Milosevic died of natural
causes, not murder, UN inquiry confirms
31 May – Slobodan Milosevic, the late President of Yugoslavia
and accused architect of genocide in the Balkans, was not the
victim of murder at the time of his death from a heart attack
in March, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said today, confirming the
results of earlier investigations. FULL
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UN envoy
in Kosovo condemns attack on convoy escorting 2 Serbs
26 May – A senior United Nations official in Kosovo today
strongly condemned an attack on two Serbian members of a defence
team accredited to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia
(ICTY). FULL
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Kosovo: top UN envoy
calls for end to misinformation that could stoke ethnic tension
24 May – With ethnically motivated crimes actually declining
in Kosovo, the top United Nations envoy there today called for
an end to the spread of misinformation about the security of
Serbs in the Albanian-majority Serbian province, which the UN
has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999
amid grave rights abuses in ethnic fighting. FULL
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UN envoy
praises town in Kosovo as model of multiethnic democracy
13 May – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today
visited Decan/Decani, which he hailed for demonstrating that
the people of the province are committed to building a democratic
and multi-ethnic society. FULL
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Kosovo,
Serb sides differ in UN-sponsored talks on decentralization
5 May – Delegations from Kosovo and Serbia today showed
some agreement but also significant differences on decentralizing
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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Fourth
round of UN-chaired direct talks on Kosovo begins tomorrow
3 May 2006 – The fourth round
of direct talks between delegations from Kosovo and Serbia will
take place tomorrow on decentralization of 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 and ethnic
fighting. FULL
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