Kosovo making steady progress despite
continued challenges, Security Council told
27 May – Progress in Kosovo remains
on track, in most priority areas, despite continued uncertainty,
a change of Government and the fact that Kosovo Serbs continue
to shun participation in the provisional institutions, Secretary-General
Kofi Annan’s representative told the United Nations Security
Council today. FULL
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Set of 64 mortal remains
repatriated to Kosovo under UN auspices
27 May – A group of 64 bodies exhumed from Batajnica,
Serbia, and believed to be of missing Kosovo Albanians, were
repatriated under United Nations auspices today. FULL
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Progress
in Kosovo must be across the board, continuous – Annan
26 May 2005 – Noting concrete progress
in Kosovo toward internationally-agreed standards in such areas
as government reform, the rule of law and minority rights, United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report out today,
stressed that continuing progress must be made in all priority
areas for any future political settlement to proceed.FULL
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UN conference
seeks €40 million to restore cultural heritage sites in
Kosovo
13 May – Donors gathered in Paris today for a United Nations
conference to raise €40 million (euros) to repair and restore
75 cultural and religious monuments in Kosovo destroyed or damaged
during the 1998-99 war and subsequent violence, or which have
simply fallen into disrepair. FULL
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UNESCO to host donors'
conference on cultural heritage in Kosovo
11 May – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to host a donors' conference
on cultural heritage in Kosovo, where 75 monuments are in need
of urgent repair or restoration. FULL
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