Montenegro has signaled its intent to begin secession from Yugoslavia, also, unless its autonomy status is revised.
Many civilians remain displaced however.
Today an Intl donor Contact Group on Sierra Leone meets in London to promote support to the peace process, including training of a new army. Nigerian troops also extended their stay in Liberia to ensure disarmament in support of the peace agreement there. Also this month the International Labor Organization expelled Burma from ILO participation until it reforms its practice of forced labor. Cuny's family firmly refuses to pay any ransom. In 1995 Cuny too had been awarded the MacArthur Genius award but did not live to collect it.