http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4418057
The Scotsman
April 18, 2005
UN Discovers Human Remains in Kosovo Cave
The United Nations in Kosovo said today they had
discovered a cave allegedly used to secretly dispose
of the human remains of non-Albanians in Kosovo killed
during a war in 1998-1999.
Initial findings indicated the area was used to
secretly dispose of human remains, and could be
related to the disappearances of non-Albanians in
Kosovo in 1998, the UN statement said.
The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics
began excavating the cave and its surrounding area in
Klina, some 30 miles west of the provinces capital
Pristina, it said.
About 500 Serbs and 200 members of other non-Albanian
communities in Kosovo remain missing and are suspected
to have been kidnapped and killed by ethnic Albanian
rebels during the provinces 1998-1999 war, according
to UN figures.
.....
Hundreds of those listed as missing from the war have
been found in mass graves in Kosovo and Serbia, but
the fate of about 3,000 missing is still to be
determined.
Last month, Serbian and Kosovo officials resumed talks
aimed at establishing the fate of ethnic Albanians,
Serbs and others who vanished during the war one of
the most sensitive and emotionally charged issues
between the two former foes.
The two sides signed a framework document and agreed
to accept the Red Cross list of 2,960 still missing as
their figure of reference. The officials agreed to
meet again on June 9 in Pristina.
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