This timeline outlines select events that occurred in Kosovo from the late 1980s until the beginning of NATO’s bombing campaign in March 1999.

On March 24, 1999, U.S. President Clinton gave a televised address to inform the American public about NATO’s bombing of Serbian forces. In this address, President Clinton describes U.S. interests related to peace in southeastern Europe.

A series of UN Security Council resolutions related to Kosovo in the year prior to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Notes from a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on March 24, 1999–the day that NATO bombing of Yugoslavia began. NATO’s campaign had not been approved by the Security Council.

Impact Researchers will conduct research on the internet related to the aftermath of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.