71.   The UN troops will escort convoys of food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of Rwandans threatened by famine and disease and help protect civilians and displaced people.

72.   Their convoy was escorted by armed Rwandan troops in jeeps, an AFP correspondent noted.

73.   UNPROFOR could run the airport, escort humanitarian convoys and monitor the border, the report said.

74.   These troops were escorting a convoy transporting fuel when they were detained by Serbs last Saturday in Papraca, near Zvornik.

75.   Two British armoured vehicles escorting the convoy returned fire, he said.

76.   Its mission would be limited to protecting civilians and escorting relief convoys to millions of needy Rwandans who have fled their homes to escape death squads.

77.   Kris Janowski, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, added that two British armoured vehicles escorting the convoy replied with machinegun fire.

78.   NATO troops used to escort convoys to the isolated enclave which remained in government hands throughout the conflict but these were halted last month.

79.   Police spokesman Eric Naigambi said the convoy was being escorted by troops when it came under attack.

80.   Police were deployed Friday and Saturday to remove pickets and escort truck convoys past the strikers.