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Accession number & update
00007470 20010202.
Title
Zimbabwean minister addresses regional seminar on defence
policy.
Source
Source: ZBC radio text web site, Harare, in English 25 Jan 01.
Publication date
20010126.
Text
Text of report by Zimbabwean radio web site on 25 January the
minister of Defence, Mr Moven Mahachi, says Zimbabwe's defence
policy will continue being that of moulding a highly trained
and appropriately equipped force that is capable of discharging
its duties. Mr Mahachi said this at the Zimbabwe Staff College
in Harare during a seminar attended by members of the defence
forces, the Zimbabwe Republic police, the president's office,
prison services as well as officers from Botswana, South
Africa, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia. He says the demands in
internal and external military expenditure hinges on political,
economic and strategic factors. Mr Mahachi says the government
will continue to enlighten the public on the operations of the
defence forces since public understanding can ensure the forces
of support of the community in times of conflict. He says the
country will continue providing support to other states in
situations of inter-state conflict adding that this will be
done under bilateral or multilateral arrangements consistent
with the United Nations and Organisation of African Unity
charters.
Length
1,404 Characters, approximately 1 PC screen.
Label/Description Example
AN Accession number 1_: 00007470.AN.
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TI Title 2_: ZIMBABWE$ WITH (DEFENCE
ADJ POLICY).TI.
SO Source 3_: ZBC ADJ RADIO.SO.
DT Publication date
DATE= Publication date 4_: DATE=20010126
MONTH= Publication month 5_: MONTH=200101
YEAR= Publication year 6_: YEAR=2001
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TX Text 7_: MOULDING WITH FORCE.TX.
Label/Description Example
1_: MOVEN ADJ MAHACHI.TX.
DATE Publication date YYYYMMDD 2_: ..L 1 DATE>20001201
MONTH Publication month YYYYMM 3_: ..L 1 MONTH EQ 200101
YEAR Publication year YYYY 4_: ..L 1 YEAR WL 1999,2001
UDATE Update date YYYYMMDD 5_: ..L 1 UDATE GT 20010201
UMONTH Update month YYYYMM 6_: ..L 1 UMONTH<200101
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MEDIUM AN, TI, SO, DT, TX
LONG AN, TI, SO, DT, TX
ALL AN, TI, SO, DT, TX
HITS All paragraphs where search terms occur
KWIC Context of search terms from the TX paragraph
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..P MEDIUM 6,8,14.
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