Indicted Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect
transferred to UN tribunal
31 January – Following his voluntary
surrender, Dusan Fustar, a Bosnian Serb who has been indicted
for war crimes, was transferred today to the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). FULL
STORY>>
UN police arrest three men for smuggling
arms and explosives in Kosovo
30 January - United Nations police have
arrested three men for smuggling weapons and explosives into Kosovo
from Albania, the UN mission in the province reported today.
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Kosovo: UN police help to arrest two war
crimes suspects
28 January – The United Nations police
in Kosovo, supported by the KFOR security force, have arrested
two men suspected of committing war crimes against the civilian
population, UNMIK, the UN mission in the province, reported today.
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UN war crimes tribunal to hear appeal against
separate Milosevic trials
25 January – The appeals court of
the United Nations war crimes tribunal today ordered a hearing
next week on an appeal by the prosecution of a decision to hold
separate trials for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
for alleged crimes committed in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and in Kosovo. FULL
STORY>>
Senior German diplomat appointed Annan’s
top envoy for Kosovo
23 January - Secretary-General Kofi Annan
has appointed a senior diplomat from of Germany to be his Special
Representative for Kosovo and the head of the United Nations Interim
Administration Mission (UNMIK). FULL
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Stalemate persists in installation of Kosovo
government, UN Security Council told
21 January - While the deadlock in forming
a coalition government and electing a president of Kosovo persisted,
the United Nations Interim Administration (UNMIK) and interested
countries continued to encourage a quick solution to the current
stalemate, the UN's top peacekeeping official said today. FULL
STORY>>
UN mission condemns murder of Kosovo Assembly
member
18
January - The United Nations top official in Kosovo today denounced
the murder last night of an ethnic Albanian member of the Kosovo
Assembly and of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) led by Ibrahim
Rugova.
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Kosovo elections 'important step' towards
eventual self-government, Annan reports
17 January – The past three months
in Kosovo have been dominated by the election of a legislative
body and the subsequent efforts to forge a government majority,
Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report on the United
Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). FULL
STORY>>
UN tribunal allows prosecution to appeal decision
about combining Milosevic cases
10 January – The United Nations war
crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has granted the Prosecution
permission to appeal an earlier court decision to separate the
trials for former President Slobodan Milosevic for alleged crimes
committed in Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.FULL
STORY>>
Voting for Kosovo President inconclusive,
UN Mission reports
10 January – Despite two rounds of
voting for a President today, the Kosovo Assembly took no final
decision on the matter after the sole candidate, Ibrahim Rugova,
failed to attain the majority needed to win, according to the
UN Interim Administration Mission for Kosovo (UNMIK). FULL
STORY>>
Kosovo: on eve of Assembly meeting, UN
urges efforts towards self-government
8 January – As the Kosovo Assembly
prepares for its third meeting later this week, a senior United
Nations official in the province today urged all political forces
there to pursue the democratic process. FULL
STORY>>
UN tribunal prepares for Milosevic pre-trial
hearing for Kosovo case
8 January – The United Nations war
crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia will hold a hearing
tomorrow for former President Slobodan Milosevic to consider his
trial on charges stemming from the 1999 Kosovo conflict.FULL
STORY>>
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