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ALBANIANS IN MACEDONIA
July 2001
The fact that Macedonia has been spared the kind of conflict that
ravaged Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo has helped to create an illusion of a
stable democratic state characterized by ethnic tolerance. The participation of Albanian
national parties in the country's coalition governments and in its public life in general
has led many to... |
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REPORT ON LAND MINES 2002
Key developments since May 2001: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has
initiated the process to accede to the Mine Ban Treaty. FRY reported destruction of 90,000
stockpiled antipersonnel mines from April 2001-May 2002, and has called for assistance to
deal with future stockpile destruction and mine clearance. FRY established a mine action
center in Belgrade in April 2002... |
REPORT ON LAND MINES 2001
Key developments since May 2000: Following the change of regime in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), the FRY has announced its intention to accede to the
Mine Ban Treaty. Yugoslav military authorities claimed that no antipersonnel mines have
been produced... |
REPORT ON LAND MINES 2000
Key developments since March 1999: In the conflict in Kosovo, Yugoslav
forces laid at least 620 minefields and an estimated 50,000 mines, with the great majority
concentrated in the south near the Albanian and Macedonian borders. The KLA... |
