Friday, September 10, 2010

Multi-National & Inter-Agency

US Senate may ratify UK and Australia treaties

The US Senate could ratify defence industry trade agreements with Britain and Australia before the end of the year, the head of the leading US aerospace industry group says.
   

Guinea Bissau turns to Angola to help reform army

Guinea Bissau has asked Angola to help it reform its armed forces in a bid to end coups and drug trafficking that has plagued the tiny west African state since independence from Portugal in 1974.
   

Liberia stability fragile, needs world help: UN

The United Nations must resist pressure to cut back its mission in Liberia too soon, or risk instability before elections next year, its top official in the country has told Reuters. A big UN force has overseen the nation since the end of fighting in 2003 and cuts are being sought because of the operation's cost, UN Liberia mission chief Ellen Margrethe Loj said at the weekend.
   

“Beware peacekeeping adventurism”

Those who despatch peacekeeping forces to the world's trouble spots often engage in false economies and adventurism that place solders' lives at risk while not helping civilians caught in war zones. That's the view of Paramount Group business development director David McDonald Joyce
   

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