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To: Dale Baker who wrote (32664)	4/24/1999 2:32:00 AM
From: Richard Miller	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122087

Thanks for your "Positive Contribution" It's sad realizing I support a government "that fiddles with protocol, while Kosovo children burn" Fortunately, I'm not in a career position where I feel the need to defend such indefensible action. We can afford to fly back the children if their parents are ever located, or can we only afford more cruise missles?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (32664)	4/24/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: ACS_101	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122087

Dale this sounds logical, unfortunately. I can understand govt reluctance to do further harm, even though it often constrains their actions until even more damage is done by slow response. One very big difference in a 1998 refugee crisis, as opposed to a 1990 one, is the existence of the WEB. It is an incredibly potent tool to put family and friends back together that the world hasn't had previously. There are two resaons for this: 1) It no longer takes special knowledge or to construct and publish a database of refugees, photos, home towns, relationships, stories, etc. 2) People can access it from all over the world, 24 hours a day, without special equipment. It can be searched by anyone without special skills beyond being able to spell your name. Having searched and found their friends and family, they can post messages to get back in touch. I have a few questions: 1) What organizations have this facility already set up or are working on it? I can't believe its not done already. It isn't rocket science... 2) Is it possible to get data from refugee registrations already completed to post? 3) What can we do to advance this project, and application of it to the current crisis? Once this type of facility is set up, refugees can be relocated based on humanitarian concerns like safety, access to medical care, and decent hosting conditions. We become less dependent on a physical geography to put them back together. These people have no wish other than to reunite with their family, friends and neighbors in their own country. Moving them out of region temporarily for humanitarian purposes should not pose the same problems as it would have a decade ago. Of course Milosevic made this 10 times worse by ordering the confiscation of all the refugees' identity papers. But his cruelty can be overcome. -- Alan