Albanian Assembly has decided to hold a minute of silence at 12:00 in honor of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who passed away yesterday at the age of 84. 

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Edmond Spaho: As you know, it is an honor for this assembly to observe a minute of silence for the death of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, due to her contribution to the Kosovo issue. 

Ermonela Felaj: In fact, it is a request that was made to me by Mr. Balla, I would ask you to hold a minute of silence in honor of Albright at 12:00. 

Taulant Balla: Thank you for including it as a proposal of Mr. Spaho and Mrs. Tabaku, so that at 12:00 this minute of silence in honor of former Secretary Madeleine Albright is held.

Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She was 84 years old.

The cause was cancer, Albright's family said in a statement Wednesday. Albright was a central figure in President Bill Clinton's administration, first serving as US ambassador to the United Nations before becoming the nation's top diplomat in his second term. She championed the expansion of NATO, pushed for the alliance to intervene in the Balkans to stop genocide and ethnic cleansing, sought to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons, and championed human rights and democracy across the globe.