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1,440-man peacekeeping force in Gulf
UNITED NATIONS. Apr 13 U N Secretary-General Javier Prrez de Cuellar said 34 conn tries Including the five per manent members of the Secu rity Council, would contribute forces to the new 1 440-man peacekeeping mission In the Gulf, reports Reuter
It would be the first time officers from the United States, the Soviet Union Britain. France and China would be serving in the same U N contingent
In a letter to Security Coun ell. President Paul Noterdaeme of Belgium the Secretary Gen era! said he intended 'to pro
ceed without delay" with the deployment of the U.N. Iraq Kuwait observation mission, known as UNIKOM
Another report says An ad vance party of U.N. peacekeepers begin preparations to pa trol the Kuwait-Iraqi border Saturday but actual deployment Is not expected until next week, a U N. spokesman said on Friday
The 30-man team, led by Major General Gunther Grind! of Austria, arrives in Kuwait Saturday for talks with Kuwaiti officials about setting up for forces in a demilitarised buffer zone after which they will go
to Baghdad for similar discussions
Only after the talks are completed will it be possible to establish a timetable for the 1 .440 man peacekeeping force, to be known as the U.N. Iraq-Kuwait observation mis Sion or UNIKOM. U.N sources said
But the first batch of peacekeepers may be deployed sometime next week and U.N. officials hope the majority can be In place within two weeks
The task of UNIKOM Is to deter violations and observe any potentially hostile actions along the border violated by
Iraqi forces last August
The mission Is to comprise 300 unarmed military ob servers, protected Initially by five Infantry companies to tailing 680 men to provide security. as well as a field engl neerlng unit to help clear mines, a logistics unit and an air unit with planes and hell copters
AP from Riyadh says : The United States completed the withdrawal of an entire dtvl ston of 17.000 Army troops from Southern Iraq as Amerl can strength dropped to 300.000 Saturday, military of-
fleers said, reports AI’.
The 1st Armoured Division was the first division-sized unit to be pulled out of the 100,000 strong VII Corps in occupied southern Iraq.
U.S. President George Bush's administration seemed to be moving quickly to get the troops out amid criticism that the United States did little to help the rebels fighting Saddam Hussein.
The withdrawal was completed as the first elements of a United Nations peacekeeping
force that eventually will replace the remaining Americans flew to Kuwait City to begin organising the transition.
The 1,440-member force was established by an official U.N. cease-fire that went into effect Thursday. Its mission Is to keep the peace in a demilitarised zone between Iraq and Kuwait.
Reuter from Piranshahr , (Iran) adds The Kurdish refugee situation tn Iran id beyond control and far more In temational help is desperately needed, the governor of the most crowded refugee town said on Friday.
" Not only Piranshahr but the whole of Iran cannot cope with this exodus because it is so huge." said Ahmed Zyal Farmandar. governor of Piranshahr in northwest Iran.
' Animals have protection on this earth but these people have nothing (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein Is torturing them and killing them and the International community is sitting and looking and waiting.
Zyai said his overworked staff had given up counting how many Iraqi Kurds had flooded across the border into Piranshahr.
Earlier this week the total exceeded 300.000 — nearly ten times the town's usual population — and up to another 300,000 had arrived since then.
“We have done our utmost but it is not in such a way that everyone Is satisfied.' Zyal admitted. During a visit to the town, two truck with bread ar rived and were emptied in moments.