Exploring basic moral and legal framework of human rights, this papers looks at issues of responsibility, protection and enforcement in the light of international legal obligations. Relating this to the work of humanitarian agencies in their attempts to provide assistance and protection to communities affected by conflict and other disasters, its main chapters explore:

- Different traditions: human rights and humanitarianism
- Moral and legal rights
- Human rights in law
- Responsibility for protection and enforcement
- Human rights in armed conflict

This report reviews reductions in armed forces and opposition forces of Central American countries and the context of each demobilization experience. A brief background of the Central American peace process and the resolution of conflicts in Nicaragua and El Salvador will illustrate how a trend toward demilitarization in the region developed and established a sense of regional security -though at times unstable- essential to successful demobilization and reintegration experiences. The report will then review these post-conflict experiences in light of the

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - United Nations forces in Angola will begin leaving Angola Feb. 28, the U.N. special envoy to Angola, Alioune Blondin Beye, said Friday.
He said the pace of the withdrwal, to be phased over seven months, will take into account progress in the peace process. The next step in this process is the creation of a government of national unity, and the formation of a new national military uniting former rebels and government troops.

Beye made the disclosure after confering with the speaker of the Angolan parliament, Roberto De Almeida.

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS, New York (PANA) - The UN Security Council has warned that failure to implement a recent agreement on the formation of a Government of National Unity and Reconciliation (GNUR) could jeopardise the Angolan peace process.

In a presidential statement in the New York on Thursday, the council threatened to consider "appropriate measures" against those responsible for the delays in implementing the agreement.

According to the agreement, reached at a meeting of the joint commission on Jan. 23, the Angolan government

DATE=1/31/97
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INTRO: LIBERIA'S REBEL FIGHTERS HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, LOCAL TIME, TO COMPLETELY DISARM OR FACE CRIMINAL ARREST. THE DISARMAMENT IS PART OF A REVISED PEACE DEAL SIGNED LAST YEAR AIMED AT ENDING LIBERIA'S SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK HAS MORE FROM OUR WEST AFRICA BUREAU.

TEXT: INTERNATIONAL MONITORS SAY LARGE NUMBERS OF FIGHTERS GATHERED AT SOME 13 DISARMAMENT CENTERS AROUND

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- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni admitted on Thursday that Uganda was on the brink of war with neighbouring Sudan, reported AFP. "We have run out of solutions. We are now seeking a solution on the battlefield," he said. Sudan has routinely accused Uganda of aiding Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) rebels, declaring earlier this week that Uganda was a "third party" to

This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Afghanistan B) Iraq C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Sierra Leone.
PART I - HIGHLIGHTS

A. AFGHANISTAN

1. Update

a) Continued fighting in and around Kabul and in Badghis province. Large movement of internally displaced persons from front line areas to Kabul, Mazar and Herat; assistance given by WFP when security permits. Except for the Salang Highway, all roads open