Word: kosovo
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...United Nations' 52nd birthday this past Saturday marked the end of an especially eventful year. The U.N. has struggled with crisises in Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kosovo. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's visit to Harvard last month underscored the University's global profile and the importance of the U.N. in responding to the changes in the international scene...
Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies Timothy J. Colton, who teaches Government 1213: "Russian Politics in Transition," also said the precedent of supporting ethnic rebels could have far-reaching effects beyond the borders of Kosovo-from the Kurds in Turkey to the Chechnyans in Russia...
John F. T. Shattuck, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, and a former Harvard vice-president, told The Times for a recent article that a U.S. delegation to Kosovo had found "horrendous human rights violations, violations of humanitarian law and acts of punitive destruction on a massive scale...
...forged his reputation on Kosovo'sdisenfranchisement and he cannot back down fromthat without losing his stature," she said. In1989, she added, Milosevic appealed to Serbs andsecured his power base by limiting the autonomy ofKosovo...
Because of the existing divisions, Todorovasaid she is in favor of granting Kosovo "veryextensive autonomy, short of formal independence"in the future. But the limited-autonomy plan,which is currently being advocated by most Balkanobservers, will not offer any real long-termsolution, she said...