-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.kimopress.com/kosovo.htm <A HREF="http://www.kimopress.com/kosovo.htm">Kosovo Peace Page</A> ----- The Kosovo Peace Page This web page is an emergency project, established when NATO bombing of Kosovo and Serbia began on March 24, 1999. This page is an unofficial Quaker endeavor, based on the conviction that God's will is to eliminate war as a human institution, to end specific wars as soon as possible, and to repair the damage of wars without partiality. For information about Quakers, (officially called the Religious Society of Friends), click here. For information about the Quaker Peace Testimony, please choose recent analysis or historic statements. In pursuit of the goal of peace, this page will provide: Links to information and analysis about Kosovo and the war. Links to groups and projects working to end the war and repair its destruction. Reports about what individuals and groups in North America are doing to promote peace in the area. You can help make this page more useful. Send me the following kinds of information: Reports of what you or your group are doing about the war. Commentaries and analyses. Links to informative sites. Notices of broken or missing sites. (Note: Please don't attach files; my computer often can't read them.) Significant reports, excerpts and summaries will be posted here as they become available. My hope is to promote networking among those actively concerned for peace. Check in frequently to see what updated information is available. If you find this page helpful, tell your friends, and your friendly local search engine. This page posted by Chuck Fager design by TASC ===== from: http://www.kimopress.com/info.htm <A HREF="http://www.kimopress.com/info.htm">Kosovo: Information & Analysis</A> ----- Kosovo: Information & Analysis (Note: I've tried to exercise judgement here, looking for what seem to be credible sources; but inclusion does not imply endorsement of the views expressed on any site, or a guarantee of accuracy of the reporting. In a conflict situation, agendas, perspectives and interpretations will diverge sharply. "In war, Truth is the first casualty.") Send new links and news sources for this page by e-mail. Contents: News, from relatively independent sources Background, History & Peace Plans Human Rights Monitors Relief Groups Active in Kosovo US government sites News, from relatively independent sources: Common Dreams Kosovo site: An excellent source with a "progressive" slant. Well organized, many current links to reports and analysis from around the country and around the world. Maps, too. Strategy-Intelligence news, from George Friedman, a specialist in strategy and intelligence, through the site for his company, Stratfor.com. His site is frequently updated, has maps. Friedman offers his own hard-nosed strategic views of the situation in an interview with Salon magazine. Mario Profaca, an independent Croation journalist, maintains an extensive site covering the entire region, including maps, and with special attention to Kosovo; also numerous links. Online Reporting: Among the net-based journalistic efforts, Salon Magazine is offering very impressive coverage, including a stream of reports by Laura Rozen, a veteran journalist who is on the scene. Check their news archive for related reports. The Institute for War-Peace Reporting, in London, has staff stationed nearby, specifically assigned to see the situation from a peace-oriented perspective; also has a useful Links list. BBC Kosovo News In Depth: Background articles, including biographies, a historical sketch, frequent bulletins about current developments. Radio B92 Belgrade: a beleaguered independent radio station in Yugoslavia; their site includes text reports in English. (Its broadcasts were shut down by the Serbian government when the bombing began; but the site is still up.) MSNBC Online has a page devoted to Kosovo, which includes maps of military deployments, and some background. TASS--The Russian News Agency: Frequent updates from the Russian standpoint. The Balkan Institute: More good news links. Background, History, Analysis & Peace Plans: The Serbian View: Kosovo is the heartland of Serbia. The site includes several online treatises recounting their version of the region's history. For another Serbian site, check out this one too. The Albanian View: Kosova (their spelling) is oppressed by Serb genocide: Also contains online treatises. An additional pro-Albanian site is: Alb-Net. A "Beginners's Guide to the Balkans" by veteran reporter Laura Rozen, who is reporting from the scene for Salon magazine. This report is in their News section. Nonviolent activists and pacifist groups give their views and recommendations.; includes Dave McReynolds, Fellowship of Reconciliation, others. The International Crisis Group, headed by former Senator George Mitchell of Maine, former President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, and other notables, offers its own analysis and plan for the region. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has its own analysis and peace plan. The Commission of Experts on the Former Yugoslavia, under the auspices of the UN, prepared a weighty report on atrocities in the earlier rounds of warfare; read it here. War Resisters International issued a declaration on Kosovo. More Commentary and anaysis.... Human Rights Monitors: Free 2000, a site run by an association of human rights groups working to maintain free media in the former Yugoslavia. Numerous links to news sites in the area. Human Rights Watch is laboring to maintain a working presence in the region; not an easy task. Theis site includes an archive. Relief Groups Active in Kosovo: A valuable overview of active groups can be found at the InterAction site; InterAction is an association of many large charitable and relief groups, who have agreed to certain principles of accountability to donors. the site also has a Guide to Appropriate Giving. The most active relief groups appear to be the following: Mercy Corps International; the site reports that it has delivered more than $25 million in relief and reconstruction supplies to Kosovo. World Vision; this very large evangelical relief group has an elaborate Kosovo page, including a Kosovo Information Kit. Catholic Relief Services International Orthodox Christian Charities is a member of InterAction. Doctors of the World has medical projects there. Doctors Without Borders is also active. US government sites: The U.S. Institute of Peace has a couple of reports on the overall situation in the area. NATO: The Allied Forces Southern Europe site carries its press releases and bulletins. The Pentagon: Get its press releases here. The State Department's Kosovo Page, which includes frequent "situation updates." The CIA's World Factbook includes an unclassified thumbnail sketch of Serbia-Montenegro, circa 1997. (Note: Be advised that the CIA reserves the right to "monitor" visitors to its site, even this public one.) ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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