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19 Dec 2006

Croatia
Croatia: Reintegration programme for separated soldiers receives new backing

Report
— International Organization for Migration
Croatia - The Norwegian Government is contributing US$ 1.9 million towards IOM's ongoing programme to provide reintegration assistance to discharged soldiers to ensure their successful transition into civilian society and workforce.

The aim of IOM's Reintegration Assistance to Separated Defence Personnel Programme is to facilitate the reintegration of some 3,000 discharged soldiers by providing regular information and counselling with respect to opportunities for gainful employment and/or self-employment as civilians. Special attention is given to former soldiers

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18 Dec 2006

Croatia + 1 other
Head of OSCE mission encourages churches in Croatia to support return and integration of refugees

Report
— Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
KISTANJE, 18 December 2006 - Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, the head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, today encouraged the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Croatia to organize joint events to foster reconciliation and support the return of Serb refugees to Zadar and Sibenik-Knin County in western Croatia.

Ambassador Fuentes attended a meeting with leading representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox Church in Croatia at the Krka Monastery near Kistanje to discuss the return and reintegration of refugees as well as the promotion of peaceful co-existence. The region

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15 Dec 2006

Rwanda + 3 others
Conseil : La stratégie d'achèvement des travaux des Tribunaux pénaux internationaux pour l'ex-Yougoslavie et le Rwanda menacée par le nombre d'accusés en fuite

Report
— UN Security Council


CS/8906

Conseil de sécurité
5594e séance – matin

Les Tribunaux pénaux internationaux pour l’ex-Yougoslavie et le Rwanda ne doivent pas fermer leurs portes avant que les accusés encore en fuite ne soient arrêtés et jugés, ont plaidé ce matin les Juges et Procureurs de ces deux juridictions, venus présenter l’état d’avancement de leurs travaux aux membres du Conseil de sécurité.

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15 Dec 2006

Rwanda + 3 others
Officials of Rwanda, former Yugoslavia tribunals brief UN SC; Stress importance of bringing fugitives to justice, even beyond deadline

Report
— UN Security Council


SC/8906

Security Council
5594th Meeting (AM)

Just two years away from the deadline set by the Security Council for completion of the trials of those allegedly responsible for war crimes, including genocide, in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, the Presidents and lead Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals spoke frankly today about the likelihood of meeting that target and of leaving behind a legacy that they had fulfilled the expectations of the victims and the international community.

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29 Nov 2006

Burundi + 61 others
The Global Appeal 2007

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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The Global Appeal 2007

Introduction

UNHCR's Global Appeal is published yearly to alert governmental and private sector donors, Executive Committee (ExCom) members and Standing Committee observers, Governments and their Permanent Missions in Geneva, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs, regional organizations and other institutions and interested individuals to the plight of millions of refugees and others of concern to UNHCR. This tenth Global Appeal outlines the Office's strategies and programmes for 2007, and will be launched officially at UNHCR's annual

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28 Nov 2006

Serbia + 5 others
The Balkans at a crossroads: Progress and challenges in finding durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons from the wars in the former Yugoslavia

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Introduction

Over ten years after the signature of the Dayton Peace Agreement which ended the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, steady progress has been made in finding durable solutions for the hundreds of thousands of persons displaced by the wars in the former Yugoslavia. By September 2004, returns to and within Bosnia and Herzegovina reached the one million landmark figure. The number of persons in need of durable solutions (refugees and internally displaced) in the former Yugoslavia, which peaked at over two million during the Bosnian crisis in 1992-95 and

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07 Nov 2006

Serbia + 2 others
Norwegian people's aid clears mines in Serbia

Report
— Norwegian People's Aid
Serbian farmers will soon have access to land that has been off-limits for almost 15 years. That will happen thanks to NPA, who in cooperation with the Norwegian and Serbian governments will expand their mine clearance work. Secretary General Finn Erik Thoresen was in place for the official opening in October.

The area Srem, situated one and a half hours north of Belgrade, is a sleepy rural community close to the Croatian border. It is along this border, in the farmers' fields, the mines are - remnants of the war that ripped the former Yugoslavia apart.

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03 Nov 2006

Serbia + 3 others
Young people in the Balkans - A generation on the move

Report
— Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
11th Annual Conference on Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe

Creating better economic and social prospects for young people in the Balkans is a priority in Swiss development cooperation with Eastern Europe. Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey emphasised this fact at the Annual Conference on Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe, which was held under the auspices of SDC and SECO on 3 November 2006 in Lausanne. The event's special focus was on the situation of young people in the western Balkans.

There are many well-trained and educated

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23 Oct 2006

Croatia + 1 other
CWS helps returnee families have new homes in the Balkans

Report
— Church World Service
CWS and representatives from the Croatian Government and the Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees met recently to finalize a partnership agreement wherein 88 new homes will be constructed for returnee families. The $1.5 million project begins immediately.
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13 Oct 2006

Azerbaijan + 6 others
Landmine monitor briefing at the OSCE

Report
— International Campaign to Ban Landmines
On 11 October 2006, the ICBL's Advocacy Director presented findings from the 2006 edition of the Landmine Monitor in the context of the weekly Security Dialogue held by the OSCE's Forum on Security Cooperation (FSC).

