U.N. Lacks Funds to Halt Wars Worldwide
UN president S R Insanally warns there is not enough money to sustain 18 peacekeeping missions costing about 3 billion dollars annually. He cites missions in Somalia and the former Yugoslavia as blurring lines between peacekeeping and enforcement and threatening the organization’s credibility.
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S.R. Insanally
Somalia
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Clashes Edge Israeli Lebanese Front at Hamra Crossing
Israeli troops respond as Muslim guerrillas and allied militiamen clash with mortars rockets and armored forces at the Hamra crossing linking the occupied enclave to the U N policed zone near Tyre. Security sources say the morning skirmishes set off artillery and tank fire.
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Vietnam searchers launch fifth U S operation to locate missing
More than 200 American investigators and an equal number of Vietnamese probe sites of downed aircraft across Vietnam. They will interview witnesses and excavate areas until September 20 as they seek Americans missing from the war ending nearly 20 years ago.
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Mandela 100 days in office, vows truth panel on apartheid
Mandela announces plans for a truth commission to uncover apartheid crimes and compensate victims. He says the panel will light past misdeeds without being a court, while amnesty for pre December 1993 political crimes depends on full disclosures. The president reports progress on reconstruction and development and urgent action on violence and drugs.
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Nelson Mandela
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Gorazde Evacuation Blocked by Bosnian Serbs
Bosnian Serbs withdraw permission to evacuate dangerously ill women and children from Gorazde amid tensions over a peace plan. UNHCR spokesman Peter Kessler cited linking evacuations to prisoner releases as unacceptable. Venting delays, blocked convoys, and fuel controls were reported, while UN convoys faced no major issues that morning.
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Bosnia
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