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As the Bosnian Serb units tightened their grip on Srebrenica in July 1995, General Ratko Mladic summoned Dutch peacekeepers to a hotel where they were shown a live pig being slaughtered, a gruesome display meant to convey his intentions towards those protected by the Dutch. Despite this warning, Dutch peacekeepers
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U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali announced the decision to withdraw over 9,000 U.N. peacekeepers from Bosnia-Herzegovina, citing a more stable military situation and a political process gaining momentum. The withdrawal is part of a larger effort to streamline the U.N. Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the war-shattered Balkan
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The United States brokered an agreement Thursday with warring parties in the Balkans, calling for a 72-hour pause in NATO airstrikes, a cease-fire in Sarajevo, and the withdrawal of most Bosnian Serb heavy weapons from around the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. As part of the arrangement, Russian peacekeepers may be deployed
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The United Nations is facing a severe financial crisis, with its regular operating expenses depleted in mid-August, prompting the organization to borrow $98 million from peacekeeping funds. This move has strained the already limited peacekeeping funds, which are now expected to face further diversion of funds. According to Under Secretary
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The situation in former Yugoslavia is escalating with the UN's senior commander in Bosnia, General Bernard Janvier, recommending a cessation of airstrikes after receiving a letter from Bosnian Serb army leader General Ratko Mladic agreeing to pull back heavy weapons. However, this decision was met with shock and
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Diplomatic efforts to resolve the Bosnian conflict seemed to hit a roadblock Wednesday when the plane carrying US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke to Serbia was rerouted to avoid NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces. However, the real message behind this incident was one of coordinated international action,
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has increased its air campaign in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in response to continued violence by Serb forces. On February 28, 1994, U.S. Air Force F-16s shot down four Serb warplanes violating the United Nations-declared 'no-fly zone' over Bosnia. The following months
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Japan's Social Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, has approved the dispatch of Japanese peacekeepers to the Golan Heights, marking a significant policy shift for the party. The party's leadership made the decision, citing the need to honor the party's central committee&
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Rwandan refugees, mostly Hutu, are being forced back to their homeland by Zairian soldiers, who are using trucks, buses, and private vehicles to ferry them to the border. The expulsions have turned into a disaster, with warnings from the United Nations and the State Department that it could lead to
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A critical peace mission accident occurred on a mountain road near Sarajevo, resulting in the loss of three U.S. diplomats and a U.N. soldier from France. The armored vehicle skidded off the road, crashed into a ravine, and burst into flames, leaving two U.S. officials and two
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U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke continued his Balkan peace shuttle, while the United Nations cleared the way for possible punitive NATO airstrikes by ordering its troops out of Gorazde. This move came as diplomatic activity intensified in the former Yugoslavia, with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic expressing optimism about the peace
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A tense situation is unfolding in Rwanda as the United Nations withdraws its peacekeepers, leaving the country vulnerable to a possible reprise of last year's civil war. The Rwandan military, predominantly Tutsi, is massing troops along the western border in anticipation of an attack by rearmed remnants of
