Papers, notes and memos on Commission's policy toward security and peace and human rights issues in countries such as China, Thailand and in particular Kosovo, includes: letters and articles on legitimacy to intervene with international action to resolve humanitarian crises; Note on UN Security Council's role in the prevention of armed conflicts; Material on NATO's involvement in Kosovo; WEU paper by Guido Lenzi -"The Lessons from Kosovo? Too Soon to Tell"; Draft note on legal justifications for armed intervention for Commissioner Patten"; European Commission ECHO article "law in Humanitarian Crises - Access to Victims, Right to Intervene or Right to Receive Humanitarian Assistance?"

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Documents concerning reports on meeting conflict prevention and conflict resolution, and report of meeting of the EU Troika with the UN Secretary General on humanitarian interventions, are marked confidential and removed from the main file.