The U.N. Security Council votes 14-0 to impose an arms embargo on Yugoslavia to force a peaceful settlement. Kosovar Albanian separatist leader Ibrahim Rugova rejects Serbian plans to hold a referendum on foreign mediation in the Kosova crisis, accusing the Serbs of defying the international community. The bodies of six men are found by the side of a road near Orahovac in southwest Kosova. Reports of mass graves surface. Serbia amends a referendum law to allow a vote to be held on foreign mediation in Kosova before a Big Power deadline expires.
Albanian separatists reject the referendum proposal, boycotting peace talks with Serbia.
Serbia hardens its stance against foreign mediation. February-March A police crackdown on Kosovar Albanians leaves some 80 people dead. Gun battles leave 16 Albanians and four police dead. Tens of thousands protest in the Kosova capital, Pristina, against the violence, and street clashes erupt. He urges Belgrade to find a political solution through dialogue.