Reacting
to stabbing of Kosovo Serb youth, UN envoy urges restraint
28 March – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today
voiced deep regret at the stabbing of a Kosovo Serb juvenile in
the northern part of Mitrovica this evening and urged all concerned
to exercise restraint while the police investigate. FULL
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Kosovo,
Serbian delegations hold new status talks under UN chairmanship
17 March – Delegations from Kosovo and Serbia today held
their second round of direct talks on decentralization in the
Albanian-majority Serbian province, which the United Nations has
administered ever since the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO)
drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid grave rights abuses in
ethnic fighting. FULL
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Kosovo police lauded for
major operation; assume increasingly important role – UN
16 March – The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) is playing an
increasing role in all aspects of law enforcement in the province,
senior United Nations officials said today, highlighting an operation
at the start of the year that was the largest domestic police
effort since 1999, and one which brought widespread praise for
the efficiency of the reconstituted force. FULL
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Hailing recent progress,
UN’s Kosovo envoy urges steps to build multiethnic society
11 March – Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special
Envoy to Kosovo today hailed recent progress in the United Nations-administered
province and urged continued efforts to foster a multiethnic democracy
there. FULL
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Top UN envoy in Kosovo
welcomes election of new government
10 March – The United Nations top envoy to Kosovo today
welcomed the election of a new government by the province’s
Assembly. FULL
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Improvements for minorities imperative
for Kosovo status talks, UN envoy says
7 March – Improvement in the lives of minorities in Kosovo
must be made immediately, a senior United Nations envoy said today,
as a prerequisite to settling the final status of the Albanian-majority
Serbian province which the United Nations has run ever since Yugoslav
troops were driven out in 1999 amid grave rights abuses. FULL
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UN envoy
urges Serbia, Kosovo leaders to stay engaged in status talks
3 March – A United Nations special envoy today completed
a five-day visit to Serbia and Kosovo following last month’s
first round of direct talks between the two sides on the final
status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province, which the UN
has run ever since Yugoslav troops were driven out in 1999 amid
grave rights abuses in ethnic fighting.FULL
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UN’s top envoy to
Kosovo urges higher profile for women in political life
2 March – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today
urged a higher profile for women in the political life of the
UN-administered province.FULL
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