UN Tribunal sentences two Bosnian Croats
for war crimes
31 Mar - The United Nations International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced
two Bosnian Croats to 18 and 20 years in jail for crimes against
humanity against Muslims, including prisoners, during the civil
war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995. FULL
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UN report confirms depleted uranium from
weapons found in Bosnia
25 March – The United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
confirmed for the first time today that depleted uranium (DU)
from weapons used in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994 and 1995
had contaminated a local supply of drinking water, but while
this did not present an immediate risk, the agency recommended
regular monitoring. FULL
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UN anti-drug agency steps up fight against
narcotics trafficking in Balkans
14 March – United Nations officials
and police chiefs from seven Balkan countries have taken a further
step to enhance intelligence-based policing in the battle against
illegal narcotics trafficking through the region. FULL
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN agency concerned
by surge in returns deaths.
14 March - The killing of eight people
returning to their pre-war homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina has
officials from the United Nations refugee agency worried about
the dangers returnees continue to face. FULL
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Presidents of UN Tribunal, General Assembly
deplore Serb Premier's Assassination.
13 March - The United Nations International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today deplored
the assassination on Wednesday of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran
Djindjic, whose cooperation led to handing over ex-Yugoslav
leader Slobodan Milosevic to the UN court. FULL
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UN human rights chief deplores assassination
of Serbian prime minister.
12 March – Expressing “shock
and outrage,” the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello has added his voice to the
condemnation throughout the UN system of the assassination of
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. FULL
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Annan, UN 'shocked and saddened' by Serb Premier's assassination
12 Mar - Secretary General Kofi Annan
and other officials throughout the United Nations system today
deplored the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic
and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. FULL
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Despite progress in Kosovo, minorities
still face discrimination, UN reports
11 March - Ethnic minorities in Kosovo
continue to face security problems and lack access to basic
services despite the general improvement of the situation in
that country, a joint assessment by the United Nations and a
leading European organization has revealed. FULL
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UN to begin phased transfer of responsibilities
to local government.
7 March - The United Nations moved a
step closer today to handing over substantial responsibilities
for autonomy in Kosovo to the local government with the establishment
of a transfer council. FULL
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UN seeks to encourage Serb refugees to
return to Kosovo.
5 March - The senior United Nations envoy
in Kosovo sought to encourage Serb refugees to return home today
with a visit to a Serbian village that had once been in an area
of multi-ethnic coexistence but was left battered and empty
after the conflict with Kosovo Albanians in 1999. FULL
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Kosovo Albanian wanted for war crimes
transferred to UN Tribunal
4 March - A former commander in the Kosovo
Liberation Army (KLA) indicted for war crimes was transferred
from Slovenia to the detention centre of the United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
today. FULL
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