<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'd love to hear about the UN policy/practice.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My husband was a volunteer election
monitor for OSCE in Kosovo (twice) and the Ukraine (Orange Revolution),
and I got the impression from his accounts that the teams of monitors (usually
of several nationalities) were provided with an English-speaking interpreter
through whom they communicated with quite a wide range of the local people
(there were UN peacekeepers in Kosovo the first time and they communicated
with the monitors in English but I don't know about the UN people's dealings
with the locals). If you're in a 'live' war zone, it's probably lots harder
than that!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Kate Brett</font>
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