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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS" by SUSAN PEEK on Aug. 11, 1991 at 13:58 Eastern,
about FULL TEXT RELEASES FROM UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE (3284 notes).

Note 3284 by UMNS on Nov. 12, 1996 at 16:23 Eastern (1676 characters).

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CONTACT:  Linda Bloom                      570(10-21-31-71B){3284}
          New York (212)870-3803                     Nov. 12, 1996

EDITORS NOTE: This story may be a sidebar to UMNS #569 {3283}

Bishop May urges Clintons
to support response to refugees

                 by United Methodist News Service

     President Clinton and the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton,
have been asked to utilize their "moral and spiritual authority
and leadership" to help bring peace to the African nations of
Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi.
     In a Nov. 11 letter, United Methodist Bishop Felton May of
Washington, D.C., urged the Clintons immediately to support, "by
executive order," a humanitarian response for the one million
refugees trapped in that region, "even if it means sending U.S.
military personnel to provide logistical support and protection
for humanitarian workers."
     May suggested that Clinton could convene a summit meeting of
African leaders and lend political and financial support to the
"Great Lakes Accord" signed last year by leaders from Uganda,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Zaire.
     The United States strongly opposed a United Nations
resolution -- sponsored by Germany and France -- that would have
created an international military force to protect relief workers,
open airports and create a buffer zone. That resolution failed in
a U.N. Security Council vote on Nov. 9.
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