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CIAO DATE: 07/04
Elections in Kosovo: Moving Towards Democracy?
July 7, 2000
Abstract
In the fall of 2000, for the first time of their history, the people of Kosovo are being promised the opportunity to participate in democratic, internationally supervised local elections. The elections offer the people of Kosovo the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to democracy. They also present the international mission in Kosovo with a test of its resolve to overcome the political and practical problems associated with holding elections in a territory still suffering from the phsical and the political scars of war.