European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 27, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 5u.n. Lifts s. Africa arms embargo United nations a 4 the Security Council has lifted the last of its apartheid Era embargoes on South Africa scrapping its bans on weapons exports and imports. While the lifting of the bans was intended to celebrate South africans move to democracy it could Lead other african nations to turn there for weapons increasing the potential for violence on a continent Long bloodied by civil War and ethnic feuds. The United nations imposed the weapons embargoes and other sanctions on South Africa in an attempt to Force an end to White minority Rule. In an address to the Security Council before wednesdays vote South africans Deputy president said the move would show a acceptance by the world body that. We have become a democratic  a precisely because we Are conscious of what the world has done for us we too Are determined to contribute what we can to the making of a better world for All a Dep Uty president Thabo Mocki said. Beki said South Africa was trying to convert its military technology to civilian use and asked for International assistance president Nelson Mandela of South Africa hinted tuesday that his country would not turn Down the Chance to sell arms. A i done to think it would be fair to say that a particular country should not engage in Trade in arms a Mandela told South african state television. A arms arc for the purpose of defending the sovereignty and the integrity of a country. From that Angle there is nothing wrong in having Trade in  the ban on weapons sales to South Africa went into effect in 1977 the ban on arms exports from that country took effect in 1984. A a the United Nat Ion so last re m a i n i no penalty on South Africa the 1974 banishment from the general Assembly is sex peeled to fall soon and South Africa is expected to be allowed to reclaim its seat on the world body this fall. Boutros Ghali gripes at world inaction on Rwanda by the Washington Post United nations a  Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali on wednesday alled the International response to Rwanda a ethnic bloodletting a a a failure Ana a a a scandal for which the United nations and leading countries in the West and Africa share responsibility. A it is genocide which has been committed. More than 200,000 people have been killed and the world is still discussing what ought to be done a Boutros Ghali said. A it is a scandal. I am the first one to say it and i am ready to repeat  Boutros Ghali vented his frustration at a news conference after pleading for weeks to Western and african governments for soldiers and equipment to provide a 5,500-troop peacekeeping Force for the Central african nation that since april 6 has Boutros Ghali been reduced to bloody chaos by a civil War and by tribal conflict. The rwandan crisis and the unwillingness in world capitals to dispatch troops to help resolve it have highlighted a Broad Retreat from activism through the United nations a extending Well beyond the United states a after ambitious costly and criticized . Operations in Somalia and Bosnia in that vein Boutros Ghalie a comments illustrated the difference Between his View of the United nations As a political first Aid Agency that must Rush to help ailing nations and the Clinton administrations new concept that a Long list of safety conditions must be in place before the United nations should intervene. A v. The United nations has received commitments from just three countries a Ghana Ethiopia and Senegal a for a total of 2,100 troops for a Rwanda peacekeeping Force. The Security Council voted May 16 to set up the Force but the United states cast some doubt on the Mission by insisting that the Council review the decision before the bulk of the troops Are deployed. Boutros Ghali attributed the lax response to a a fatigue among . Member states which Are already supporting 17 peacekeeping operations. Many major donor countries Are facing economic difficulties he said and a Public opinion is not helping the different governments.�?�. The . Secretary general turned to the organization of african Unity for help but the regional bloc was unable to mobilize a collective response. Many african governments arc plagued by economic hardships and political strife. Boutros Ghali said he also Hopes to receive troop commitments from Egypt Zimbabwe and Nigeria. But , officials said these troops do not have the minimum weapons and equipment they need and it remains unclear How they will travel to and within Rwanda. A. Boutros Ghali said he met in South Africa earlier this month with six Heads of state attending president Nelson Mandela a inauguration. A i begged them to Send troops. Unfortunately a let me say with great humility a i failed a he said. / after talks in South Africa with vice president a1 Gore Boutros Ghali reached a Compromise with the United states Over the peacekeepers purpose. They will be