UN's
Kosovo envoy voices concern at apparent attack on monastery
31 March 2007 – The senior United Nations envoy
to Kosovo has voiced concern about a recent apparent attack
on the Deçan/Deæani monastery, which he said holds
great value for the province's Serb community, currently outnumbered
nine to one by the ethnic Albanian majority.FULL
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Big Bird and Cookie Monster join UN in teaching Kosovo’s
children tolerance
27 March – Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch
are playing their part in bridging the ethnic and linguistic
divide in Kosovo, teaching tolerance to children in the Albanian-majority
Serb province in a United Nations-backed project that adapts
the world famous Sesame Street programme to local needs. FULL
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UN envoy
on Kosovo’s status says ‘independence is the only
option’
26 March – The only viable option for Kosovo is independence,
with an initial period of supervision by the international community,
the senior United Nations official overseeing the Serbian province’s
future status process has concluded in a report endorsed by
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and sent today to the Security
Council. FULL
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Juvenile
justice system set up in Kosovo with UN help
23 March – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
has teamed up with the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR)
to support the development of the juvenile justice system in
UN-administered Kosovo, focusing on rehabilitation rather than
prison. FULL
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Kosovo:
UN regrets withdrawal of Romanian police in probe of demonstrators’
deaths
23 March – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in
Kosovo today asked Romania to make available police officers
it had withdrawn, despite a request that they be kept there
for a few more weeks, should they be needed in the probe into
the deaths of two people when UN police used rubber bullets
against pro-independence demonstrators last month. FULL
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UN envoy warns against
delays to decision on Kosovo’s final status
19 March – Any delay to the process of determining Kosovo’s
final status could make a sustainable solution impossible to
attain, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission
to the Serbian province (UNMIK) told the Security Council today.FULL
STORY>>
Ban
Ki-moon receives proposals for future status of UN-administered
Kosovo
15 March – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today received
his Special Envoy’s plan for the future status of Kosovo
– the ethnic Albanian majority Serbian province that the
United Nations has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav
troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting – after efforts to
reach a compromise with the two sides ended in deadlock. FULL
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Ban
Ki-moon calls for ‘timely conclusion’ of Kosovo’s
future status talks
13 March – As Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian-led Government
and Serbia remain at an impasse on the future of the Albanian-majority
Serbian province, a “timely conclusion” to the process
to determine its final status is necessary, United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council released
today. FULL
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Kosovo: declaring end
to future status talks, UN envoy to present ‘realistic
compromise’
12 March – Neither Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian-led
Government nor Serbia have shown any will to reach a negotiated
accord on the future status of the Serbian province, where Albanians
outnumber Serbs and others by 9 to 1, and the senior United
Nations official overseeing the issue will submit a “realistic
compromise” to the Security Council this month. FULL
STORY>>
Kosovo:
UN envoy presents revised proposals on future status
8 March – The United Nations envoy for the status of Kosovo
has submitted revised plans after reporting that Serbia and
the ethnic Albanian-led government remain diametrically opposed
over the future of the Albanian-majority Serbian province, which
the world body has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav
troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting. FULL
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Kosovo:
Roma return to new homes in Mitrovica with help from UN and
partners
7 March – The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today announced that after nearly eight years
in makeshift camps, a number of Roma families have begun to
return to south Mitrovica thanks to a combined UN and non-governmental
organization (NGO) project that is also placing them in new
homes.FULL
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As Kosovo nears final
status decision, UN mission organizes outreach meetings
7 March – The United Nations mission in Kosovo is arranging
dozens of outreach meetings focused on the integration of minorities
and good governance as the Albanian-majority Serbian province
which the world body has run since Western forces drove out
Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting nears a decision
on its final status. FULL
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New
commissioner takes over as head of UN police in Kosovo
6 March – A veteran British police officer with wide experience
in international law enforcement has taken over as the new United
Nations police commissioner in Kosovo after his predecessor
was asked to resign following the deaths of two people in a
clash with pro-independence demonstrators in the Albanian-majority
Serbian province.FULL
STORY>>
Kosovo: Serbia, ethnic
Albanians remain ‘diametrically opposed’ on UN plan
for status
2 March – Serbia and the ethnic Albanian government of
Kosovo remain “diametrically opposed” following
week-long talks on United Nations proposals for the future status
of the Serbian province which the world body has run since Western
forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting,
the office of the senior UN envoy on the issue said today. FULL
STORY>>
