FACING REALITIES IN KOSOVO

There is great relief that the 11 (th) hour settlement in Belgrade has seemingly averted the necessity for NATO air strikes against Serbia. However the solution reached between US envoy Richard Holbrooke and Yu goslav President Slobodan Milosevic contains the seeds of its own undo ing. Agreement has been reached with Milosevic, but his good faith in honouring commitments can hardly be assumed. And Kosovo's majority Alb anian population is far from reconciled to the prospect of 'autonomy' within Serbia.