On 15 January 1999, dozens of Kosovo Albanians were found dead near the village of Račak (Reçak). The incident was examined in the presence of international monitors, including the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission, and rapidly escalated diplomatic pressure on Belgrade.
The UN Security Council issued a statement condemning the massacre and calling for cooperation with international verification and accountability. The episode became one of the events that framed negotiations and the subsequent international response in early 1999.
This entry documents the event as it was treated by international monitoring and UN diplomacy at the time.