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28 Dec 2001

Croatia
ADRA initiates winter aid in Croatia

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— Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
Silver Spring, Maryland --The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is distributing emergency aid to 4,000 people returning to the Lika region of Croatia after spending several years as refugees.
To assist the returnees in preparing for winter, ADRA is supplying 500 household kits with cooking pans, beds, mattresses, and blankets; 2000 food and hygiene kits, 1,500 cubic meters of fire wood; and 2,000 winter coats.

This ADRA project is serving the villages of Vrhovine, Otocac, Udbina, Donji Lapac, and Korenica. For two years ADRA

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27 Dec 2001

Croatia
Croatia: Going home at Christmas

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— IFRC
by John Sparrow in Zagreb
Amid the snow-covered hills of central Croatia, Radmila Brujic stared out, stone-faced, from the window of the Red Cross pick-up truck. It had been a long, hard journey, and though it was almost over, she remained full of uncertainty.

Radmila, a 62-year-old nurse, was going home, but where, she wondered, would that be. The flat she had lived in with her husband before conflict had chased them away? A camp for homeless returnees? A room with friends or relatives? And how would she live? Did

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 7 others
General Assembly calls for increased international assistance for Afghanistan on condition interim authority honours Bonn Agreement

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— UN General Assembly


Fifty-sixth General Assembly GA/10005
Plenary 21 December 2001
91st Meeting (PM)
The General Assembly this afternoon adopted six resolutions, two by recorded vote, as it considered numerous agenda items.

Without a vote, the Assembly adopted a resolution on Afghanistan, by which it called on all Afghan groups to promote peace and a lasting political settlement in the country, and fully implement the Bonn agreement. It stressed that women should fully and equally take part in civil, cultural, economic, political and social life and decision-making processes.

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21 Dec 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 1 other
Bosnia's traumatised citizens

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— Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Many Bosnians are still deeply disturbed by the horrors of the war.
By Sanela Hajdarhodzic in Sarajevo (BCR No. 306, 21-Dec-01)

Since his wife was murdered, his teenage daughter raped and his house burned down in front of him nine years ago, one of Dr Ismet Ceric's patients has not slept for a single minute.

"My patient is quite simply afraid to fall sleep, afraid of waking up and afraid of what he might see in his dreams. He is a medical phenomenon - he never sleeps, yet his body functions normally," said Dr Ceric, one of Bosnia's leading psychologists.

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20 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
Afghanistan: Lessons from peacekeeping in Former Yugoslavia

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— Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
By Jolyon Naegele
The UN Security Council tonight or early tomorrow is expected to authorize a British-led UN security force in Afghanistan to be deployed as early as late December, and which would be allowed to use force. RFE/RL's Jolyon Naegele reports that UN-authorized peacekeeping engagements in the Balkans offer a wealth of lessons to the new force.

Prague, 20 December 2001 (RFE/RL) -- The international community is learning.

UN peacekeeping missions in Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia, and UN-authorized NATO-led peacekeeping missions

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14 Dec 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 15 others
General Assembly adopts 14 resolutions on strengthening coordination of humanitarian, disaster relief assistance

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— UN General Assembly
GA/10000
Plenary 87th Meeting (PM)
The General Assembly this afternoon adopted 14 resolutions on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance. It adopted those texts without a vote.

By a resolution on assistance to the Palestinian people, introduced by the representative of Belgium (speaking on behalf of the European Union and associated States), the Assembly urged Member States, international financial institutions, intergovernmental

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13 Dec 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 others
Croatia's housing policy delays return of ethnic Serbs

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— Agence France-Presse
by Jean-Pierre Altier

ZAGREB, Dec 13 (AFP) - Croatia has been under mounting pressure by the international community, accusing Zagreb of a discriminatory housing policy regarding ethnic Serbs that hampers their return to the country they fled during the 1991-95 conflict.

Problems linked to the return of ethnic Serb refugees remain among the main ones faced by Zagreb, said Bernard Poncet, head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) mission to Croatia.

According to Poncet, numerous discriminatory

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12 Dec 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 others
Commission allocates a further EUR 2.5 million in humanitarian aid for Serbia

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— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
IP/01/1802
Brussels, 12 December 2001 - Serbia hosts today the largest refugee population in Europe: there are still 375,537 refugees from Croatia and Bosnia, most living in very difficult conditions. Channelled through the Humanitarian Aid Office of the EC (ECHO), which comes under the responsibility of Commissioner Poul Nielson, this additional financial support will allow NGOs to carry out the distribution of food assistance to the most vulnerable refugees in the course of the first part of the winter. With this decision, ECHO's assistance to Serbia
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10 Dec 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 1 other
Bosnia: Monthly report to the Security Council on the operations of the Stabilization Force (S/2001/1167)

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— UN Security Council
S/2001/1167
Letter dated 10 December 2001 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council

I have the honour to transmit to you herewith the text of a communication dated 3 December 2001 from the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (see annex).

I should be grateful if you would bring it to the attention of the members of the Security Council.

