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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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Discouraged United Nations officials have made an urgent appeal for peacekeeping troops to be sent to Rwanda, citing a reluctance from governments to commit soldiers to help refugees return home. Since mid-May, the UN has been seeking 5500 troops to send to Rwanda, and it now says it needs them
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The United States has recognized the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led government in Kigali, as several African nations and the US prepare to send forces to the war-torn country. The move comes as hundreds of thousands of refugees in neighboring countries face a dire humanitarian crisis, with many threatened by an epidemic
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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&
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After more than two years of failed peace plans, diplomats are cautiously optimistic that the latest Geneva proposal may finally bring an end to the Bosnian war. The plan, endorsed unanimously by the world's major industrial powers and Russia, includes incentives and penalties for all parties involved, with
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The UN-OAS civil mission in Haiti is set to leave the country after receiving a 48-hour ultimatum from the de facto government led by President Emile Jonassaint. The decision to withdraw comes as new reports emerge of human rights abuses by the military government, including the discovery of 12 bodies
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The Clinton administration has criticized the ejection of international human rights monitors from Haiti, calling it a "serious escalation" in the conflict between the Caribbean nation's military rulers and the world community. Haitian President Emil Joneissant ordered the 100-person monitoring mission, staffed by the United Nations
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Diplomats have expressed optimism that a ceasefire in Rwanda may take effect on the weekend, bringing an end to the three-month civil war that has left hundreds of thousands dead and displaced. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Tutsi-dominated rebel force, has announced plans to establish a multi-ethnic government, with
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In a potentially volatile situation, Bosnian government army troops from the Fifth Corps have surrounded a French battalion of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the northwestern Bosnian enclave of Bihac. The encirclement is being attributed to concerns over "armed terrorists" infiltrating the town, although UN officials
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Turkey's ambassador to the United Nations, Inal Batu, announced that a draft resolution outlining conditions for draining the idle oil pipeline from Iraq over Turkey to the Mediterranean will be presented to the UN Security Council next week. The pipeline has been inoperable since August 1990, when the
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The United Nations Security Council has begun discussions on a draft resolution aimed at resolving the conflict in Yemen, including a provision to send observers to monitor a possible cease-fire. The council was briefed by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on his fact-finding mission to the Middle East, which
