UN SPECIAL ENVOY BERNARD KOUCHNER SMILES DURING MEETING WITH KOSOVO SERB LEADERS IN PRISTINA, 2000-06-29...

U.N. special envoy Bernard Kouchner (C) smiles accompanied by Kosovo Serb leader Rada Trajkovic (L) and Serbian Orthodox Bishop Artemije (R), the chairman of the moderate Serb National Council (SNC) after they signed agreement of better cooperation in Pristina June 29. Despite a massive presence of NATO-led KFOR peacekeepers and armed U.N. police, fatal attacks on Serbs continue almost daily and their leaders have resisted joining the process of implanting democracy in Kosovo without better guarantees. After lengthy negotiations, they agreed to participate in joint administrative councils along with the United Nations and the Kosovo Albanian majority, while the U.N. offered an eight-point understanding on freedom, security and human rights. IM/