Kosovo:
UN envoy briefs Council of Europe on Serbian province’s
final status talks
30 January 2007 – The top
United Nations envoy in Kosovo today briefed the Council of
Europe on latest developments in deciding the final status of
the Albanian-majority Serbian province that the world body has
run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid
ethnic fighting.FULL
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Ban
Ki-moon kicks off first foreign trip as UN chief with talks
with European leaders
24 January – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
today began his first overseas trip since becoming the world’s
top diplomat, meeting in Brussels with European Union (EU) leaders
on global issues ranging from the Balkans and the crises in
Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, Somalia and Côte d’Ivoire,
to climate change and human rights. FULL
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UN envoy
to present future status proposal for Kosovo on Friday
23 January – A United Nations proposal for the future
status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province of Kosovo,
which the world body has run since Western forces drove out
Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid brutal ethnic fighting, will be
presented to a group of concerned countries on Friday and to
the parties early next month. FULL
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UN poised to tackle international
challenges, Ban Ki-moon tells US audience
16 January – The United Nations has the potential to enter
another golden era equal to that of its early years, despite
the array of daunting challenges – from finding peace
in Darfur and the Middle East to long-term goals such as climate
change and improving the lives of the world’s poorest
– faced by the Organization, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
said today. FULL
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