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your quick guide to news from around the world Clinton promises to pay off debt to U.N. 1 WASHINGTON — The new U.N. secretary-general, Kofi Annan, told President Clinton Thursday he would push for “a re formed United Nations” and won a promise in return that Clinton would work with Congress to pay America’s long-tardy dues. “We cannot expect to lead through the United Nations un less we are prepared to pay our own way and to pay what we owe,” Clinton said. The United States supplies about 25 percent of U.N. funding but is about $1 billion in arrears on its dues, which have been with held by Congress. Clinton said Annan needs to eliminate waste, streamline U.N. staff and wipe out “overlap and abuse.” “The secretary-general and I agree that the U.N. must pursue this course of reform. It’s clear to me that he is prepared and deter mined to get the job done,” Clin ton said. Oregon counties to receive disaster relief 2 WASHINGTON — President Clinton declared three storm damaged counties in southern Oregon a major federal disaster area Thursday and pledged more than $6.7 million in federal re lief, with more possibly to come. Jackson, Josephine and Kla math counties will receive the disaster relief. Those counties, along with Lake County, are eligible for ad ditional money in a state-federal cost-sharing program known as “hazard mitigation.” The money is intended to aid state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms, flooding and slides from Dec. 25 through Jan. 6. Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Gordon Smith said they would continue to document damage to make other counties eligible for a disaster declaration. Clinton hadalready issued fed eral emergency declarations for three other Oregon counties. Drop in crime may lead to fewer prisons 3 SALEM — New state figures show a more than 6 percent drop in Oregon crime in the first nine months of 1996, and top leg islators say prison building plans eventually could be scaled back if the trend continues. Seven new institutions would be built over the next 10 years un der Gov. John Kitzhaber’s prison expansion program. The governor is asking the 1997 Legislature to provide $168 million for the first phase. In its latest survey, the state Law Enforcement Data System says overall crime declined by 6.4 percent in the first nine months of last year. Crimes against persons dropped by almost 11 percent, and property crimes were down by 9 percent. A major factor in the need for added prison space is a measure passed by voters in 1994 that im posed tougher sentences for vio lent felonies. riKO CREATE YOUR OWN FRATERNITY... 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