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CONTENT:-Genera l s i tua t ion : moxe ca lm-Doctors a t tacked-HumaniEarian situaEi-on-MSF in the Yu-media-Press l ine ( rep lac ing the press f ine o f January 23rd)-ÀcL iv i t ies miss ion_PRESS MJ\TTERS-Usefu l s i tes-Regional division MSF/I4DM/IMC-Covexage- Te l ec olruns-HRM-fn terv iew oppor tun i t ies e tc --Media-agenda

Genera l s i tua t ion : more ca lmThe overall situation j-s more quiet now, after the t.ense period aroundorthodox Christmas and Nehr year, the Racak-massacre and Ehe attempt tokick out Will iam Walker. The prishtina-team reports Lhat the patièntschat come to it 's mobile clinic are less anxious now than in lhe weekafter the news about Racak came out. Sti l l , incidents are reported onalmost a daily basis by the Serbian as well as the Albanian Èid",ranging from the kil l ing of f ive people on a tractor last Sunday, toshootj"ngs in which people merely geL wounded. As far as theseincidents affect Serb civil ians, they do noL seem to provoke the samereac t ion f rom the Serb popu la t ion as be fore (b lock ing roads ,demonst ra t ing in f ronÈ o f the OscE-bu i ld ing e tc . ) . I t i s unc lear why,but it could be that all the previous acCiôns of lhat kind were sCaled

aod that kind of action does nol suit Che authorit ies for the moment.All this is Eo say that hhere is 'arùnunition' enougih for unrest, andi t i s p robab ly fa i r l y easy to t r igger i t , The present ca lm mighttherefore prove decepLive. For the moment, the Àlbanian side is morevocal about. a cont.inuation of the fighting, or as UcK-co[ùnander 'Remi,pu t i t in yes terdays Eng l ish vers ion o f the da i l y 'Koha D i to re , : "Wewill conEinue to remain determined to continue with the stTuggle unti lthe l iberation, regardless of fact r,{hether the processes of thein te rna t iona l d ip lomacy w i l l resume or no t . "For the moment however, bhe ball is in Èhe court of that internationaldiplomacy. The Contactgroup is trying to push through it 'sautonomy-plan for Kosovo, and NATO is expected to nake new threatstowards Mi fosev ic , e i ther w iÈh ox w iLhout a dead l ine . À fso , i t s tud ieson ways of cutting of ttre suppJ"y-lines of the UCK. A 1ot ofspeculation now goes in the direcEion of Milosevic actually favouringan intervenLion by NÀTO, hrhich would al1ow hj-m Èo give up the provincewithout losing face. It remains Èo be seen if Milosevic r^ri11 make itvery hard on NATO to enEer the country, he wil l probably make hisdeparture from the region very much felt by the Àlbanians.

Doctors attackedDx. xhevdet cashi was found.Pec, on the morning of lasto f Pec hosp i ta l . Accord ing

dead in the vilLage of Prekalle, r,ves t ofThursday. He worked i-n Ehe emergency room

to the Kosova In fo rmaL ion Center (K IC) , thei n p ê d L â < l - F r i d â \ r l - h ê q â r h â : i l r r r : 1 a c

in which the family on the doctor stated thatUCK urged him to join MSF t.o help the UCK.

po l i ce mal t rea ted a doc tor f rom a v i l lage towho was on his way to see a patient.

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warm over the past twoup to aboue 10 degreesF i ô l d ^ F h ê â t . i h ^

doctor was we l l - respecÈedJavnosti ran an arlicle,he was kil led because theGash i re fused to do so .À few days later, Serbl - h ê h ^ r F h ^ f D ? i < t - i n â

Humanitarian situationNo deterioration vis-a-vis last week, apartincidents. The weathex has been relativelyweeks (freezing temperatures at night, butduring the day) , so no big problems in thewatersupp ly e tc .

MSF in the Yu-mediaA l though the ' campaign ' aga ins t MSF (smugg l ing weapons e tc . ) i s over ,we were mentioned again in relation to the kil l ing of an Àlbaniandoctor workiag j-n the emergency room of the hospit.al in Pec.

Press l ine ( rep lac ing the press L ine o f January 23rd)MSF is horrif ied by the massacre in Racak and the kil l ings last Sundaynear Kramovik, and hopes the tribunal for warcrimes in the formerYugoslavia wil l be able Eo do it 's own investigatioa (note: theFinnish forensic team currenÈly investigating the bodies wilt ontyrepor t to the d is t r i c t cour t in Pr ishc ina , and no t make i t ' s f ind ingspublic) . MSF appeals to the parties in Kosovo to start negociations assoon as possible, in order to stop people being ki11ed or displacedbecause of the renewed fighting. The international community shouldpuÈ as much effort as possible into a negociaLed solut' ion thatguarantees long-Eerm stabil ity in Kosovo. (note: all connenÈs thatcorrld ho intêrnrêtê. i as favourinq NATO- intervention wil l make our

osition with the governmenÈ untenable)he humanitarian sibuation in the municipaliEies where MSF is workinqs noL deteriorating for the momenÈ, buÈ as lhe situation is unstable,hat could change rapidly. Until now, MSF sti l l has unhind.ered accesso the loca t ions where i t car r ies ouL mob i fe c l in ics .

