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Kosova: No Solution in Sight

9 December 1998, Volume 2, Number 48
Kosova still awaits a political settlement that will guarantee its more than 90 percent ethnic Albanian population their basic rights according to the principles of self-determination and majority rule. The key to solving the problem lies in Serbia, where the difficulties began with the rise to power of Slobodan Milosevic over one decade ago.

The Serbian leader built his initial political success on an anti-Kosovar platform, which he finished constructing in 1989, when he abolished the broad autonomy that the province had enjoyed

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UN Inter-Agency Update on Kosovo Situation Report 73

26 November - 3 December 1998
This report has been compiled by OCHA with support from UNHCR and with inputs from UN Agencies and other humanitarian organisations in former Yugoslavia and Albania

KOSOVO

Population Movements

1. Population movements remain fluid although it is believed that the overall level of return is increasing and that fewer people are staying with host families in their areas of origin. ( See point 5, Kosovo Update 72 for UNHCR's most recent estimates ). UNHCR has reported significant returns in Decane, Junik, Lapusnik

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Macedonia gives go-ahead to NATO force

SKOPJE, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Macedonia's new government gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for a NATO force to be deployed on its territory to rescue international monitors from Kosovo if necessary, new Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski said.

"This is a big decision made by the new government at the very beginning of its mandate but it will contribute to Macedonia's speedier integration with NATO," Georgievski told reporters after a government session.

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Albania + 3 others
UN Inter-Agency Update on Kosovo Situation Report 72

14 November - 25 November 1998
This report has been compiled by OCHA with support from UNHCR and with inputs from UN Agencies and other humanitarian organisations in former Yugoslavia and Albania

KOSOVO

UN Security Council on Kosovo

1. On 19 November the UN Security Council met to discuss the UN Secretary-General's most recent report on Kosovo. After the meeting the President of the Security Council said that Council members welcomed the recent agreements on Kosovo, which were helping to defuse the immediate crisis and create more favourable conditions for a

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Albania + 5 others
Kosovo: SG Report pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1160, 1199, 1203 (1998)


S/1998/1068
12 November 1998

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL PREPARED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTIONS 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998) AND 1203 (1998) OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

I. INTRODUCTION

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The Interim Report of the United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal


Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Interim Report

1 January - 31 May 1998


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview

1. Review of Important Changes Related to Humanitarian Concerns
2. Objectives of the Appeal
3. Overall Resource Picture
4. Funding by Agency

REVIEW OF AGENCY PROGRAMMES

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.