ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was researched by William M. Arkin, consultant with the Arms division of Human Rights Watch, and Bogdan Ivanisevic, researcher in the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, and was written by Mr. Arkin. Additional research in Kosovo was conducted by Fred Abrahams, senior researcher with the Europe and Central Asia division. The report was reviewed by Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, and Wilder Tayler, general counsel of Human Rights Watch. It was edited by Michael McClintock, deputy program director of Human Rights Watch, Joost R. Hiltermann, executive director of the Arms division, and Holly Cartner, executive director of the Europe and Central Asia division. Production assistance was provided by Alexandra Perina, associate with the Europe and Central Asia division, Patrick Minges, publications director, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager.

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Its Europe and Central Asia division was established in 1978 to monitor and promote domestic and international compliance with the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. It is affiliated with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, which is based in Vienna, Austria. Holly Cartner is the executive director; Rachel Denber is the deputy director; Elizabeth Andersen is the advocacy director; Fred Abrahams is senior researcher; Cassandra Cavanaugh, Julia Hall, Malcolm Hawkes, Bogdan Ivanisevic, André Lommen, Acacia Shields, Diane Paul, and Benjamin Ward are research associates; Diederik Lohman is the Moscow office director; Alexander Petrov is the assistant Moscow office director; Pamela Gomez is the Caucasus office director; Marie Struthers is the Dushanbe office director; Alex Frangos is coordinator; Liudmila Belova, Alexandra Perina, Tamar Satnet, and Natasha Zaretsky are associates. Peter Osnos is the chair of the advisory committee and Alice Henkin is vice chair.

Its Arms Division was established in 1992 to monitor and prevent arms transfers to governments or organizations that commit gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and the rules of war and promote freedom of information regarding arms transfers worldwide. Joost R. Hiltermann is the director; Stephen D. Goose is the program director; Loretta Bondì is the Advocacy Coordinator, Mary Wareham is the senior advocate, Ernst Jan Hogendoorn and Alex Vines are research associates; Sharda Sekaran is the associate; William M. Arkin, Kathi L. Austin, Monica Schurtman, and Frank Smyth are consultants. Torsten N. Wiesel is the chair of the advisory committee and Nicole Ball and Vincent McGee are the vice-chairs.

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