Minorities in Kosovo still face acute
discrimination, UN reports.
31 January - The security of minorities
in Kosovo continues to be a major cause for concern despite
the general improvement of the situation in that country over
the past year, according to a new report by the United Nations
refugee agency. FULL
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For
Example, Kosovo: Seven Principles for Building Peace.
Speech delivered by the United Nations
Special Representative of the Secretary General in Kosovo, Michael
Steiner, at the London School of Economics 27 January 2003.
UN envoy
ready to hand over more responsibilities to local institutions.
20 January - The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo, Michael
Steiner, said today he is ready to hand over all competencies
that he legally can to Kosovo's provisional institutions on one
condition - that they work more seriously.
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Former Serb
President Milutinovic set to appear before UN War Crimes Tribunal.
20 January 2003 - Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic was
transferred today to the United Nations war crimes tribunal in
The Hague, where he is awaiting his initial appearance before
the court on charges of crimes against humanity and other inhumane
acts, including persecutions on political, racial and religious
grounds. FULL
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Living standards
for Europe's Roma comparable to Sub-Saharan Africa, UN reports.
16 January - The literacy, infant mortality and basic nutrition
rates of most of the four to five million Roma in Europe are closer
to levels in sub-Saharan Africa than those for other Europeans,
according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) launched today in Brussels. FULL
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UN Tribunal
agains suspends Milosevic genocide trial for health reasons.
14 January - Plans to resume hearings in the trial of Slobodan
Milosevic have been postponed at least through Thursday because
of the former Yugoslav President's illness, judges at the United
Nations war crimes tribunal announced today.
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Condemning
party official's murder, UN envoys says Kosovo 'sick and tired'
of violence.
9 January - The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today condemned the murder over the
weekend of an official in the party of President Ibrahim Rugova
who had also been a prominent commander in the Kosovo Liberation
Army. FULL
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