peacekeepers are raising questions about their own usefulness in the war-torn country. The administration&
