Various News Reports

Call Number
350-1-1:741/6

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:741/6
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS NTSC #741 / No. 6
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000741
Date of air
1999-06
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
18 min.
Notes
June 7 or 8 (?), 1999

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
CNN Live
- Headline news: Yugoslav forces may be preparing for withdrawal from Kosovo. Statement by NATO Spokesman Jamie Shea featured.
- John King reports from the White House on the administration's reactions to the changing developments in the Kosovo peace talks held at the Yugoslav-Macedonian border. Statement by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel, who traveled to the refugee camps at President's request, featured.
- Headline news: The chief prosecutor of the war-crimes tribunal, Louise Arbor, announced investigation of NATO conduct in Kosovo.
- (beginning cut off) Mike Boettcher reports from Kukes Albania on a Belgian unit within KFOR that is securing the return of Kosovar Albanian refugees to Kosovo. Statement by KFOR Commander Major Douglas Tefnin (sp?) featured.
- Headline news: there may be more Yugoslav troops' withdrawal from Kosovo, while NATO continues bombing. Statement by NATO Spokesman Jamie Shea and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright featured; UN Security Council delays vote on resolution because China and Russia demand the end of NATO military action against Yugoslavia.
- Walter Rodgers reports from Belgrade, Yugoslavia on Milosevic's strategy with the delay of the Kosovo peace talks.
- Headline news: international relief agencies prepare for the return of Kosovar Albanians. Statements by the refugees featured.
- Jim Clancy reports from Pristina, capital of Kosovo on the ethnic Serbs' worries about the peace deal; Kosovar Serbs meet to prevent mass exodus of Serbs from Kosovo. Statements by Orthodox Bishop Artemije and an unidentified Kosovar Serb featured. Clancy and other reporters are escorted to Kosovo by Serbian authorities; their ability to report freely is restricted.
- Lou Waters reports from Kumanovo, Macedonia on the progress of the Kosovo military peace talks.
- Wolf Blitzer reports from the White House on the administration's response to resumption of the Kosovo peace talks. Statement by White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart featured.

Context

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