Ban
Ki-moon mourns death of UN police officer in Kosovo
18 March – Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon today expressed his deep sadness at the death of a United
Nations police officer during yesterday’s violent clashes
in Mitrovica in the north of Kosovo.
UN
tribunal grants temporary leave to former top Yugoslav military
figure
17 March – The United Nations tribunal
set up to deal with the worst abuses committed during the Balkan
conflicts of the 1990s has granted temporary release to a former
top Yugoslav military figure facing trial on war crimes charges
over events in Kosovo in 1999.
Kosovo:
Ban Ki-moon deplores attacks on UN mission as it retakes courthouse
17 March – Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon today deplored attacks against personnel of the United
Nations mission in Kosovo today as they re-established control
over a courthouse in Mitrovica that a mob had forcibly occupied
last week.
UN
official holds talks with Serbia's Kosovo Minister
16 March – Meeting with Serbia's
Minister for Kosovo, a senior United Nations official today underscored
that challenges – which violate Belgrade's pledges to the
Security Council – to the mandate of the world body's mission,
known as UNMIK, must come to an end.
Top
envoy strongly condemns attack on UN mission's Court building
14 March – The Secretary-General's
Special Representative today strongly condemned an attack on the
District Court building of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) in North Mitrovica, which took place when a large mob
overwhelmed UNMIK Police.
UN
mission must continue control over Kosovo, Serbia tells Security
Council
11 March – The situation on the ground
in Kosovo has deteriorated since its Provisional Institutions
of Self-Government declared independence last month, Serbia’s
Foreign Minister told the Security Council today, calling for
Belgrade and Pristina to meet again to try to work out a different
resolution to their dispute over Kosovo’s status.
UN
mission reasserts its control over stretch of rail line in northern
Kosovo
4 March – The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reasserted control of a rail line in northern
Kosovo, a day after Serbian Railways had challenged its authority
over the stretch.
