DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2001
Foreign Governments
Last updated on March 11,
2006
Comprehensive News
Sources
- Middle
East Crisis (BBC)
- Analysis of July's summit between Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak at
Camp David
- Ensuing conflicts and ability of leaders to stop the violence
- War
and Peace in the Middle East (Washington Post)
- News and analysis of the conflict
- History of the summits since the 1978 Camp David Accords
Clinton Peace Plan,
2000/2001
Israel Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
- News and pictures of the violence
- Quotations from Israeli papers
- Separate section of the web site entitled Peace
Process provides historic documents and speeches
Middle
East Peace Summit Home Page (State Department)
- Official home page of the July 2000 summit
- List of delegations
- Press statements by various parties
- History of previous summits and major documents
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Mitchell Report:
Report of the Sharm El-Sheikh Factfinding Committee
- Causes of violence between Palestinians and Israelis since September
2000, when Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount
- Renewed call for peace talks
Palestinian National
Authority
- Numerous articles and primary documents on the conflict
Sharm El-Sheikh Summit
Wye
River Memorandum
- Text of 1998 agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians on
dividing up the territory
>United Nations
Information System on the Question of Palestine
- Full text of letters, mimeographed (masthead) documents, reports,
resolutions, UN Yearbook articles, and debate transcripts in the General
Assembly and Security Council
- League of Nations is the source for 1917-39; United Nations is the
source, 1945 to present
- Main access point is chronological with supplement access by UN series
symbol, type of document, title, and subject
- Keyword searching requires a password currently not available through
the library
See Arab-Israeli
Conflict class web page for additional materials
Background
- Laurent Kabila overthrew President Mobutu in 1997
- Zaire renamed Democratic Republic of Congo
- Assassination attempt made on Kabila's life on Jan. 16, 2001
- Results uncertain as of Jan. 17, 2001 when Laurent's son, Joseph
Kabila, appointed the temporary head of government
BBC
News
- News story on the politics behind the assassination attempt
- Timeline of the conflict beginning August 1998
- Official government statement on the assassination attempt
CNN
Report
- CNN report on January 17 provides brief background information
- Links to primary documents on the civil war and coups
Lusaka Ceasefire
Agreement
- Text of agreement signed on July 7, 1999
Mortality Study, Eastern
Regions of the DRC (International Rescue Study)
- Report estimates 2.3 million deaths in the five eastern provinces of
the DRC in two years
- Charts, graphs, and tables document mortality by various diseases and
violent death during the civil war
State
Department
Overview
- Press statements on the Democratic Congo
situation
- Links to human rights, economic and international religious
freedom reports
- War crimes
United Nations
Mission to the DRC
- News and maps
- United Nations mandate for a military force (Security Council
Resolution 1291 of Feb. 24, 2000
- Facts and figures
- Primary sources
After the Revolution (BBC)
- Latest news on Milosevic indictment and arrest
- Charges brought by Serbia and the International War Crimes Tribunal
- Analysis of the standoff at his villa in late March
- World reaction
International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Serbia-Info
on the Hague Tribunal
- Series of news articles leading up to agreement to send Slobodan
Milosevic to the Hague Tribunal for war crimes (June 2001)
Death of
Milosevic (CNN)
- Slobodan Milsosevic was found dead in his cell at the Hague on
March 11, 2006 while on trial for crimes against humanity
- Web site includes videos and articles about his rule, a biography,
a summary of charges, and key facts on the trial
Additional Documents in the
News Coverage
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