In Focus - Conflict in the Balkans
UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector promotes the respect of press freedom and the protection of the documentary heritage in the Balkans. Map of Kosovo available in PDF Security Council Resolutions concerning Kosovo Website of the UN Interim Administraton Mission in Kosovo Rebuilding Libraries in Kosovo   WebWorld News Rebuilding Libraries in Kosovo (02/03/01) Positive impact of TV cameras in UN war crimes tribunal (20/04/00) Libraries in Kosovo need urgent help (10/03/00) UNESCO, Council of Europe, IFLA, to analyse Kosovo's library situation (28/02/00) Kosovo : documentary evidence of personal identity and property ownership at risk (16/12/99) UNESCO to assess situation of archives in Kosovo (29/11/99) UNMIK "Blue Sky" Radio begins broadcast (05/10/99) Kosovo public service television to begin broadcasts (16/09/99) UNESCO condemns journalist murder (16/06/99) Website of Kosovo reconstruction  (14/06/99) UN Kosovo Peace plan endorsed (11/06/99) Libraries and archives in the Balkans (09/06/99) Balkans peace process and media  (04/06/99) Internet reunifies Kosovar refugees  (04/06/99) Balkans - Protect cultural heritage  (06/05/99) The media are not military targets  (29/04/99) ICBS appeal for protecting cultural heritage (27/04/99) Protect the film in the Balkans : Appeal of the Association of Moving Image Archives  (27/04/99) Saving lives and culture in Kosovo (20/04/99) UNESCO condemns assassination of Slavko Curuvija (20/04/99)   Reports Jackson Bruce; Stepniak, Wladyslav: General Assessment of the Situation of Archives in Kosovo. Restricted Technical Report RP/1998-1999/IV.2.2. - UNESCO: Paris, 2000 (Serial N° FMR/CII/INF/00/101/) "Libraries in Kosovo/Kosova: a general assessment and a short and medium-term development plan". Report by Carsten Frederiksen and Frode Bakken, of a mission undertaken by them on the behalf of UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) / Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)   General UNESCO's Promoting Press Freedom UNESCO's Programme for Communication and Peace UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme UNESCO's Emergency programme for the safeguarding of archives in the event of armed conflicts Legal protection of cultural heritage (Website of UNESCO's Culture Sector) UNESCO's World Heritage Centre Press releases of UNESCO's Director General UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor calls for a campaign to restore tolerance, dialogue and solidarity in the Balkans (18/06/99) UNESCO Director General condemns journalists murder (15/06/99) UNESCO Director General calls for an end to the bombings in Yugoslavia (31/05/99) Force only increases suffering and provides no solution, the war and its horrors must be stopped, declares Federico Mayor (25/05/99) UNESCO Director -General calls for cultural heritage in the Balkans to be protected (05/05/99) UNESCO Director-General shares concerns of professional media organizations at measures taken to gag journalists in Yugoslavia (28/04/99) The UN should be re-inforced, rather than ignored declares Federico Mayor (23/04/99) Speedy recourse to the United Nations can bring peace back to Kosovo (15/04/99) UNESCO Director General condemns assassination of independent newspaper editor in Belgrade (14/04/99) "It is never too late for peace" UNESCO Director General declares about Kosovo (06/04/99) UNESCO Director General appeals for a renewal of dialogue to find a peaceful solution to the Kosovo (15/03/99) Other links Economic Reconstruction and Development on South East Europe /World Bank - European Commission" Press releases of the United Nations Kosovo latest of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees
Contact: Axel Plathe, UNESCO, Information Society Division
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