deployed in Kigali the rwandan capital As Boutros Ghali had insisted and in Border areas outside Rwanda to protect and feed refugees As the United states proposed.., Vietnam plan to set up Liaison offices Hanoi Vietnam apr Vietnam and. The United states have agreed to establish diplomatic missions a an important step toward the normalization of relations a the foreign ministry announce thursday. The agreement comes More than 20 years after the two countries fought each other in a War that divided the United states and Cost the lives of nearly 60,000 americans and As Many As 2 million vietnamese. The foreign ministry said that on May 20 and May 21, . Assistant Secretary of state Winston lord and vietnamese Deputy foreign minister be Mai a exchanged letters concurring in the establishment of representative offices in their respective  it did not say when the offices would open but other officials have said the offices would open within two to three months. A spokesman said he had no additional details. A. A a. A. A a a a. Vietnamese officials said the offices would handle Trade business tourism and culture and help account for 2,233 americans still listed As missing in action from the War. The Clinton administration has made the establishment of diplomatic relations contingent on Vietnam a providing More information on mias and on improving its record on human rights. President Clinton announced plans to establish the Liaison offices when he lifted the 19-year Trade embargo against Vietnam on feb. 3. Since then relations Between the countries have steadily improved. ? i Mannheim. Germany apr an argument Between a turkish family and a German family on a Mannheim Street escalated into a riot by about 100 right Wing radicals police said thursday. Twenty five people Are under investigation following the wednesday night Melee in a working class neighbourhood. A German girl whose age was not Given punched a 13-year-old turkish neighbor during an argument police said. Relatives of the girls then got into a scrap police said. The two families frequently argue police said. About 100 right Wing radicals showed up and shouted anti foreigner slogans at the turks. Police rushed to the scene and dispersed the crowd. But 4he Radical right mob later went to the Home of another turkish family where they broke a window and again shouted xenophobic slogans police said. Officers chased the mob away. Three turkish families have been Given police Protection in Case violence flares again. Germany has been plagued by far right violence since unification in 1990. A court in the Eastern German City of Erfurt on thursday convicted a leading Neo nazi of inciting a gang of skinheads into beating up foreigners of dec. 13, 1991. Thomas Dienel head of the German National party was also convicted of insulting jews. Prosecutors said that when Dienel formed his Neo nazi group in 1992 he pronounced that he wanted to a Light the ovens again at the Buchenwald concentration Camp for Simon Wiesenthal the famed nazi Hunter who is a holocaust survivor. The 33-year-old Dienel was sentenced to 4 is years in prison. Also on thursday a court in the Northern port of Kiel convicted three skinheads who crashed a wedding reception and attacked guests with a knife and Gas pistols. Three people were injured. A few Days Days before that attack the skinheads ringleader 20-year-old Peter Borchert stabbed a Kiel bus Driver because the Driver had been kind to a student from Sudan. The Driver was seriously injured. Borchert was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for the two attacks. Of a Moscow apr Vladimir a Mirinovsky the flamboyant right Winger partial to fisticuffs with fellow parliamentarians has been challenged to a Duel. The Leader of the minuscule majority party Vyacheslav Grechniv wants to go one on one with a Mirinovsky in a karate or a kick boxing match. Grechner an obscure politician whose beef with a Mirinovsky is unclear offered to give his opponent a head Start a fighting with hands or even Heads Only. A Mirinovsky Hasni to deigned to reply. But an admirer in the Northern City of sever Dvinsk did volunteering instead for a Duel of wits with Grechner. A i would like to offer Grechner if he thinks he a Brave a Duel worthy of a real Man and an outstanding politician a an intellectual Duel a Andrei Gizatullin said in a letter released by  a press service.  a own style is less cerebral. He often threatens to jail reformers if he comes to Power or even hang them. A his Ultra nationalist party won nearly a Quarter of the vote in last december a parliamentary elections by promising among other things to restore the russian Empire and shoot criminals on the spot.  a first fight in parliament was in january when he broke in line at the cafeteria and then punched a reformist lawmaker who objected. In april he beat up a defector from his party and threatened to tear another Sbeard out a hair by  a Mirinovsky then smashed the recorder of a reporter who had taped the incident