UN envoy to Kosovo says plan for standards more important than
ever
31 March – Launching Kosovo's Standards
Implementation Plan today, two weeks after deadly violence rocked
the province, the top United Nations envoy for Kosovo, Harri
Holkeri, said the plan "is not a panacea, but it is a start.FULL
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UN envoy sets up review of mission's response to recent
violence in Kosovo
30 March – The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo announced
today he is setting up a review body to study the UN mission's
response to the deadly violence in the province earlier this
month and to make recommendations on how it can react better
in future crises. FULL
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Kosovo: UN officials on hand as reconstruction
starts on building destroyed by riots
28 March – Senior officials from
the United Nations and Kosovo today witnessed the start of reconstruction
on a building damaged by recent deadly ethnic clashes in the
province.
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Kosovo: Security Council members condemn recent killing of two
police officers
26 March – Members of the Security
Council today condemned the recent killing of two police officers
in Kosovo, one of them with the United Nations mission in the
province, and called on the Provisional Institutions of Self-government
to cooperate with the investigation.FULL
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'Shocked and outraged,' Annan condemns killing of two UN police
in Kosovo
24 March – Voicing shock and outrage,
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned "in the strongest
possible terms" the killing of two United Nations police
officers in Kosovo, coming less than a week after the worst
ethnic clashes since the world body took over administration
of the province nearly five years ago.
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Kosovo: UN envoy condemns killing
of two policeman
24 March – The top United Nations
envoy in Kosovo today condemned “in the strongest terms”
the killing of two policemen last night, one of them international,
the other an officer of the Kosovo Police Service.
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UN mission urges calm on fifth
anniversary of NATO's intervention in Kosovo
23 March – The United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has called for calm
during tomorrow's expected celebrations to mark the fifth anniversary
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) intervention
to stop the killings in the province.
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UN envoy in Kosovo vows to help displaced
people return to their homes
22 March – The top United Nations envoy to Kosovo pledged
today to make sure that the thousands of people who fled their
homes in the province last week because of ethnic violence will
be able to return.
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Following last week's violence,
funeral held in Kosovo without incident – UN
21 March – Police from the United
Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today
reported that the situation in the province is calm compared
to the turmoil of the past week.
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Kosovo situation calming down
after extra troops deployed, says UN mission
19 March – The deployment of extra
international troops has helped to calm the situation in Kosovo
after the recent deadly violence, but there are still reports
of looting and unrest, the United Nations mission to the province
reported today.
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Condemning violence in Kosovo, Security
Council demands return to rule of law
18
March – Denouncing "the large-scale inter-ethnic
violence" that has led to the deaths of at least 31 people
in Kosovo since yesterday, the United Nations Security Council
today called for the province's authorities to ensure that the
rule of law is maintained, all ethnic communities feel properly
secure and the perpetrators of crimes are brought to justice.
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UN war crimes tribunal to hold hearing on substitute
judge for Miloševic trial
18 March – The United Nations war crimes tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia announced today that it will hold a hearing
next week on whether the trial of former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Miloševic should continue with a substitute judge.FULL
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As violence continues in Kosovo, top UN envoy
issues new appeal for calm
18 March – The top United Nations
envoy in Kosovo issued a new appeal today for an immediate halt
to violence that has already killed 22 people and injured 500
more in the worst unrest to hit the ethnically divided province
since the world body took over its administration nearly five
years ago.FULL
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Annan calls for immediate halt
to deadly Albanian-Serb violence in Kosovo
17 March – Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for
an immediate halt to the violence between ethnic Albanians and
Serbs in United Nations-administered Kosovo, which has reportedly
left at least seven people dead and hundreds injured amid repeated
bursts of automatic gunfire and explosions.FULL
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Kosovo elections set for 23 October, UN
envoy announces
14 March – Kosovo's next elections
will be held on 23 October, the United Nations envoy to the
province announced today.FULL
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In Kosovo, senior UN peacekeeping official urges reconciliation
13 March – Visiting Kosovo today,
the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping
urged all concerned to promote reconciliation in the province.FULL
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UN war crimes tribunal removes restrictions on Miloševic's
contacts
11 March – The United Nations war
crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced today that
it has eased the communications limitations imposed on former
Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic.FULL
STORY>>
Kosovo police disable home-made bomb outside
UN headquarters compound
6 March – Kosovo Police Service
officers today discovered and helped to disable an improvised
explosive device outside the headquarters compound of the UN
mission in the province (UNMIK).FULL
STORY>>