(Signed) Kofi A. Annan

Annex

[Original: English]

Letter dated 3 December 2001 from the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Secretary-General

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04 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
IOM press briefing notes 04 Dec 2001: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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— International Organization for Migration
by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson
Afghanistan - Update

Today a six-truck IOM convoy left Kabul headed to Bamiyan in the central highlands carrying 5,000 quilts and 4,000 tarpaulins for IDPs in that region.

A second IOM convoy transporting 5,100 quilts made by widows for the International Foundation for Hope has also left for Kunduz.

Another IOM convoy from Peshawar arrived on Monday in Kabul with 900 tents (for Bamiyan), 10,000 blankets, and 7,000 tarpaulins (for Kunduz). These will be stored in Kabul until convoys can be arranged to the final destinations.

International Organization for Migration:

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26 Nov 2001

Afghanistan + 23 others
Launching 2002 Consolidated Appeals, Secretary-General asks help for 33 million 'in desperate need'

Report
— UN Secretary-General
SG/SM/8043
Following is the text of today's address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to launch the 2002 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals:

It is a pleasure to be with you today to launch the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for the year 2002. We are making these appeals on behalf of people who are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection.

Today, the world's eyes are on Afghanistan and the plight of its long-suffering people. But just three months ago, before the terrorist attacks of 11 September, the people

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26 Nov 2001

Afghanistan + 23 others
Statement by the President of the Security Council at the global launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2002

Report
— UN Security Council
I am honored to join you this morning at this very important event, in my capacity as President of the Security Council.
The annual launch of the Consolidated Appeals is an occasion to draw the world's attention to the plight of its most vulnerable - more than 33 million people living in conditions of unspeakable despair in parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. I am not speaking about simple statistics, but about women, men and children who are suffering the consequences, everyday, of conflicts taking place in their countries, their villages and their towns.
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24 Nov 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 others
ICTY/Bosnia - Analysis: The mother of all indictments

Report
— Institute for War and Peace Reporting
The latest indictment against Slobodan Milosevic encompasses all the crimes the Bosnian Serbs are alleged to have committed.
By Mirko Klarin in The Hague. (TU No. 245, November 19-24, 2001)

The tribunal prosecution last week issued the last chapter of Slobodan Milosevic's war biography.

Former chief prosecutor Louise Arbour signed off on the first chapter, the Kosovo indictment, in May 1999. Chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, did so on the second, the Croatia indictment, in September 2001. And again on the final one, the Bosnian indictment,

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20 Nov 2001

Croatia
Republic of Croatia : Overview of ICRC activities Feb - Sep 2001

Report
— ICRC


Introduction
The ICRC has been working in Croatia since 1991. Throughout the various phases of the conflict there it regularly adapted its operations to meet humanitarian needs and now that the guns have fallen silent it is continuing to deal with the effects of war in various ways. In 2001 the ICRC has been involved in three main areas of activity:

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19 Nov 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
World's burgeoning refugee problem reflects inadequacies of current protection system, Third Committee told

Report
— UN General Assembly
Fifty-sixth General Assembly, GA/SHC/3668
Third Committee
44th Meeting (PM)
The world's burgeoning refugee problem clearly reflected the inadequacies of the current international protection system, several delegations told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) this afternoon as its discussions about refugees continued.

The world, the speakers said, was very different today than it was in 1951, when countries signed the Convention on the Status of Refugees, designing a global approach to the issue. There

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16 Nov 2001

Albania + 6 others
Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans: Report of the Secretary-General (A/56/632)

Report
— UN General Assembly


A/56/632
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 20 (b)
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions

I. Introduction

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06 Nov 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 1 other
Petrisch gives "last warning" to Bosnian Serbs

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— Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Wolfgang Petritsch, the international community's high representative in Bosnia, told leaders of Radovan Karadzic's Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) that "patience is running out" with the obstructionist tactics of that party (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 5 November 2001). Referring to the need to enable Muslims and Croats to return to their homes in Bosnian Serb territory and for the Republika Srpska to cooperate with The Hague, Petritsch said: "Nothing has been implemented. This has to change rapidly, because the window of opportunity for the SDS
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31 Oct 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 1 other
Croatian food parcels for Bosnian muslims

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— Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
In a sign of improved ties between Zagreb and Sarajevo, the Croatian government has responded to an appeal by the UNHCR and begun sending 150,000 food parcels to tens of thousands of needy Bosnian Muslims camped in tent settlements near their former homes, AP reported from Sarajevo on 30 October. PM
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27 Oct 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 others
Serbia: Refugee conscripts fight for justice

Report
— Institute for War and Peace Reporting
REGIONAL REPORT - Serb refugees forced to fight in Bosnia are fighting for justice.
By Marina Grihovic in Belgrade (TU No. 241, October 22-27)

A Belgrade court ruling earlier this month provided further proof that police routinely arrested Serb refugees and sent them to the front line in Bosnia.

It was the latest in a series of landmark rulings which indirectly help to establish Serbia's role in the Bosnian war.

The court ruled that the Serbian government was responsible for Milan Tadic's unlawful arrest and, in an unprecedented

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