http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/archive/3209 en_GB http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/78070/1/3209 'Kosovo is a fine example for what the UN and the international force could do to stop the ethnic cleansing and construct the political instruments for further conflict prevention' he added. Cady also mentioned that the province remains under the UN patronage since 1999, i.e. after the eruption of conflict between the ethnic Albanians and Serbs that live in the area. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/77334/1/3209 Zagreb, January 22 -- During the traditional Christmas Breakfast, and under the auspices of the “Sustainable Refugee and Deportee Return” Project, the non-governmental organization GONG implemented a campaign to collect books for the school libraries in Gracac and Donji Srb. Many donors from the fields of politics, media and civil society joined the campaign with their donations. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/77333/1/3209 Yesterday, Serb Democratic Forum (SDF) organized a meeting in Vukovar. At the meeting, they discussed the issue of faster return of Serb refugees in Croatia and problems of working with refugee-IDP population with the representatives of Vukovar-Srijem District and the Executive Council of Vojvodina. Milan SImurdic, Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro to Croatia, was also present at the meeting. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/75247/1/3209 Banja Luka, December 12 -- The Danish Refugee Council, the Asylum Department (www.flygtning.dk) presented the project for cooperation between municipal governments and the civil society organizations. The project is titled "Capacity Building of Local Democratic Governance for Return and Integration of Refugees and IDPs,/" and its goal is to create lasting conditions for return and reintegration of refugees and IDPs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project is financed by the Danish Ministry of For http://see.oneworldsee.org/link/gotolink/addhit/49605 (New York, December 10, 2003) — More should be done to address the plight of Kosovo Roma refugees in Macedonia, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. The Macedonian government, its Western counterparts, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should redouble efforts to ensure them dignified living conditions. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/71244/1/3209 “Igman Initiative” is an organization that gathers over 140 NGOs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian and Montenegro and Croatia. They recently established an experts' group for preparation of model for reconciliation in the region. We talked to Vehid Sehic, the President of the Citizens' Forum Tuzla. http://see.oneworldsee.org/link/gotolink/addhit/42691 The UK Government is diverting the flux of asylum seekers to alternative destinations in the Balkans. A secret asylum seekers center was allegedly built in Croatia with this purpose. Human rights activists have already called for the respect of relevant international agreements. http://see.oneworldsee.org/link/gotolink/addhit/38320 A large group of Kosovo Roma has been stopped a few days ago at the Greek border with Macedonia. Roma were attempting to cross the border to seek refuge into Greece, but Athens denied such right alleging that the conditions of Roma in Kosovo are not to be considered of particular concern. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/54981/1/3209 The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe launches a new initiative to mainstream migration issues: the two previous initiatives will be integrated in a single regional population movement management. Here is the newsletter regarding the Italian Cooperation-funded Programme on Return and Integration of Refugees in Serbia http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/51151/1/3209 Life in Raca collective center where 4000 people of different ethnicities are cohabitating since 1999. The inhabitants of the centre show the willingness and demonstrate the possibility of living together, inspite of the persistent difficult living conditions. http://see.oneworldsee.org/link/gotolink/addhit/31968 The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that about one million refugees, or about half of all those displaced during the conflict in BiH, have returned to their homes since 1995. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/33861/1/3209 Dejan Georgievski provides a comprehensive overview of the situation of refugees and IDPs in Macedonia after the 1999 war in Kosovo and the 2001 internal conflict. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/33820/1/3209 An excerpt from the UNDP - National Human Development Report 2002 updates us on the situation of refugees and IDPs in and from Bosnia and Herzegovina http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/33625/1/3209 International law traditionally differentiates refugees and internally diplaced persons. The conduction of humanitarian relief operations on behalf of people fleeing from conflicts reveals the intricacy of the problems and the actual impossibility of clear-cut distinctions. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/33619/1/3209 In spite of the recent effort paid by the international community to facilitate refugees' return to Kosovo, the situation in the region still remains critical: difficult security conditions impede implementation of the plan. Othr issue of main concern is also constituted by widespread trafficking of human beings for the purpose of prostitution.