WAR IN THE BALKANS

"Enough of this shedding of human blood. When will there be an end to the diabolic spiral of revenge?"

The Pope

"Milosevic is using the refugees as an instrument of war"

US deputy secretary of state, Strobe Talbott

"Milosevic must expect the campaign to intensify; bad weather will not save him" Armed Forces minister

Doug Henderson

"He [Milosevic] shouldn't feel he can murder at will and remain unmolested"

German defence minister Rudolph Scharping

"[We need] a corridor around Serbia... a cord around Milosevic's neck"

Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini

"Mr Milosevic will see this destruction continue as long as he maintains this stance"

French Defence Minister Alain Richard