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To: Bob Fairchild who wrote (1862)	11/5/1999 5:31:00 PM
From: George J. Tromp	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2522

Foreign policy of which country.? This was brought to my attention today Belgian general appointed commander of UN mission for referendum in Western Sahara. 3 November -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed a high-ranking Belgian military officer as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Following a series of consultations, the Secretary-General informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Brigadier-General Claude Buze of Belgium as MINURSO's Force Commander and Council members agreed with Mr. Annan's choice, according to an exchange of letters released at UN headquarters today. Brigadier-General Buze's appointment took effect as of 1 November. In his post as MINURSO's Force Commander, he has replaced Major-General Bernd Lubenik of Austria, whose term of duty came to an end on 31 October. MINURSO was established in 1991 in accordance with a settlement proposal aimed at resolving an ongoing dispute over Western Sahara, a Territory on the north-west coast of Africa, involving Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and R¡o de Oro (POLISARIO). The proposal, which was accepted by both parties, provided for a ceasefire and a referendum to choose between independence and integration with Morocco. According to its mandate, MINURSO was entrusted to perform a wide range of tasks, from monitoring the ceasefire and verifying the reduction of Moroccan troops in Western Sahara to identifying and registering qualified voters, and organizing and ensuring a free and fair referendum. Regards George