UN envoy
to Kosovo pays tribute to its late president
26 January – The senior United Nations envoy to
Kosovo today paid tribute to the character and vision of its
late president, Ibrahim Rugova, and urged the people of the
province to carry through with his vision of unity and stability.FULL
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Security
Council says people of Kosovo should pursue peace despite President’s
death
23 January – Mourning the death of the President of Kosovo,
Ibrahim Rugova, members of the Security Council today urged
the people of the province to peacefully conclude talks on its
final status. FULL
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Kosovo: UN officials
mourn crash deaths of NATO-led Slovak troops, civilians
23 January – Senior United Nations officials today mourned
the deaths of 42 troops and civilians from Slovakia who died
in a recent plane crash while serving with the NATO-led Kosovo
International Security Force (KFOR). FULL
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Addressing Kosovo Assembly,
UN envoy pays tribute to late President
22 January – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo
today delivered an address to the province's Assembly in tribute
to the memory of its late President, Ibrahim Rugova. FULL
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Annan mourns death of President Ibrahim
Rugova, urges continued unity
21 January 2006 – United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today mourned the passing of Kosovo's
President, Ibrahim Rugova, and urged that his legacy of peace
be sustained in the period ahead.FULL
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UN Kosovo envoy urges Roma to move to newly-refurbished camp
11 January – The chief United Nations envoy to Kosovo
is urging displaced persons from the country’s Roma minority
to relocate from their current, lead-polluted camps to a newly-refurbished
facility which opened last week, after hearing their concerns
over another move to temporary dwellings.FULL
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Displaced
Roma in Kosovo to leave lead-tainted camps, UN says
6 January – A newly-refurbished camp will open on Monday
for internally displaced Roma populations in Kosovo that are
enduring unhealthy lead levels in their present dwellings, the
United Nations Mission in that province (UNMIK) announced today.
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More than two dozen
UN personnel were killed in 2005 – Staff Union
5 January – Fatal attacks against United Nations civilian
and military personnel stationed around the globe more than
doubled last year compared to 2004 as 32 people were killed
in incidents that ranged from bombings in Kosovo to ambushes
by gunfire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the
world body's Staff Union said today. FULL
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Explosion damages bus
in Kosovo, UN reports, urging prosecution of perpetrators
5 January – Reacting to an explosion against a bus carrying
passengers in Kosovo, the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission (UNMIK) there today said those responsible must be found
and brought to justice, and stressed that violence must not
impede the political process. FULL
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