FBIS Okinawa Press Service Log: Xinhua English 07 Nov

This document is a press service log compiled by FBIS Okinawa on November 7, 1991, containing summaries of various international news reports originally issued by Xinhua. The log covers several geopolitical developments occurring in early November 1991. Key items include the completion of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission II, as reported by Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. A group of experts is noted to have called for the indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In the Middle East, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei urged Arab nations not to recognize Israel. A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in the Turkish-controlled northern part of Cyprus to research the demographic settlement of mainland Turks. The International Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the World Bank, announced a 4.5 million U.S. Dollar loan to Bangladesh to support yarn production. In Nigeria, the leader of the Nigerian Railway Corporation workers demanded the payment of meal subsidies and other allowances to resolve a labor impasse. Finally, the document notes that a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation returned from peace talks in Madrid, and that Nelson Mandela threatened to call for a general strike in South Africa.