Term Papers on Youth Reconciliation Initiative Summer Camp (Kosovo)

Term Paper Title	Youth Reconciliation Initiative Summer Camp (Kosovo)
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Youth Reconciliation Initiative Summer Camp (Kosovo)

Peace Camp Paper

Peace camps are beginning to multiply in numbers all over the nation. These camps are dealing with ethnic conflict. Early research of these camps has shown reduction in tension and violence between two different cultures. One particular camp called “The Youth Reconciliation Initiative Summer Camp” in Kosovo seems to be making some gains in trying to establish peace in this country. The brief historical background, the organization OSCE and the youth camp will be discussed to find out what led up to forming the Youth Reconciliation Initiative Summer Camp.

            Kosovo is south of Serbia and has a mixture of cultures in which the majority are Albanians. They were an autonomic country until 1989. The Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic made changes and did away with autonomy and brought Kosovo under direct control of Belgrade, the Serbian capital. The people of Kosovo were at an uproar at the decision that was made by Milosevic. The Albanian forces till this day are in major conflict with Serbian military and police forces. In 1989 1500 Kosovo Albanian’s were killed and 400,000 people were forced out of their homes. As the war went on resolution and agreement could not be settled so NATO stepped in and ordered for air attacks. This was designed to attempt to withdraw Milosevic regime from Kosovo and force him to cooperate. This strategy worked and Milosevic agreed to comply with NATO and air strikes were called off.

            The UN Security Council Resolution was very concerned about how forceful the Serbian forces were in Kosovo and called for a cease-fire by both Serbia and Albanians in Kosovo. Soon after an agreement was arranged and in 1992 the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) came in to establish a Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM)

            The OSCE is the largest organization for security and cooperation in the world with 55 participating states from Europe, Central Asia and North America. Their main goal is to present or settle conflict. The Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM) was one of the hardest missions by OSCE. One of their goals was to verify t...

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