Comprehensive approach key to success of
peace-building, Annan tells Bundestag
28
February - Peace-building – a multifaceted undertaking increasingly
assigned to the United Nations – requires comprehensive and
long-term efforts in order to succeed, Secretary-General Kofi
Annan told the German Parliament today.
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Kosovo Albanian parties reach accord on new government; UN welcomes
move
28 February - The United Nations Security
Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed an agreement
reached early this morning in Kosovo on the province’s President
and Government, breaking the deadlock that had prevented the formation
of new governing institutions since last November’s general
elections. FULL
STORY>>
UN police arrest two Kosovo murder suspects
21 February - In a raid on three apartments
in Northern Mitrovica, special teams of the United Nations police
detained two Kosovo Serbs suspected in the grenade-attack murder
of a Kosovo Albanian in February 2000. FULL
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Kosovo: UN envoy, European official discuss
upcoming municipal elections
20
February – The United Nations top envoy for Kosovo, Michael
Steiner, today met with a senior European official to discuss
the province’s second round of municipal elections later
this year, to be organized again by the Organisation for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). FULL
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UN envoy urges Kosovars to work together
towards ‘fair society for all’
19 February - Vowing to lobby international
support for Kosovo, the new head of the United Nations mission
today urged the people of the province to do their part by working
with their neighbours, as well as the rest of Europe, for political
and economic advancement and “a fair society for all.”
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Address
to the People of Kosovo, by SRSG, Michael Steiner , on 19 February
2002
>> Fjalim
Drejtuar Popullit të Kosovës, Nga PSSP Michael Steiner
>> Obracanje
Narodu Kosova , SPGS Mihael Štajner
Kosovo: new UN envoy to focus on improving
governance, reviving economy
15
February – Michael Steiner, the new head of the United Nations
Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), said in Pristina
today that he was starting out in a “listening mode”
to get feedback from all key players, but stressed that good governance,
the rule of law and revitalizing the province’s economy would
be priority areas for his administration. FULL
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Kosovo: Michael Steiner takes over as new
head of UN mission 
14 February – The new United Nations envoy to Kosovo, Michael
Steiner, arrived in Pristina today, saying that as head of the
UN mission he would focus on three priorities: the rule of law
and government building, the economy and jobs, and security in
and around the province.
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Security Council urges Kosovo assembly
to resolve impasse over presidential election
13 February - Noting progress in implementing
its 1999 resolution on Kosovo, the United Nations Security Council
today called on the province’s elected representatives to
resolve the current deadlock over the election of a president
for the provisional self-governing institutions. FULL
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Milosevic’s trial opens as UN prosecutor
describes crimes of ‘medieval savagery’
12 February – The prosecutor for a
United Nations tribunal today accused Slobodan Milosevic of “medieval
savagery” as the trial of the former Yugoslav President –
the first head of State to be tried for war crimes committed while
in office – got under way Tuesday in The Hague. FULL
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Kosovo: UN and Yugoslavia sign key accords
on identifying missing persons
11 February - The United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia today signed three key protocols aimed at improving
procedures for identification of missing persons. FULL
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Milosevic war crimes trial to start Tuesday
at UN tribunal in The Hague
11
February – The trial of Slobodan Milosevic for alleged war
crimes committed during the 1990s in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo
is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the United Nations International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
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Gradual transfer of power to Kosovo authorities key goal, new
UN mission chief says
8 February - The coming era in Kosovo could
be characterized as one of a "step by step" transfer
of authority from the United Nations to the elected interim government,
the new head of the UN Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK)
said today. FULL
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Kosovo: UN efforts to maintain law and
order get strong backing
6 February - Saying that they will not
tolerate a “culture of impunity,” representatives of
a large group of countries in Kosovo today voiced their full support
for the efforts by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in the province (UNMIK) and the international security force (KFOR)
in maintaining law and order. FULL
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UN reports progress on return of all Kosovo
Albanian detainees from Serbia
5 February - A senior official of the United
Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today expressed hope that all
Kosovo Albanian detainees held in Serbian prisons could soon be
transferred back to the province. FULL
STORY>>
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