Security Council briefed on gains, challenges
of UN efforts in Kosovo
27 March - Meeting to review the latest
developments in Kosovo, the United Nations Security
Council today heard a report on a number of positive moves
in several priority areas, while at the same time was alerted
to the need for substantial progress this year to solidify the
recent gains. FULL
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UN study confirms low-level radioactive
contamination in Serbia and Montenegro
27 March - Widespread -- but low-level
-- radioactive contamination has been found at five of six sites
in Serbia and Montenegro struck by depleted uranium munitions
during the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) reported today. FULL
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UN reports return of all Kosovo Albanians
held in Serbian prisons
26 March – All Kosovo Albanians detained
in Serbian prisons have now been returned to Kosovo, the United
Nations Interim dministration in the province (UNMIK) announced
today. Welcoming the development, UNMIK head Michael Steiner said
the return “brings to closure a ainful legacy of the war.”
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Cooperation from Belgrade ‘selective and limited,’ UN
war crimes prosecutor says
21 March - The Chief Prosecutor for the United
Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) said today that prosecution of those charged with war crimes
was being thwarted by lack of cooperation from the Government of
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FULL
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Kosovo: UN Mission to
set up joint committee with Skopje on border issues
19 March - After travelling to the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the head of the United Nations
Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK), Michael Steiner, announced
that a joint committee between Pristina and Skopje would be set
up to deal with border issues. FULL
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Kosovo: UN food agency
launches first-ever inter-ethnic aid consortium
15 March - The United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) has launched a consortium of local non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) - billed as the first-ever public agreement
by a multi-ethnic group to work together for all the province's
people - to continue providing aid after the UN agency ends its
emergency food assistance on 31 March. FULL
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UN envoy lobbies European
Union foreign ministers for continued support to Kosovo
11 March - The head of the United Nations
Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today lobbied
European foreign ministers to continue their countries' economic
and political support for the province. FULL
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Top UN official in Kosovo
welcomes weapon amnesty programme
11 March - The United Nations top official in Kosovo, Michael
Steiner, has welcomed a second round of a weapons amnesty programme
designed to encourage citizens to turn in illegal firearms and
ammunition in anonymity and without fear of punishment or prosecution.
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Kosovo: UN 'distressed'
over flight of Austrian police officer wanted for questioning
6 March - The United Nations was "very
distressed" that an Austrian police officer wanted for questioning
by the judicial authorities of Kosovo had left the area without
the permission or knowledge of the UN Interim Administration Mission
(UNMIK), a UN spokesman said today in New York. FULL
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Kosovo Assembly elects President, Prime Minister
as UN hails 'spirit of compromise'
4 March – The Kosovo Assembly today
voted in the province's first President and government just days
after the main political parties had broken a months-long deadlock
by signing an agreement that was welcomed by the United Nations
Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK) as an important step for
Kosovo's future.FULL
STORY>>
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