| | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
 | | In 1999, the ICRC assumed the role of the Movement's lead agency in Yugoslavia and as such was responsible for coordinating the activities of participating National Societies, whose involvement remained high throughout the year. |
 | | In Kosovo and elsewhere in Yugoslavia, the ICRC gathered information from hundreds of families from the Serb, Roma and other communities who reported that their relatives had been abducted by the KLA or by Kosovo Albanian civilians. |
 | | After the NATO Secretary General authorized military action against Yugoslavia, the ICRC sent a diplomatic note on 24 March to NATO and its member countries, and to the Yugoslav authorities, reminding them of their obligations under international humanitarian law, in particular the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. |
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