ANNOUNCER: Bringing you the world for 20 years, this is CNN.</s>RICHARD ROTH, CNN UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the result of the Cold War in one corner of Africa: the nation of Angola turned into a vast cemetery, two sides, by proxy, fighting for control of resource-rich Angola. Since independence from Portugal in 1975, the government of Angola was backed by the Soviet Union, the rebels supplied by the United States. The shooting continued even after the Cold War ended. In November, representatives of the faction signed a treaty, and now the United Nations Security Council has voted to provide security for the next steps toward peace in Angola. The Angola mission will cost $383 million a year, and Washington pushed for verification of troop disengagement and cease-fire accords before a 7,000-man infantry force is deployed.</s>MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.: But we have learned elsewhere that U.N. peacekeeping can only be effective when the psychology of war gives way to a commitment to peace.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): Such a decision by the Security Council will make it possible to strengthen the cease-fire and the atmosphere of trust in Angola.</s>ROTH (on camera): The two men at the center of this decades-long battle have not met in years. But on Wednesday, Jonas Savimbi, the rebel leader, said he would be willing to meet with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, and could accept him as president if he followed the right policies. At stake: Their cooperation and the commitment of the U.N. Security Council.
CNN 20: U.N. Sends Peacekeepers, February 8, 1995