KosovoWatch
Why does a website dedicated to the East Slavs and Rusyns cover events in Kosovo?
LegacyRus.com dedicates space to the events in Kosovo for 2 major reasons.
The first has to do with the nature of the conflict. In many different forums, the violence in Kosovo is painted as a Orthodox Christian (Slavic) versus Muslim conflict that somehow deep ancient hatreds were always near the surface. As a Slavic site, LegacyRus.com, one might guess, would take the side of the Slavs. We do not. The victimization of the Kosovo Albanians has been made clear. It is important that Slavs reject and condemn the horrors committed by the Milosevic gang.
The second has to do with national minority issues. The breakup of Yugoslavia is an horrible example of how not to manage ethnic minority issues. It is our opinion that Ruthenians and other ethnic minorities in East Central Europe should draw hard lessons from the war in Kosovo.
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KOSOVO
The State of Affairs April 2001
KosovoWatch 2000: the Divided Peace
KosovoWatch 1998 and 1999: the Terror and the War
Battle of Mt. Pastrik May 31 to June 3
Map of Kosovo
Illyria. Albanian-English Language Newspaper out of NYC.
DOCUMENTATION
June 20, 1999 Undertaking of Demilitarization/Transformation by the UCK
June 18, 1999 AGREEMENT ON RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN KFOR
June 14, 1999 NATO Deployment and Command. Serbian Withdrawal
June 10, 1999 UN FINAL RESOLUTION 1244 (1999)
June 10, 1999 UN Draft Resolution
June 10, 1999: Withdrawal Plan for Serbs
June 9, 1999 Military Technical Agreement Between NATO and Yugoslavia
The Orthodox Dimension
Even though the Albanians are the majority in Kosovo, there are a multitude of rich archeological and historic Orthodox Christian monuments in Kosovo.
The thumbnail below illustrates the depth of Orthodox sites now extremely vulnerable to Albanian extremists.
US Congressional House of Representatives Votes
April 28, 1999: Vote to bar Clinton from sending combat ground forces without Congressional Approval: APPROVED 249 to 180
April 28, 1999: Vote to require an immediate withdrawal of all US forces in the Balkans: REJECTED 290 TO 139
April 28, 1999: Vote on a resolution supporting continued NATO air strikes against Serbia REJECTED ON A TIE 213 to 213
United Nations Mission in Kosovo(UNMIK)
Press Release from the Secretary General: July 2, 1999
Special Representative to Head UNMIK: Hans Haekerup
Bernard Kouchner(France)(Previous)
4 Deputy Special Representatives
Principal Deputy to the Special Representative: Jock Covery (US)
Deputy Special Representative for Interim Civil Administration:
Dominque Vian(France) Left 8/23/99
Tom Koenigs
Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs:
Dennis McNamara(New Zealand)
Deputy Special Representative for Institution Building & OSCE Rep:
Daan Everts (Netherlands) Currently Head of OSCE in Albania
Deputy Special Representative for EU Led Reconstruction: Joly Dixon(UK)