![]() After the first round of talks was suspended on February 23, a second round was convened on March 15. ![]() Parties to talks at Rambouillet in France, in February 1999, attempted to build agreement to protect the rights of all sides. 3 This was followed by a second statement on January 30 that reaffirmed NATO's original demands, and delegated to Secretary General Javier Solana authority to commence air strikes against targets on FRY territory. Following a massacre in the village of Racak on January 15, 1999, NATO increased its state of readiness, issuing a "solemn warning" to Milosevic and the Kosovo Albanian leadership on January 28. Yugoslavia also agreed to reduce the numbers of security forces personnel in Kosovo to pre-crisis levels.ĭespite initial stabilization, violence continued. Activation orders for air strikes were agreed on October 13 that same day Holbrooke reported to NATO that Slobodan Milosevic, the president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), had agreed to the deployment of an unarmed Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) verification mission to Kosovo and to the establishment of a NATO aerial verification mission. envoy Richard Holbrooke a mandate to secure agreement to the requirements of UNSCR 1199 in a mission to Belgrade. A Contact Group meeting in London on October 8 gave U.S. 2 The United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1199 (UNSCR 1199) on September 23, highlighting the impending human catastrophe and demanding a cease-fire and the start of real political dialogue. By the fall, an estimated 250,000 Kosovo Albanians had been driven from their homes and some 50,000 were threatened by approaching winter weather. In June 1998, NATO Defense Ministers decided to charge NATO planners with the responsibility to produce a range of options, both ground and air, for military action should the diplomatic process fail to yield the desired results. ![]() Operation Allied Force began on Maafter more than a year of effort by the international community led by NATO to find a negotiated solution in Kosovo. Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign - The Crisis in Kosovo ![]()
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