81. ECOWAS, a regional political and economic body, originally deployed the force under Nigerian leadership. 82. Facing opposition inside and outside Burundi, a committee of east and central African officials subsequently postponed plans to deploy military forces there. 83. German forces were deployed as supply troops in Somalia last year, but the Bosnia action would be their first deployment in a combat situation. 84. Government and SPLA forces would be deployed under their respective independent commands during the two-year period. 85. Haitian police are being trained but it will take more time before the force can be deployed, the report said. 86. He added that if Anwar was free to move about, the police would have to deploy extra forces, and this would be a drain on public coffers. 87. Gusmao has suggested that a U.N. peacekeeping force be deployed to East Timor to maintain security as it prepares for independence. 88. Hilferty said American forces had not deployed ground forces, but were backing the British-led mission with air power. 89. His comment was the harshest since the Russian peacekeeping force was deployed in Abkhazia last summer on approval of the Commonwealth of Independent States. 90. Holbrooke said the expanded U.N. force could be deployed by August, but that it depended partly on whether Congo complied with the new agreement. |