It has been generally assumed that anti-personnel landmines are an indispensable weapon of war, and that their indiscriminate effects can be moderated through compliance with military doctrine and the rules of international humanitarian law. This study examines the military case for continued use of these weapons in light of their employment in actual conflicts since 1940, whether by professional armed forces, by insurgents or in counter-insurgency operations. It has been undertaken in the absence of other publicly available studies on the actual use and effectiveness of anti-personnel mines.

DATE=8/1/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-217977
TITLE=LIBERIA INAUGURATION (L)
BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK
DATELINE«IDJAN
CONTENT=
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INTRO: FORMER LIBERIAN REBEL LEADER CHARLES TAYLOR IS TO BE
SWORN-IN SATURDAY AS PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA. MR. TAYLOR WON A
LANDSLIDE VICTORY LAST MONTH IN THE COUNTRY'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC
ELECTION IN 12 YEARS. V-O-A WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT PURNELL
MURDOCK REPORTS THE INAUGURATION IS THE FINAL STEP IN LIBERIA'S
LONG AND DIFFICULT ROAD TO PEACE FOLLOWING YEARS OF CIVIL WAR.

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for the Great Lakes
Tel: +254 2 622147
Fax: +254 2 622129
e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org

- Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has denied that Burundian rebels are undergoing military training in his country. According to Tanzanian radio, he told visiting EU Great Lakes envoy Aldo Ajello yesterday that his government could not support such a move as it would derail the Burundi peace process. Mkapa stated he supported

(4:26am AEST)

Albania's Defence Secretary Perikli Teta says looting of military depots has escalated in recent days, with the stolen weapons sold illegally to neighbouring countries.

The AFP news agency, quotes Mr Teta as saying that over the past four days, large numbers of weapons, as well as ammunition, have been stolen from military bases in Albania's south.

Mr Teta said the damage inflicted on the Albanian army is worrying, adding that gang attacks on military installations in the south are on the rise.

AFP said the stolen weapons are often

Rome, 1 August 1997 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) protested strongly today against the requisition of all its food stores in Freetown by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), which has ruled Sierra Leone since the May 25 coup.
"This decision is unacceptable because it is tantamount to the loss of more than 2,000 metric tons of various food commodities remaining in the WFP Freetown stores," WFP Executive Director Catherine Bertini said. "The international community=E3s food aid is destined solely to needy Sierra Leoneans and should not be

NATIONS UNIES
Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN
Tel: +254 2 622 147
Fax: +254 2 622 129
e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org

- Le President tanzanien, Benjamin Mkapa, a recuse le fait que les rebelles burundais suivent des entrainements militaires dans son pays. Selon la radio tanzanienne, il a declare hier a l'Envoye de l'Union Europeenne pour la region des Grands Lacs, Aldo Ajello, que son gouvernement ne pourrait pas soutenir de telles actions puisque cela ferait derailler le processus de paix burundais. Mkapa a communique qu'il

Ghion Hagos, PANA Correspondent
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Organization of African Unity (OAU) said here Friday that it would support whatever appropriate measures ECOWAS countries take to restore constitutional legalliy in Sierra Leone, now that efforts at peaceful means had failed.

The collapse of the peace talks is regrettable, Ibrahim Dagash, the official spokesman of the organization, told PANA.

He attributed the collapse on Wednesday of the peace talks between the ECOWAS Committe of four (foreign ministers

Press Release
SG/A/645

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Atsu-Koffi Amega of Togo as Chairman of an investigative team to look into
alleged human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mr. Amega, the former President of the Supreme Court of Justice in Togo, had been head of the Commission of Experts for
Rwanda created by the Security Council to investigate the massacres in that country in 1994. He also headed the

FOOD AID NEEDS

Assistance to Displaced Persons, Other War Affected Populations and Vulnerable Groups

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Lessons Learned

Caucasus Logistics Advisory Unit

Armenia

Background
Government Policy/Actions
Objectives of WFP Assistance
Beneficiaries
Mode of Implementation
Monitoring
Nutritional Considerations and Food Basket
Funding Requirements
Pipeline

Azerbaijan

Background
Government Policy/Action
Objectives of WFP Assistance
Beneficiaries