New UN report paints mixed picture of Kosovo's Provisional
Institutions
30 January – The record of achievements
by Kosovo's Provisional Institutions is mixed, with progress
apparently stalled in some areas, United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan says in a new document made public today.FULL
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Kosovo is good lesson in international action against ethnic
conflict – UN official
28 January – The inter-ethnic conflict
in Kosovo provides good lessons about both the successes and
pitfalls of international action in halting ethnic cleansing
and preventing it from occurring again, a senior United Nations
official told a conference on genocide today.FULL
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Rising demand for peacekeeping stretches UN's resources, Fréchette
says
27 January – Poorer countries are
providing the greatest contribution to United Nations peacekeeping
operations but even this support is insufficient to meet rising
demands, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said
today in India.FULL
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Annan mourns former senior UN peacekeeper who helped the Balkans
26 January – United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan mourned the death earlier today of Sven Frederiksen,
head of the European Union's police mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.FULL
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UN envoy urges Kosovo to take the high road towards peace in
2004
13 January – Declaring that Kosovo
is at a crossroads in its history, the senior United Nations
envoy to the province today urged its people to choose the peaceful,
democratic path taken by the nations of Central and Eastern
Europe after the end of the Cold War. FULL
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