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This week an emergency airlift is to begin delivering food throughout the country, and a technical team will arrive in Mogadishu to assess the needs for a return to peace; 50 cease-fire observers from 10 nations are already in the capital. But the U.N. will not begin distribution of food and aid without the security provided by a 500-man Pakistani battalion, on standby since April. So far General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, one of two rivals destroying the country they would govern, has balked at accepting armed blue helmets...
Company executives discussed with White House officials "how they would assure continuity of corporate management, assess surviving capability . . . and mesh their company plans with those of government." Company officials balked when it appeared the government might take over the firm in wartime. Ultimately, the executives prepared a "unified emergency plan," and were to be provided with radio-communications equipment for the site...
When you live within a community, it's often difficult to take a step back and assess its problems. Things aren't always falling apart between your eyes--when I lived in Weld, I never guessed that the electrical system needed repair so desperately. And often, a home can be appealing despite its drawbacks. I loved Weld for its front steps, its high ceilings and its spacious landings. While I wished it had fireplaces and private bathrooms, I made the most of my experience there...
...total clergy) were molesters, while 14 others showed "immature behavior" that was not serious. Second, the committee fashioned a new procedure for complaints. Parishioners will have access to a 24-hour phone hotline. A full-time specialist working with a panel of six laity and three clergy will assess all charges. Priests who are judged guilty will undergo two years of intensive therapy and four years of follow- up, then get church assignments where they will never again work with minors. Instead, the commission recommended that rehabilitated priests return to other kinds of administrative work. The report, declared the Cardinal...
...hard to assess how much can actually be achieved at Rio. But it is clear that there will be plenty to do afterward, and it is not too soon to think about how new strategies might be most effectively pursued. Certainly we cannot depend on periodic mechanisms like the Earth Summit, which manage to be both ponderous and convulsive at the same time. There is a need for an interim continuing structure like the Security Council within the United Nations. An alternative might be a voluntary mechanism like the Group of Seven meetings, but one that includes some...