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Coverage
of Yugoslavia after the Strikes
June 18, 1999:
On
Kosovar family's story
June 16, 1999:
Prizren
after the Bombs
June 15, 1999:
Denver citizens discuss the peacekeeping
mission
June 14, 1999:
Charles Krause reports on the
situation in Pristina
June 11, 1999:
Newsmaker interview with President
Clinton.
June 11, 1999:
Foreign policy experts on the Kosovo
peace agreement.
Documents
U.N.
Resolution
Military
Technical Agreement
June 10, 1999:
President
Clinton responds to NATO's bombing pause
June 10, 1999:
UN
Secretary- General Kofi Annan
June 10, 1999:
NATO
announces the bombing pause
June 9, 1999:
National
Security Adviser Samuel Berger.
June
8, 1999:
Russia's
role in the peace process.
Complete NewsHour coverage of Europe
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IGOR IVANOV, Russian Foreign Minister: Good day, we have had substantive
talks with the U.N. Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan. We studied the
situation in the world and the role of the United Nations Organization.
We proceed from the premise that the United Nations Organization should
play the most active role in the settlement of international conflicts,
in the resolution of other problems encountered by the international
community.
The latest Russian initiative set forth by the President of the Russian
Federation Boris Yeltsin in Cologne at the last meeting of the G-8 is
directed precisely at intensifying the role of the United Nations.
We studied in detail the development of the situation in the Balkans,
around Kosovo. After we succeeded through joint effort in stopping the
war it is important on the basis of the U.N. Security Council Resolution
1244 to deploy international presence to resolve the problems that face
the region.
And the key role in solving these problems should be played by the United
Nations Organization.
We also studied the development of the situation in the Persian Gulf,
around Iraq, in the Middle East, Afghanistan, the relations between
India and Pakistan. We also discussed the situation in conflict areas
on the territory of the CIS.
Tomorrow the U.N. Secretary General will be received by the President
of the Russian Federation Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.
KOFI ANNAN, United Nations Secretary-General: As the Minister has told
you we had a chance to go over a whole range of issues. And this meeting
also gave me the opportunity to thank him for the role the Russian Federation
played in the recent crisis and I think without the crucial role of
President Yeltsin, Minister Ivanov and Mr. Chernomyrdin we would, perhaps,
not be where we are today with the political settlement and pushing
ahead with the implementation of the Security Council resolution.
I am also very grateful for the strong support that the United Nations
has received from the Russian Federation, from President Yeltsin in
particular. Because without a United Nations, without a strengthened
and active United Nations the world would be a much messier place than
it is.
We will continue cooperation and also agree that it is essential that
we will reform and adapt the U.N. to make it capable of tackling the
challenges we face today.
REPORTER: Mr. Secretary General, have you already decided on who will
represent you in the civil administration? How many places in the civil
administration will be given to representatives of Russia?
KOFI ANNAN: I have a list of very good names. But I haven't decided
on the representative yet. I hope to do it very shortly. And in putting
together the leadership that will manage the civil administration I
would ensure that key governments and governments with particular interest
in this crisis are all represented in the leadership.
I cannot give you as of today the exact number of Russian nationals
I am going to have in that configuration. But we will have Russians
in the team, thank you.
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