Kosovo Crisis
����*The United States ambassador to the NATO said Tuesday that bombing of Yugoslav forces in Kosovo could begin immediately unless Belgrade ended its offensive in the province.
����*Russia Monday urged Yugoslavia to reverse its decision to declare the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo persona non-grata.
����Russia has decided to send a special envoy, First Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Avdeyev, to Yugoslavia as soon as possible, Interfax said.
����*The Yugoslav government declared William Walker, head of the Kosovo verification mission of unarmed monitors, persona non-grata and demanded he leave within 48 hours.
����Yugoslavia also refused to allow chief UN war crimes prosecutor Louise Arbour to enter its border from Macedonia Monday, the Tanjug reported.
����*The UN Security Council on Monday "strongly condemned" the massacre of Albanians in southern Kosovo, a Serb province of dominant population of ethnic Albanians.
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WorldNews 1999-01-20 Page6
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