Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 26. April 2005 / Time Line April 26, 2005
Version 3.025. April 2005, 27. April 2005
04/26/2005
BURUNDI: Thousands disarmed since December, UN official
says
BUJUMBURA, 26 April (IRIN) - Burundi has disarmed and demobilised
7,282 former combatants since December 2004 under an ongoing
programme that includes their reintegration into society, a
military spokesman for the UN Mission in Burundi (ONUB) has
said.
The spokesman, Maj Adama Diop, told IRIN on Saturday that of this
figure, 6,315 were men, 328 women and 639 children.
04/26/2005
Memorandum of Understanding on the Joint Theatre Movement Staff
(JTMS) Multinational Integrated Logistic Unit (MILU) Signed
Today
On 26 April 2005, a Memorandum of Understanding for the formation
and sustainment of a JTMS MILU to perform theatre movement
co-ordination duties in support of a NATO operation or exercise was
signed at a formal ceremony that took place in conjunction with the
meeting of the Senior NATO Logisticians' Conference (SNLC).
The Official Representatives from the six signatory countries
(Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania and the Slovak
Republic) attended the ceremony presided by the SNLC Co-Chairmen,
Mr. John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy
and Planning, and Lt.Gen. Tom Baptiste, Deputy Chairman of the
Military Committee.
Under this MOU, the six NATO and Partner nations agree to form and
sustain a standing JTMS MILU, whose mission will be to develop
movement and transportation plans and prioritise movement
requirements in theatre, as well as to operate a Joint Theatre
Movement Coordination Centre as part of a Combined Joint Task Force
Headquarters. The JTMS MILU has a proven capability as demonstrated
during the STEADFAST MOVE 04 and 05 exercises.
04/26/2005
US Treasury Designates Viktor Bout's International Arms
Trafficking Network
http://www.treas.gov/
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today identified 30 companies
and four individuals linked to Viktor Bout, an international arms
dealer and war profiteer. Today's action took place pursuant to
Executive Order 13348, which targets family members and associates
of former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor. Bout himself
was designated under the same authority in July 2004 because of his
association with Taylor.
"Our targeted sanctions are exposing and isolating the core
elements of the Bout financial empire and illicit arms pipeline,"
said Juan Zarate, the Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Terrorist
Financing and Financial Crimes. "The Treasury remains committed to
fulfilling our international obligations to sanction the former
Charles Taylor regime by taking aggressive action against Bout
front companies and agents."
The U.S. is submitting the 30 companies and four individuals to a
Sanctions Committee established by United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1521, which will consider adding them to the
consolidated list of individuals and entities tied to Taylor...
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