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First Lady Laura Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan participated in the International Women’s Day recognition of Afghan women.

Participants talked about the efforts of the International Campaign for Tibet. As part of the program the Dali Lama answered questions from the audience. Among the issues addressed were gras…

Julia Taft, the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees & Migration, spoke about refugees around the world. The U.S. is the largest contributor of aid to refugee aid organizati…

A House International Relations Subcommittee held a hearing on the violence in East Timor. Members heard testimony from Timorese resistance leaders who spoke about violations of human right…

Officials briefed reporters about the implementation of a civilian police force and civil administration in Kosovo. Responding to recent criticism that implementation had been slow, Mr. Dobb…

Secretary Albright and Secretary Glickman talked with reporters about aid efforts to the Kosovar refugees in the Balkans. Following their comments, other government officials spoke about spe…

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright released a report detailing atrocities and war crimes by Serbian forces operating in Kosovo. Before issuing the report she expressed sorrow over the acc…

Assistant Secretary of State for Refugees Julia Taft talked to reporters about the arrival of Kosovar refugees to the United States. She stated that the first plane load of refugees will go …

Refugees from the Kosovo region of Yugoslavia testified to the atrocities committed by Serbian forces who were either killing or forcibly deporting Kosovar Albanians from their homes and vil…

President Clinton announced that unemployment figures had reached the lowest levels since 1970. He also stated his resolve to return Kosovar Albanians to their homes and said that there was …

Assistant Secretary Julia Taft spoke to reporters about the refugee crisis perpetuated by Serbian military pressures in Kosovo. She described numbers of refugees, the routes they were using …

In a symposium commemorating the Marshall Plan, Minister Handziski talked about his hopes for peace in Europe and partnership of all Atlantic Ocean countries. The panel of Eastern European o…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Senators Paul Simon (D-Illinois) and James Jeffords (R-Vermont) called a news conference to discuss the ongoing U.S. role in Somalia. The Senators announced their continued support of the pr…

Members of the United States Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, spoke about the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and issues of internationa…