former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Ethnic Slavs continue to flee FYR of Macedonia town, UN refugee agency says

21 August 2001
A week after a peace agreement was signed in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, small groups of ethnic Macedonians continue to flee the troubled town of Tetovo, where intermittent mortar exchanges have been reported since the weekend, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today.

Hailing Macedonian peace deal, UN agency urges more international monitoring

17 August 2001
Days after the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed a peace agreement with four political parties, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has stressed the need for more international monitors to be deployed to the area, in addition to the advance party of troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that arrived today.

FYR of Macedonia: Annan welcomes peace accord, urges adherence to ceasefire

14 August 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the Framework Agreement reached yesterday in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, stressing that there can be no solution to the country's crisis other than a political one.
UN Security Council in session

Security Council hails peace deal in FYR of Macedonia

13 August 2001
Welcoming the Framework Agreement signed today in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Security Council called for the agreement's full implementation and urged leaders of ethnic Albanians in the region to publicly condemn violence and use their influence to secure peace.
UN Security Council in session

Security Council hails peace deal in FYR of Macedonia

13 August 2001
Welcoming the Framework Agreement signed today in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Security Council called for the agreement's full implementation and urged leaders of ethnic Albanians in the region to publicly condemn violence and use their influence to secure peace.

UN refugee agency "alarmed" by upsurge of violence in FRY of Macedonia

10 August 2001
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today expressed deep concern about the escalating clashes in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, urging fighters in the country to spare civilians.

More people returning from Kosovo to FYR of Macedonia: UN refugee agency

9 August 2001
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that many people have continued to return to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from Kosovo over the past three days, although the pace of the movements slowed down yesterday.
Ruud Lubbers

FYR of Macedonia: UN refugee chief calls on NATO, EU to help reverse displacement

7 August 2001
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged a greater international effort to reverse the wave of displacement caused by the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which had driven an estimated 120,000 people from their homes.

FYR of Macedonia: UN agency sends aid to returnees

3 August 2001
The United Nations refugee agency has dispatched emergency supplies to 5,000 residents returning to a village outside Skopje, the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, since the Government reopened the town last Sunday.

Ethnic separation in FYR of Macedonia deeply disturbing: UN refugee agency

24 July 2001
The United Nations refugee agency said today it was "deeply disturbed" by reports that Macedonian Slavs were fleeing ethnic Albanian areas of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, "a development that recalls some of the darkest days of the past decade in the Balkans," according to the agency.