71.   Boutros-Ghali called for the creation of a U.N. rapid reaction force and the stockpiling of equipment for peacekeeping missions.

72.   Boutros-Ghali urged the council to find funding and troops before mandating new missions and suggested that a U.N. rapid reaction force could be created.

73.   Britain and France, whose peacekeepers were held hostage, have aggressively pushed for the so-called rapid reaction force.

74.   Britain has an agreement with the United Nations to deploy such a rapid reaction force if required, Hoon said.

75.   But Russia is concerned about the presence of the British-French rapid reaction force in Bosnia, which has been endorsed by NATO.

76.   But the vote for new U.N. rapid reaction force was too late to help peackeepers occupying a strategic U.N. observation post in the southern suburb of Mojmilo.

77.   But such a plan likely would involve the rapid reaction force being set up by the French, British and Dutch.

78.   But the vote for new U.N. rapid reaction force was too late to help peacekeepers occupying a strategic U.N. observation post in the southern suburb of Mojmilo.

79.   Camouflaged soldiers of the rapid reaction force were on foot patrol Sunday along sensitive front lines, apparently scouting Bosnian Serb gun positions.

80.   Charest said he supports Canadian participation in the smaller, rapid reaction force.