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Annan asks Milosevic to end 'tragedy' in Kosovo

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April 9, 1999
Web posted at: 4:45 p.m. EDT (2045 GMT)


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Five-point plan could end NATO strikes

Britain: Milosevic 'feels the heat'

Fighting erupts on Albanian border

UNHCR worries about displaced Kosovar

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GENEVA (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pleaded with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Friday to withdraw all forces from Kosovo, saying the suffering in the province must come to an end.

Annan said he was "deeply distressed by the tragedy taking place in Kosovo and in the region ... The suffering of innocent civilians should not be further prolonged."

He called on Milosevic to accept the following five-point plan:

  • End immediately the campaign of intimidation and expulsion of the civilian population of Kosovo.

  • Cease all activities of military and paramilitary forces in Kosovo and withdraw these forces.

  • Accept unconditionally the return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes.

  • Accept the deployment of an international military force to ensure a secure environment for the return of refugees and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid.

  • Permit the international community to verify compliance with these undertakings.

    Milosevic 'feels the heat'

    U.S. President Bill Clinton said Friday that Milosevic was still continuing his crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and that NATO strikes would therefore continue.

    Shortly after that statement from Washington, a special Cypriot envoy in Belgrade said he had failed to win the release of three U.S. Army soldiers held in Yugoslavia, despite a face-to-face meeting with Milosevic.

    NATO warplanes destroyed several armored vehicles, a surface-to-air missile site and other Serb targets in the latest wave of air attacks, said British Air Commodore David Wilby at a NATO news conference in Brussels.

    State-controlled media in Serbia reported NATO strikes on Belgrade suburbs and two towns, Pancevo and Kragujevac.

    The Belgrade-based Tanjug news agency said 100 workers were wounded when the automobile factory "Zastava" was hit in Kragujevac. Serbian television also said a fuel depot in Smederevo, east of Belgrade, was hit.

    British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, speaking in London, said Milosevic was "feeling the heat," and Wilby said Serb troops were "digging in" and increasingly attacking on foot.

    Fighting erupts on Albanian border

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    Serbian TV says NATO bombings hit an assembly plant that produces the Yugo  

    The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told CNN there was fighting Friday between Serbian forces and Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas on the Yugoslav-Albanian border.

    The fighting was between the KLA on the Albanian side of the border and Yugoslav army forces in Kosovo. The KLA is seeking independence for Kosovo.

    The OSCE said the fighting was "more than the usual border incident" and involved light arms and artillery.

    Annan said the plan would pave the way for an end to NATO airstrikes and a negotiated solution to the armed conflict.

    Focus on Kosovo
     

    News Highlights:

  • Gallery: The conflict in review
  • News story archive
  • Yugoslavia's Future:

  • What's next for Yugoslavia
  • Map: Who controls what
  • The Peace Settlement:

  • A guide to the peace plan
  • Map: Serb troop withdrawal
  • The Military Campaign:

  • Strike damage assessment
  • Atlas: NATO and the Balkans
  • Background:

  • Timeline: Trouble in the Balkans
  • A who's who of key players
  • Map: Kosovo and its neighbors
  • A history of the KLA

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    UNHCR worries about displaced Kosovars

    NATO officials and the U.N. refugee agency were struggling to keep aid flowing for tens of thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees who fled Kosovo and were living in NATO-run tent cities in Albania and Macedonia.

    A NATO commander said civilian aid organizations should take over management of the refugee camps as soon as possible.

    U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata said Friday she feared for the fate of ethnic Albanians blocked by Yugoslav forces from fleeing Kosovo.

    "I am very much concerned for the fate of civilians remaining in Kosovo," she told a news conference in the Macedonian capital, Skopje.

    Ogata was asked what her agency could do for those inside Kosovo. She replied that her employees could not return there for security reasons. "I am helpless there," she said.


    Correspondents Matthew Chance, Catherine Bond and Betsy Aaron contributed to this report.



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    Clinton: Yugo peace claim is 'illusion'
    April 9, 1999
    U.S. casts doubt on Cuban base as refugee site
    April 9, 1999
    Yugoslavia declares 'peace' in Kosovo; NATO airstrikes continue
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    RELATED SITES:
    Extensive list of Kosovo-related sites
      • Kosovo

    Yugoslavia:
      • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia official site
          • Kesovo and Metohija facts
      • Serbia Ministry of Information
      • Serbia Now! News


    Kosovo:
      • Kosova Crisis Center
      • Kosovo - from Albanian.com

    Military:
      • NATO official site
      • BosniaLINK - U.S. Dept. of Defense
      • U.S. Navy images from Operation Allied Force
      • U.K. Ministry of Defence - Kosovo news
      • U.K. Royal Air Force - Kosovo news
      • Jane's Defence - Kosovo Crisis

    Relief:
      • International Rescue Committee
      • Unicef USA
      • Doctors Without Borders
      • World Vision
      • CARE: The Kosovo Crisis
      • InterAction
      • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
      • International Committee of the Red Cross
      • Disaster Relief from DisasterRelief.org
      • Catholic Relief Services
      • Kosovo Relief
      • ReliefWeb: Home page


    Media:
      • Independent Yugoslav radio stations B92
      • Institute for War and Peace Reporting
      • United States Information Agency - Kosovo Crisis

    Other:
      • 1997 view of Kosovo from space - Eurimage
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