[…] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Karadzic in July 1995 for six counts of genocide and two counts of crimes against humanity for acts he allegedly committed as leader of a breakaway Republika Srpska, which undertook a violent 1992-1995 military campaign to create a “Greater Serbia” by “cleansing” territory it seized in Bosnia and Herzegovina of its Muslim, ethnic Croat, and other non-Serb communities following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

[…] We congratulate the Government of Serbia, and thank the people who conducted this operation for their professionalism and courage. This operation is an important demonstration of the Serbian Government's determination to honor its commitment to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The timing of the arrest, only days after the commemoration of the massacre of over 7,000 Bosnians committed in Srebrenica, is particularly appropriate, as there is no better tribute to the victims of the war's atrocities than bringing their perpetrators to justice.

[…] Some of those nations pledged more than $1 billion in developmental assistance for Kosovo at a July 11 donors’ conference. The United States, which already has provided more than $1.1 billion for Kosovo’s development, has pledged an additional $400 million to support debt relief, judicial reform and improvement in Kosovo’s educational and business climates. The assistance will help Kosovo become a nation that, in Rice’s words, “can deliver for its people economically.”