See aÈtached handout .

PRESS MATTERS

Usefu l s i tesIf you want to follow the developments in Kosovo more closely, go to:wvrw. kosova. corn (bu11e!ins of the Kosova Informat.ion CenÈer, close toKosovo-A lban ian 'p res idenÈ ' Rugova) o rwwiÀr. mediacentar . org (Serbian views) .

Regional division MSF,/MDM/ IMCSomeEhing to be aware of: on Ehe operational side, there is aqeographical division beÈween MsF, I4DM and IMC for efficiency reasons.This means that we wil l not always be involved in a crisis here, andin that case wil l noL have much to say. Racak for instance is in amunicipalicy coverced by IMC. Às far as the response to emergencies isconcerned, MSF will play an i.mportant role in the whole of theprovince .

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CoverageBelgian Tv-journalisÈ Stefan Blorunaert and his team wenr EowiLh the Prj-shtina-Leam on Monday, shooting maEerial for asFlemistr as the francophone TV. The i-tems rrere broadcasted on(F lemish) and Tuesday-even ing ( f rancophone) .Spanish colunercial national staLion ÀnÈena 3 wentitem about the Prizren-team.See also the media-agenda below.

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îelecommsFor now, the bes t way o f reach ing us is us ing the land l ines , themobile system is very crunmy. However, it night Èake half an hour toget through. In fess urgent cases, you can refy on email, but ALWAySUSE 'BÀS TIËLENS' ON CCMAIL ÀND MSF_PR@EUNET. YU SIMULTÀNEOUSLY, ASboth systems have their weaknesses, Usual1y, I manage to get accMobi 1e- connectsion to Brussels three times a day, but during thedaytime it can prove Eo be irnpossible. Therefore, I might not readyour ma i l un t i l 18 .00 . un less you copy i t co msf -p rgeunet . l / ' u . Whatapp l ies to the ccMobi le connect ion , a lso goes fo r t .e lephone. I w i l ltry to call you back, but cannot guarantee that I wj.lt manage. Theshoes Èr ing- so lu t ion is to ca f l our o f f i ce in Be lg rade (ask fo r Rada orB issa) , and pass them the message. f f I can ' t ge t Ehrough Lo youd i rec t ly , I ' 11 re lay a message back v ia them.

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HofidaysTim is out this week, Kathia is replacing him as HoM.Lone is also on holiday, being replaced by Laurence.Stephanie is on holiday next week

Miss ion in Kosovo (15 )Pec : Joset te Benamane (nurse , F) , Ingr id Geer inck (doc tor , B) , p i -e roSch ip izza (watsan, I ) , I rene ,Johansson {nurse , Swe)Pr iz ren : Lone c ravgaard {nurse , Dan, on ho l iday th is week) , A t leFre the im (doc tor , Nor . ) , Laurence Thavaux (nurse , F . )Pr ish t ina : T im Boucher (HoM, UK, on ho l iday th is week) , Kath ia vanËgmond (medco, B), Stephanie van Peteghem (doctor, B), Ânn Wouters(nurse , B) , Bas T ie lens (com, NL (Dutch , Eng l ish , cerman) ) Natha l ieBurnot . te ( f in , B) , cuy Mine t ( tog , Fr . ) . Pa t r i ck Rodary ( l va tsan, F)

Exp lo to Montenegro (2 )Kathr in Frôh I ich (doc tor , Aus tx ia ) , N ico las Ded ieu (1o9. , F r . )

In te rv iew opporLun i t ies e tc .C o n t a c t B a s T i e l e n s o n 0 0 3 8 1 - 3 8 5 3 1 7 1 1 ( a 1 s o f a x ) / 0 0 3 8 1 - 3 8 5 3 1 8 0 5 , e m a j - 1ms f-pr@eunet .l.u and

'bas tielens' on CCMaiL. Please always use both

email-addresses at the same lime. When you are unable to reach med j . rec t l y , you can t ry to re lay a message v ia Be lgrade, wh ich cou ld beeas ie r to reach -B e l g r a d e o f f i c e : 0 0 3 8 1 L 1 3 2 3 2 4 6 7 ( a 1 s o f a x ) , o r 0 0 3 8 L L 1 6 2 4 6 5 I -

Med.ia-agenda Kosovo (as of 2'l Jan.)

5 FebruaryResumpE. ion oE peace Ea lks? (V IP 26-1)

1 FebruaryRepor t o f F inn ish fo rens ic team? (BBC 21-1)

Ê h â ô f . r â n , , : r r r

.fournalist Samuel Grumiaux of Belgian Àrts enkrant /Journal de Medecinsin Pr ish t ina fo r a r t i c le on MSF in Kosovo?

28 or Januarya ^ h l - : - t - d r ^ r r h - ^ - F i - ^

26 JanuaryAntena 3 (Spanish TV) with Prj-zren team

2 5 ,fanuary\RT (Flemish television) with prishtina team