The FSC, now under Canadian chairmanship, deals with arms control issues as well as peace and confidence building in the OSCE area. The forum presented an interesting mix of countries, including some of the "pioneers" of the Ottawa process, some of the Mine Ban Treaty's staunchest opponents, mine affected countries, stockpilers

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19 Sep 2006

Serbia + 3 others
Balkans: UNHCR, EC and OSCE urge full implementation of Sarajevo Declaration

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
ZAGREB, Croatia, September 19 (UNHCR) - UNHCR on Tuesday joined the European Commission (EC) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in calling on governments in the Balkans to speedily implement a pact signed last year on refugee returns.

Following a meeting in Zagreb, the three organisations issued a statement saying that Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia had made some progress in implementing the Sarajevo Declaration, under which the four countries agreed to resolve the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced

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19 Sep 2006

Nigeria + 8 others
Human Rights Council discusses reports on summary executions and Internally Displaced Persons

Report
— UN Human Rights Council


The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the reports of its mandate-holders on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and on the human rights of internally displaced persons.

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05 Sep 2006

Croatia
Croatia: A decade of disappointment - Continuing obstacles to the reintegration of Serb returnees

Report
— Human Rights Watch
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Summary

Returnee Serb former refugees continue to face significant obstacles in Croatia to the full enjoyment of their human rights, despite a raft of government programs designed to promote their reintegration. Between 300,000 and 350,000 ethnic Serbs left their homes in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war in the former Yugoslavia.(1) Most fled in August 1995, when Croatian government forces overran the territories that had been occupied by rebel Serb forces. It is this area, known as the "Krajina," to which most Serbs are returning.

Government figures from April 2006 suggest

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05 Sep 2006

Croatia
Croatia: Plight of returning Serb refugees may slow EU bid

Report
— Human Rights Watch
EU Should Press Zagreb to Take Stronger Action on Security, Housing, Employment

(Brussels, September 5, 2006) - Serb refugees returning to Croatia face significant obstacles to the full enjoyment of their human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Croatia is a candidate for European Union membership, and respect for minority rights is a requirement.

The 41-page report, "A Decade of Disappointment: Continuing Obstacles to the Reintegration of Serb Returnees,"

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30 Aug 2006

Croatia + 3 others
Over 18,000 persons still missing in the Balkans

Report
— ICRC
In the Balkans there remain thousands of persons still unaccounted for as a result of the former conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo. Of more than 33,000 tracing requests for missing persons opened by the ICRC since the outbreak of hostilities, today 18,555 remain unaccounted for - 13,862 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2,409 from Croatia and 2,284 from Kosovo respectively.
Today, hundreds of thousands of families around the world remain without any news of their relatives who went missing in situations of armed conflict or internal violence. Whether people go
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24 Aug 2006

Serbia + 2 others
Serbian returnees to Croatia receive 30 tractors and tractor attachments

Report
— Government of Serbia
Belgrade, Aug 24, 2006 - The Serbian Ministry of Economy stated today that it has delivered a donation of 30 tractors and tractor attachments to The Serbian Refugee Commissariat. This was done under the auspices of the Serbian government with the aim of helping the process of sustained refugee return to their former habitat in Croatia.
The statement adds that both the Serbian and Croatian ministries of economy have shown readiness to carry out this project.

The Serbian Refugee Commissariat will provide transport for the donation to Croatia and ensure that the Serbian

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15 Aug 2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 others
UNDP brings Balkan MPs together for justice workshop

Report
— UN Development Programme
Parliamentarians and representatives of the judiciary from the entire Balkan region, have gathered for the first time to explore mechanisms for long-term regional development. The two-week event, which is taking place in Igalo, Serbia, is part of UNDP's regional "Transitional Justice Programme".

The event will feature discussions and training on the following themes: war crime prosecutions, reparations, institutional reform and truth seeking.

The participants, who come from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia, will explore the

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08 Aug 2006

Serbia + 3 others
Serbia to reopen issue of refugees in September: official

Report
— Xinhua
BELGRADE, Aug 8, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Serbian Commissioner for Refugees Dragisa Dabetic said on Tuesday that Serbia will reopen the issue of refugees in September, as the Sarajevo Declaration is not being implemented.
According to the Tanjug news agency, Dabetic said that Serbia will in September propose a meeting with representatives of neighboring Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro in order to initiate the process of refugee's return, especially to Croatia.

Serbia now is housing about 300,000 refugees

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26 Jul 2006

Croatia
Croatian police detain four for attack on Serb returnees' houses

Report
— Southeast European Times
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Police on Tuesday (25 July) arrested four people who allegedly stoned the houses of ethnic Serb returnees in the Zadar village of Biljani Donji the previous night. No injuries were reported but the homes were damaged. Police say the suspects also tried to set fires in the neighbourhood.
President Stipe Mesic, the UNHCR office and the Serb People's Council in Croatia condemned the incidents in separate statements Tuesday. They praised local police and firefighters for their fast responses and urged zero tolerance for ethnically motivated incidents.
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25 Jul 2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 7 others
Central Europe Appeal no. MAA66001 Programme Update no. 1

Report
— IFRC
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Period covered: 1 January to 31 May 2006

Appeal target: The appeal budget for 2006-2007 was revised from CHF 3,925,000 (USD 3,152,415 or EUR 2,498,000)

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