The IRC's Impact

In 2004, IRC humanitarian aid programs restored hope and opportunity for more than 15 million conflict-affected individuals around the world, and millions more were helped by the 5,600 local organizations and community groups that the IRC supports. Here's a look at some of the IRC's most recent achivements:

- More than 4.3 million people gained access to clean water and sanitation through our environmental health programs.

"The dialogue is indispensable and it should continue," Draskovic said during his visit to Tirana, the first of its kind since the former Yugoslavia re-established diplomatic relations with Alabinia in January 2001.

"The fire could not be extinguished

After five years of exile in Serbia and Montenegro, eight IDPs went back to visit their homes in Fushë Kosovë/ Kosovo Polje (FKP), 8 km south-west of Prishtinë/Pristina, on a trip organised by the UN refugee agency and the Danish Refugee Council last month. They were escorted by the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and three NATO Kosovo

I. Preliminary draft resolution

1. Kosovo is part of the territory of Serbia and Montenegro, which has, since April 2003, been a member of the Council of Europe. As a result of United Nations Security Council ("UNSC") Resolution 1244 (1999), however, Kosovo is administered by the international community, led by the UN Interim Administration

The Swedish police officers are to assist UNMIK, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, in its long-term police operations. The main aim is to support the rebuilding of Kosovo, to uphold law and order and to establish and train a local police force.

The reform of the local police service

REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS

TANZANIA: REFUGEE CAMP CLOSES

Karago camp in Kibondo district, western Tanzania is expected to close in February 2005. The head of UNHCR sub office in Kibondo, Mr Bayisa Wak-Woya of the local Tanzanian office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) said on 2 December 2004 that refugees who are staying at Karago camp will be transferred at Mtendeli Camp, also within the same district. Mr Wak-Woya also said the closing of Karago refugee camp will enable UNHCR to improve its services in refugee camps.

"We have an opportunity now to address issues of direct concern to the minorities, because these are the priorities in the Standards, while at the same time we have an opportunity for moving Kosovo forward toward status talks. That opportunity is in fact an opportunity for all communities," the SRSG said. "Let us now work together to seize

In the Tirana Summit Declaration on Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Dialogue in Southeast Europe, the participants "reaffirm that mutual respect, rooted in open dialogue and nourished by multi-ethnicity, multi-culturality and multi-religiosity is indispensable for the preservation of peace."