Process
to decide Kosovo's final status could begin this year, Security
Council told
24 February 2005 – There are good
chances that the process leading to talks on the final status
of Kosovo could begin in the second half of this year but also
risks that tensions could rise in tandem, the top United Nations
envoy administering the ethnically divided province said today.FULL
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UN envoy
urges visiting Serbian President to show Kosovo that Belgrade
will foster trust
13 February – The senior United Nations envoy for Kosovo
today urged the visiting Serbian President to send positive
signals on Belgrade's readiness to build bridges of trust.FULL
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Foes of
multi-ethnic democracy still threaten Kosovo’s progress
– UN envoy
10 February 2005 – The closer
ethnically-divided Kosovo moves towards final status talks,
the greater the risks of provocation by those who do not want
to see a multi-ethnic democracy established in the war-torn
province that the United Nations has administered for the past
five years, the top UN envoy said today.FULL
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European
Roma live in abject conditions far behind general population
– UN
3 February – The Roma people in Central and southeastern
Europe suffer from "abject living conditions," falling
far behind majority populations on measures such as unemployment,
housing, school enrolment, literacy, access to essential drugs,
running water and modern communications, according to a new
United Nations survey.FULL
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UN transfers prison authority to local
government in Kosovo
1 February – The United Nations today handed over complete
management of detention centres in Kosovo to local officials
as it continues to prepare for final status talks on the ethnically
divided province, which it has run since the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) drove out Yugoslav troops amid fighting
in 1999. FULL
STORY>>
