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Washington -- Retired U.S. Admiral JONATHAN HOWE, the United Nations' special representative in Somalia, has been quietly pulled out of that country by U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Howe headed last year's hapless effort to catch Somali strongman Mohammed Farrah Aidid, and even offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to his capture. At the time, Boutros- Ghali vigorously condemned Aidid and called for him to be brought to justice. Nonetheless, U.N. sources say, since Aidid is now considered a key part of peace negotiations, Boutros-Ghali has decided that Howe's continued presence in Somalia would only...
...Boris Yeltsin's government would almost certainly veto it, if only to respond to public anger fanned by nationalists like Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who was in full cry last week. NATO finessed that by insisting that its ultimatum is justified under previous Security Council resolutions. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali, who has resisted previous attempts to take military action, will have to approve launching the first air strike, but this time he is virtually certain to do so, say NATO officials. NATO officials hope Moscow will confine itself to speechmaking rather than seriously trying to block action against the Serbs...
...Although the Clinton Administration denies it, there is a perception that the U.S. has chosen to abandon Somalia rather than contend with the dangers. Turkish General Cevik Bir, leaving the command of the U.N. operation there last week, leaked an "eyes only" letter to U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, indirectly chastising the Americans and Europeans for "mission erosion." Said Bir: "The contributing nations must be committed enough to accept the violence and loss of life associated with war, and then stay the course...
...cover, "our job is becoming impossible," said Belgian General Francis Briquemont just after he asked to leave his post as commander of Bosnia six months early. The overall chief of the U.N. forces, French General Jean Cot, has been relieved of his job after quarreling publicly with Boutros-Ghali over his right to call in air strikes when troops are attacked...
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the U.N. Security Council that without a substantial new ground presence there would be little point to using air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, as threatened by NATO leaders at their summit meeting in Brussels earlier this month. U.N. officials advised Boutros- Ghali that air strikes would endanger U.N. peacekeepers and humanitarian- aid workers...