Word: nato
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Defense and foreign ministers from the NATO member nations have officially approved the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. Fourteen nonmember nations also pledged their support and said they would join in the peacekeeping operation. Chief among these: Russia, whose participation the Clinton Administration had deemed crucial. French Defense Minister Charles Millon gave the mission a boost when he attended the meeting, ending a 29-year French boycott of NATO's military wing. The contributor of 10,000 of the 60,000 peacekeepers, France has a major stake in the largest troop deployment in NATO history. TIME's Bruce Crumley notes that...
After Kwasniewski's win, messages of congratulations poured in from many nations, including the members of nato and the E.U. None dwelt on his party past. "It's not the background or the personal experience of the candidates, it is the policies that they will pursue in the future," said Mike McCurry, the White House spokesman. "And on that point, President-elect Kwasniewski has been very clear...
...observers believe the hardest job--enforcing it--lies ahead. "On paper, we have peace," said U.S. mediator Richard Holbrooke. "To make it work is our next and greatest challenge." To that end, President Clinton pledged that American troops would make up a full third of the 60,000-strong NATO force that will separate the former enemies. In the U.S., many members of Congress have proclaimed determined opposition to deploying American troops in Bosnia; the House will hold hearings on the issue this week...
...conversation with Time Daily's Peter Meyer correspondent Alexandra Stiglmayer reports from Sarajevo that the people of the besieged city are still not ready to hope for permanent peace. Even though they look forward to the arrival of NATO troops, says Stiglmayer, they worry about what will happen after the soldiers leave. "The enmity between the Serbs and Muslims is deep," she says. The Serb demonstrations demanding autonomy in the city are a constant reminder of that fact. One piece of news which cheered the Bosnian Muslims of the city was the announcement by Senator Bob Dole that...
...biggest NATO operation in history, the French general charged with U.N. peacekeeping in Sarajevo was ordered back to Paris today after having condemned the Dayton peace agreement. "I refuse to have my soldiers condemned to watch an exodus of Serbs who will burn their houses before leaving," a French newspaper quoted General Jean-Rene Bachelet as having said over the weekend. Bachelet reportedly added that the peace pact, which puts the divided city under control of the Muslim-Croat federation, would force the Serbs of Sarajevo to choose between "the suitcase or the coffin." The French Defense Minister, who ordered...