Reports citing delegates said that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had been particularly reluctant, ostensibly on grounds of cost, to endorse large numbers of permanently stationed Egyptian and Syrian troops and had favoured instead a commitment to deploy forces rapidly to the area in times of crisis. (BNCI)
A communiqué said that government measures would (i) crack down on groups smuggling refugees across borders: (ii) standardize border controls; (iii) deploy forces in remoter border areas; and (iv) apply heavy fines for airlines failing to check travellers' papers adequately at their point of departure. (BNCI)
The UN Security Council heard on Feb. 6 from UN special envoy Cyrus Vance that Franjo Tudjman, the Croatian President, had given him Croatia's" full and unconditional acceptance" of the UN plan to deploy forces in special UN Protected Areas. (BNCI)