European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 10, 1993 military the stars and stripes b Page 11 . Command Structure criticized new challenges confront organization Canadian says by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Lahr Germany if . Peacekeeping efforts arc to succeed in places like the former Yugoslavia the United nations must develop a military command Structure to run them Canadian defense minister Kim Campbell says. Canada has been very Active in trying to help the United nations upgrade its ability to be a Center of control and coordination. We have allocated some of our own senior military people to that and other coun tries have done the same.," the newly appointed said sunday during her first visit to her country forces in spoke after having participated in the an Nual conference on Security policy in Munich where nato defense ministers discussed possible intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The meeting constituted the debut on the International stage for both . Defense Secretary Les Aspin and Campbell. For Campbell however it was far More of a Novelty. The 45-year-old House of commons member from Vancouver British Columbia had served three years As Federal Justice minister before just one month ago be coming the first woman in any of nato s 16-member nations to be appointed defense minister. Campbell s description of . Shortcomings suggests that the organization s efforts in the bal kans arc stymied because the crisis does t fit Pat terns common to other peacekeeping operations. The capacity of the United nations to be involved in International activities has vastly out grown its organizational ability simply As a result of the end of the cold War she said. Peacekeeping was pretty straightforward if two parties agreed to have you there. Then the Campbell armed forces of a variety of countries would get together and yes they would have a United nations uniform. But the challenges were not nearly As Complex As what we re seeing in Yugoslavia now. And the . Has been scrambling As an organization to catch up with the implications of its new possible the persian Gulf War is an example of another Pat Tern she said. In that setting . Resolutions authorized military action but left to the United states and other individual nations the task of carrying it put. The . Could not have done that. It does t have the Structure to do that she said. This is an Issue that we re going to be dealing with for some time. It s one of the reasons Why the nato countries feel they have something important to offer.". Army Mai. Gen. Lewis Mackenzie former com Mander of tile . Mission in Bosnia has criticized both . Administration of the peacekeeping Effort and Canada s role in it saying the troops were sent to the War zone poorly prepared. Campbell appeared to dismiss Mackenzie s remarks noting that the govern ment had made its deployment decisions based on advice from the major general himself. /. Canada is withdrawing its troops from the . Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus after 29 years of Politi Cal stalemate there. Asked to describe the lessons of that experience Campbell said the United nations needs to better define its mandate and expectations. The late Canadian prime minister Lester b. Pearson who won the Nobel peace prize in 1957 for his efforts to involve the United nations in peacekeeping recognized that even in the 1960s, she said. Not Long after we went into Cyprus he suggested that we were perhaps More part of the problem than the solution in that sometimes if you re in there keep ing the opponents apart you remove the incentive to them to solve their problems Campbell said. Even so she said the . May decide at the outset of a crisis that its commitment will be Long term be cause no solution is in sight. Hair care centers find a permanent solution by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy Only after sgt. 1st class Candy Gore took the Day off from work hired a baby Sitter to care for her two children and bicycled three Miles to keep an appointment did she find out that the sole beautician at the Naples Navy Exchange s Pinch Marc hair care Center did not know treat her hair Type Gore is was two Days before Christmas and Gore had planned to get a permanent wave As a present to herself. I was hot she said. I stomped out but then i realized that it was t the beautician s fault. I mean what was she going to do ask customers Over the phone if they Are Black that s a Sensi Tive instead of just getting angry Gore filled out a customer comment card handing the problem Over to Exchange officials. Thanks to Gore s comment and Quick action by Exchange officials Black customers will be Able to get their hair done at any Naples area hair care Center after feb. 16. That s when All beauticians in is Gary Millor sgt. 1st class Candy Gore the Naples Community will have completed special training in african Ameri can hair care. Until then tuesdays and thursdays have been set aside just for meeting Black customers needs at the pin Tamare hair care Center a tiny two chair facility that serves the government housing area out Side of Naples. Black people s hair is stronger than that of Whites but also much drier. Spe Cial techniques and chemical solutions arc needed to prevent damage during treatments such As permanent Waves and hair relaxing. Hair weaving and other Black hair styles also require specialized training. Beauty operator Antoinette d Ambra explained her problem. I was trained in Australia and have never had the Opportunity to handle this hair Type she said. All i can do is ask the customers what services they want and refer them to the Beauty shop at the main Exchange for the procedures i can t d Ambra was not alone in her Igno Rance. Only two of the six Beauty opera tors who work at Naples military hair care centers were trained to handle Afri can american hair. These two employees have volunteered their time and expertise to train the others. Exchange manager Gary Shirley pointed out that the contractors handling the Exchange Beauty shops have had the con tract Only since last May and Are learning the needs of american custom ers. For example some operators arc still learning English and require translators to make sure they understand exactly what the customers want. Beautician Federico Cuomo speaking through a interpreter was enthusiastic about the training program that he is helping to teach. What we Are doing Here with services and products is a first for the Naples military Community. We Are very proud of the results of our efforts so far Cuomo said. Gore who has had her hair done at a number of military facilities because her Job requires extensive travelling still plans to use the pin Tamare hair care Center when she is Home. I hate to go out and spend Money on the Economy when the Exchange Vides facilities and services for us Al ready she said. If we Don t use them Well lose former Nurnberg Counselor Dies after illness at age 37 Wiesbaden Germany is a 37-year-old former guidance Counselor at Nurnberg elementary school in Ger Many died last month in Florida. Michael Jarrott Williams died Jan. 17 . To use italian base Rome a Italy agreed tuesday to a . Request for use of an air base on the Adriatic coast for Relief planes supplying Sarajevo the besieged capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Airport probably located near an Cona will take Over most traffic from Zagreb Croatia which has been the base for . Humanitarian flights. The decision conies after a German plane was hit by anti aircraft fire Over the weekend As it flew from Zagreb. In a Hospital in Destin fla., after a lengthy illness stemming from pneumonia school officials said. Williams a 10-year Veteran of depart ment of defense dependents schools was medically retired in 1991. Williams began his overseas schools Ca reer in 1981 As a dormitory Counselor in Nairn Borg. Fie became a Counselor at Nurnberg High school after the dorm closed in 1983. He later worked at the elementary school. Williams served on numerous child advocacy committees. He is survived by his parents or. And mrs. Jerry Williams of Destin and three family requested that contributions in Williams name he sent to the Oasis support group . Box 35, for Walton Beach Fla 32549. Remains of 14 mias returned Vietnam says Bangkok Thailand up Vietnam has returned to . Officials the remains of 14 american service men killed in the Vietnam War state run radio Hanoi said tuesday. It said the remains together with personal belongings were handed Over at a ceremony monday. The broadcast did not identify the 14 servicemen. But it said the remains were recovered during joint searches for . Servicemen listed As missing in action from the Vietnam War. The radio said monday s delivery was the 40th since March 1974 and that the remains of 516 mias have been returned to the United states. More than 2,200 servicemen still Are unaccounted for in Southeast Asia since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, More than two thirds of them in Vietnam. The Fate of the missing servicemen is the key Issue holding up the establishment of full diplomatic relations Between Washington and Hanoi and the lifting of a . Embargo against Vietnam. In december the United states eased the embargo slightly Fol lowing greater cooperation by Viet Nam in the search for mias. . And vietnamese technical experts Are scheduled feb. 25 to begin the 22nd joint search for . Mias
