The bombing was initiated by NATO to stop ethnibsp;sing and the killing of Albanian Kosovars. The expectation on the part of NATO was that Yugoslavia would capitulate to the West and sign the Rambouillet agreement. This did not happen. Instead Yugoslavia stepped up its war with the KLA and bsp;to a million Kosovars were driven out of Kosovo mostly by the Serbs but to some extent by the bombing itlf. Most of the vacated homes in Kosovo were burned by Serbs. After 73 days of bombing the infrastructure of Serbia has been riously damaged and its ey t babsp;probably decades. A politibsp;resolution to the flibsp;was sought by the G–8 group of industrialized tries with Russia playing the role of mediator. As of this date (June 5 1999) Yugoslavia and NATO have signed an agreement. Both sides had to promi and they did. For NATO Yugoslavia has agreed to“substantial”autonomy for Kosovo, withdrawal of all Serb military, polibsp;and paramilitary forces, return of all the refugees, and an iional armed curity prenbsp;in Kosovo with “substantial”NATO participation. On the other hand for Yugoslavia the agreement calls for respect of the territorial iy of Yugoslavia, Kosovo remains in Yugoslavia, the agreement is uhe authority of the Security cil of the United Nations not NATO, and calls for involvement of Russian troops in the peacekeeping forces.
作為東歐劇變的組成部分，1945年成立的南斯拉夫聯邦於1991年迅速解體。1991年6月25日，斯洛文尼亞和克羅地亞率先宣布脫離聯邦而獨立；1991年10月15日和11月20日，波斯尼亞、黑塞哥維那和馬其頓亦先後宣告獨立；1992年4月27日，塞爾維亞和黑山兩個共和國宣布聯合組成“南斯拉夫聯盟共和國”。這樣，原南斯拉夫聯邦分裂為5個獨立國家。
在南聯邦解體的過程中，由於領土、財產和利益分割上的矛盾以及原本存在的民族糾紛和宗教衝突，各共和國間和各國內的不同民族間先後發生了規模不等的戰爭，其中最嚴重的內戰發生在波黑境內，並涉及其周邊的塞爾維亞和克羅地亞。
1992年3月，因國家的獨立地位進行全民公決而觸發的波黑穆斯林、克羅地亞族和塞爾維亞族之間的衝突在外部勢力的支持下（波黑塞族得到南聯盟塞爾維亞共和國支持，克族得到克羅地亞共和國支持，穆斯林得到各伊斯蘭國家支持）愈演愈烈，最終形成長達三年半以上的全麵內戰，死亡人數超過25萬。
直至1995年11月21日，打得精疲力竭的各方才在美國的幹預下於美國俄亥俄州的代頓空軍基地簽署了和平協議。代頓協議並沒有平息南聯邦解體帶來的動蕩，波黑戰爭結束後，民族衝突的熱點很快轉移到南聯盟境內，科索沃危機成為世人關注的中心。
Vocabulary 生詞全知道
blame：指責，責怪
warrant：使有必要，使正當，使恰當，授權
withdraw：停止提供，不再給予
deadline：最後通牒，最後期限