41.   However, the paperwork authorizing the deployment had not been signed late Saturday, Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood told AFP.

42.   A Rwandan rebel leader warned Tuesday that his group would not recognize any UN resolution authorizing the deployment of French troops in the war-torn central African country.

43.   The Security Council authorized the deployment of a UN observer mission in Guatemala after China, which vetoed an earlier proposal, dropped its objections.

44.   The UN Security Council approved early Friday a resolution authorizing the deployment of a Franco-British rapid reaction force in Bosnia to bolster UN peacekeeping troops there.

45.   The UN Security Council is to vote Friday on a resolution authorizing the deployment of the NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia.

46.   The UN Security Council prepares to vote Friday on a resolution authorizing the deployment of a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia.

47.   The Security Council Monday authorized the deployment of a UN observer mission in Guatemala after China, which vetoed an earlier proposal, dropped its objections.

48.   The UN Security Council approved early Friday a resolution authorizing the deployment of a mainly Franco-British rapid reaction force in Bosnia to bolster UN peacekeeping troops there.

49.   The UN Security Council last week authorized the deployment of the force for six months in and around the Afghan capital of Kabul.

50.   The UN Security Council appears set to authorize the deployment Friday.