World Today

Call Number
350-1-1:710/15

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:710/15
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS NTSC #710 / No. 15
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000710
Date of air
1999-03-29
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
11 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
- Charles Bierbauer reports from the Pentagon on NATO race with time as the bombing failed to stop Milosevic's cleansing of Kosovar Albanians from Kosovo. Air Commodore David Wilby, Pentagon Spokesman Ken Bacon, retired military analyst Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters featured.
- Chris Burns reports from Kukes, Albania, describing the arrival and resettlement of Kosovar Albanian refugees. A young Kosovo refugee girl and an elderly refugee man interviewed.
- Matthew Chance reports from the Macedonia-Yugoslav border on the growing numbers of refugees crossing into Macedonia, and the problems Western relief organizations face. Two unidentified Kosovar Albanian men and Hannu Pekka Laiho of the International Committee of the Red Cross featured.
- Mike Hanna reports from Podgorica, Macedonia on how Montenegro copes with the large influx of refugees. Three unidentified Kosovo refugee men and Montenegrin Foreign Minister Branko Perovic featured.
- Ralph Begleiter reports from Washington on history of the Kosovo Albanians' flight from Kosovo. Assistant Secretary of State Julia Taft, NATO Spokesman Jamie Shea, and Karen Abuzayd of the UN High Commission for Refugees featured.
- Brent Sadler reports on from Belgrade, Yugoslavia on Serbian media and public campaign against NATO. Statement by Yugoslav Air Defense Commander General Spasoje Smiljanic featured.
- Wolf Blitzer reports from the White House on how the White House views Primakov's plans to meet with Milosevic. White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, former Assistant secretary of Defense Frank Gaffney, Dimitri Simes of the Nixon Center featured.

Context

Associated Names
CNN (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)