October 1998

Administration officials described the elements of the agreement reached with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as follows:

* A 2,000-member international inspection force will be deployed in Kosovo under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The force will be unarmed and will verify compliance with demands of a U.N. Security Council resolution, which include the withdrawal of Yugoslav special forces from Kosovo.

* NATO reconnaissance planes, not combat planes, will make flights over Kosovo to verify government compliance. Details of these missions remain to be worked out.

* Yugoslavia also agreed to 11 unilateral steps, including:

Partial self-government will be established in Kosovo, and the police force there will be made up of personnel proportionate to the ethnic makeup of the province.

A general amnesty will be issued for people accused of criminal acts related to the seven-month conflict, but war crimes can still be prosecuted.

The following timetable has been agreed upon:

By Oct. 19: Details on the OSCE inspection force to be completed.

By Nov. 2: Agreement on procedures to reach a political solution to be completed.

By Nov. 9: Agreement on procedures for elections in Kosovo to be completed. Elections to be held within nine months.