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agreed a framework of measures in September 1992..."
Box on UN peacekeeping:
Amend paragraph 1 to read "During 1992 alone the number of civilian and military personnel engaged in UN operations..."
Paragraph 6. The precise treatment of peacekeeping costs in the case of large operations (eg the VOPP) has yet to be settled. Delete the final bullet referring to reimbursement.
Paragraph 7. Amend to read "existing security and defence interests. We will also have to consider whether committing military forces represents the the most suitable response.
Box on former Yugoslavia:
Paragraph 4. Amend to read "...monitoring tasks in Croatia, Bosnia, other parts of the former Yugoslavia, and Albania and Hungary. $1
Paragraph 5. End at "
the battalion group in Bosnia".
(No need to go into specifics).
Paragraph 7. Add a reference to RAF involvement in NFZ enforcement operations since late April 1993.
Paragraph 8. The figures for vessels stopped and boarded are now higher: 599 ships boarded, and 137 suspected violators diverted, according to our latest figures.
Box on defence contacts with the FSU, etc:
Paragraph 3. Delete the reference to the Defence Secretary's visit to Ukraine. This has not yet been agreed by FCO.
Paragraph 4. Amend to read "...with Hungary and Poland, and on one year rolling programmes with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We are developing
Delete reference to Czech
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Republic and Slovakia in line 4.
Box on Arms Control Verification
Paragraph 1. Amend to read "...under the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
and the Vienna Document 1992 on so called CFE Treaty Limited Equipment (TLE) at the organisational level..."
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