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11 Aug 1999

Armenia + 12 others
CIDA Central and Eastern Europe Branch : Humanitarian Assistance

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— Canadian International Development Agency
Program Overview

Canada has a long-standing tradition of providing assistance to the victims of both human-caused and natural disasters. For Canadians, humanitarian assistance is less an act of charity than it is an expression of our collective values, culture and vision of how a community of nations can cooperate during periods of crisis. Canada's humanitarian assistance is seen as an important and visible manifestation of our country's investment in global peace and human security.

The goal of the Canadian International

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25 Jun 1999

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 4 others
Secretary-General forms "group of Friends" to consult on UN operations in Kosovo

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— UN Department of Public Information
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has formed a "group of Friends" for Kosovo to consult on issues facing the United Nations mission as it sets up operations in the province, a UN spokesman said on Friday.
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is leading the massive international effort to rebuild Kosovo into a functioning, democratic society.

Mr. Annan has invited 13 countries and three international organizations to come to New York next Wednesday. The provisional list of Friends includes Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany

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22 Jun 1999

Albania + 4 others
Clinton visits Kosovar refugee camp in Macedonia

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— Agence France-Presse
SKOPJE, June 22 (AFP) - President Bill Clinton arrived in Macedonia Tuesday, where he was to visit ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo at a camp in Stenkovec, a few kilometers (miles) from the Kosovo border.

Clinton, who arrived from Ljubljana, Slovenia, was to hold separate meeting with leaders from Macedonia, President Kiro Gliborov and Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski, and Albania, President Rexhep Meidani and Prime Minister Pandeli Majko.

Macedonia and Albania, both neighbors to Kosovo, took in the bulk of the million refugees who had fled the Serbian

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10 Jun 1999

Albania + 8 others
Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

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— UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Cologne, 10 June 1999
I PARTICIPANTS, DESCRIPTION OF SITUATION

1. We, the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the European Union, the European Commission, the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, the United States of America, the OSCE Chairman in Office and the Representative of the Council of Europe representing the participants in today's Conference on South Eastern Europe; and the Foreign Ministers of

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01 Jun 1999

Albania + 6 others
Germany Hosts Balkan Development Meeting

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— Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
From Balkan Report, 1 June 1999, Volume 3, Number 21
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told representatives of more than 30 countries and non-governmental organizations in Bonn on May 27 that his proposed "Balkan stabilization pact" must include realistic prospects for EU membership for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and Albania, the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" reported. He added, however, that the process will take years and does not mean that the five countries will receive easy terms for membership.

The stability pact will also include

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28 May 1999

Albania + 6 others
Germany hosts Balkan development meeting

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— Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told representatives of more than 30 countries and 10 non-governmental organizations in Bonn on 27 May that his proposed "Balkan stabilization pact" must include realistic prospects for EU membership for Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, and Albania, the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" reported. He added, however, that the process will take years and does not mean that the five countries will receive easy terms for membership. The stability pact will also include Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovenia. Its
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10 May 1999

Albania + 8 others
Planning for the future of the Balkans

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— Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
by Patrick Moore
A number of proposals for the post-Kosova Balkans have appeared recently, most notably German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's plan for a Southeastern European Regional Roundtable. His and other ideas will be fleshed out in the coming weeks, especially at a conference that the German government will host in Bonn on 27 May. The time is certainly ripe to review some principles that might underlie any future regional development plan that would embrace Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia,
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25 Apr 1999

Albania + 8 others
Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government with countries in the region of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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— North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
PRESS COMMUNIQUE NAC+7-S(99)70 For immediate release
25 April 1999
CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY

1. NATO Heads of State and Government today met with their counterparts from Albania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Romania and Slovenia, and the Foreign Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. They discussed the current situation in Kosovo, its impact on the countries in the region and longer term strategies for security, prosperity and stability in Southeastern Europe.

2. There was general agreement that the

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06 Apr 1999

Albania + 6 others
UNHCR Kosovo Crisis Update - 6 Apr 1999

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Note: the text below is currently published daily, while the figures in the "Displacement Statistics" table are updated as they are confirmed.
AT A GLANCE

Tens of thousands of new refugees, some recounting stories of summary executions and torture, arrive in Albania as the humanitarian crisis continues to deepen.

At least 262,000 Kosovars have now arrived in that neighboring state and the total number of refugees leaving since March 24 totals more than 430,000. In addition to those in Albania, they

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01 Apr 1999

Albania + 6 others
UNHCR Kosovo Crisis Update - 1 Apr 1999

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Note: the text below is currently published daily, while the figures in the "Displacement Statistics" table are updated as they are confirmed.
AT A GLANCE

A systematic expulsion of Kosovars by huge refugee trains appears to be underway.

A total of six trains carrying many thousands of people arrived in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) in the last two days.

Arriving Kosovars interviewed at the border said they they were systematically thrown out of their homes at gunpoint and herded aboard trains for a "free ride to Macedonia."

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31 Mar 1999

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 5 others
Chirac asks for EU meeting on Kosovo refugee crisis

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— Agence France-Presse
PARIS, March 31 (AFP) - French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday called for a European Union ministerial meeting to organize a major emergency aid program for Kosovo refugees.

"In the face of Serb barbarism which, once again, justifies our determination, Europe has the moral duty to act," Chirac told a cabinet meeting, his spokeswoman Catherine Colonna said.

"Once again, President Slobodan Milosevic's ethnic cleansing policy has taken on dramatic proportions," "They are wandering about lost and trying to find refuge in

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26 Mar 1999

Albania + 6 others
IOM and ICMPD Migration in Central and Eastern Europe: 1999 review

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— International Organization for Migration
(18 March 1999, No. 816) - This comprehensive report by IOM and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) provides a detailed account of recent migration trends and policy developments in fifteen countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It also analyses key migration issues affecting Central, Eastern and Western Europe.
When analysing recent migration trends, the report finds that the number of permanent migrants and asylum seekers from Central and Eastern Europe to the West has fallen substantially over
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18 Mar 1999

Albania + 4 others
IOM and ICMPD Migration in Central and Eastern Europe: 1999 review

Report
— International Organization for Migration
IOM NEWS RELEASE (18 March 1999, No. 816)
This comprehensive report by IOM and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) provides a detailed account of recent migration trends and policy developments in fifteen countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It also analyses key migration issues affecting Central, Eastern and Western Europe.

When analysing recent migration trends, the report finds that the number of permanent migrants and asylum seekers from Central and Eastern Europe to the West has fallen substantially over

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05 Feb 1999

Croatia + 3 others
Special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia to undertake a two-week mission to the region

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— UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
HR/99/8
The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, Jiri Dienstbier, will undertake a two-week mission to the region starting this Sunday.

He will spend the first week in Croatia, meeting with Government officials including the Foreign Minister and the Ministers of Justice and Interior, and visiting the former conflict zones, including Eastern Slavonia. He will travel to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 15 February, and will spend several days in the region of Vojvodina in northern Serbia.

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