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16
October 2006
Nicole
Kidman Undertakes Kosovo
Tour
Nicole
Kidman
is touring Kosovo as
part of her new role as
a United Nations
goodwill
ambassador.
Nicole
Kidman arrived in
Pristina on Saturday and
was cheered by onlookers
as she walked through
the city to her
hotel.
"I'm
here to learn so that I
can help your country at
this crucial, crucial
time for the future,"
she said.
Nicole,
39, was appointed a
goodwill ambassador for
the UN's development
fund for women, Unifem,
in January. The tour is
her first in that
role.
She
said she was in Kosovo
to "meet people, hear
their stories and
educate myself, and I
suppose be a voice for
you if you need
it".
She
is expected to travel to
the town of Djakovica,
which saw some 1,000 men
go missing during the
conflict which hit the
area in 1998 and
1999.
In
international law,
Kosovo remains a
province of Serbia, but
has been administered by
the United Nations since
Serb forces were ousted
in 1999, forcing them to
end a crackdown on
ethnic Albanians who
demanded
independence.
Unifem
has run several projects
studying the impact of
the conflict on women
and their role in
reconciliation.
Kosovo's
future status is in the
balance, with ethnic
Albanians wanting full
independence for the
province, while the
Serbian government wants
to keep it under its
control.
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