UN ends 10-year peacekeeping presence
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
30 June - The United Nations liaison
offices in Zagreb, Sarajevo and Belgrade will complete their
mandate and close at midnight today, marking the end of the
world body's 10-year peacekeeping presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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General Assembly adopts $2.17 billion
peacekeeping budget
19 June - The United Nations General
Assembly has approved a budget of some $2.17 billion to finance
the world body’s 11 active peacekeeping missions for the
next 12 months. FULL
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Top UN Official in Kosovo praises international
security force
12 June - Speaking on the fourth anniversary
of the arrival of the international security force in Kosovo
(KFOR), the top United Nations official there today stressed
the importance of continued good cooperation between the NATO-run
force and the UN Mission in the province (UNMIK). FULL
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Former Chief of State Security in Serbia
transfered to UN Tribunal
11 June - A former chief of the State
Security Services in the Republic of Serbia was transferred
today to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) detention unit where he awaits
trial for crimes against humanity and other war crimes. FULL
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Security Council briefed on successes,
remaining challenges of UN in Kosovo
10 June - Four years into the United
Nations mission's mandate in Kosovo, there have been some successes,
but much remains to be done in developing provisional democratic
self-governing institutions and ensuring conditions for a peaceful
and normal life for all inhabitants, a top UN official told
the Security Council today. FULL
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Security Council condemns killing of
Kosovo Serb family members
6 June - The members of the United Nations
Security Council today strongly condemned the murder of three
members of a Serb family in Kosovo, underscoring that such acts
undermined international efforts to foster ethnic reconciliation
in the country. FULL
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UN Assembly’s administrative committee
approves $2.17 billion peacekeeping budget
5 June – As the fiscal year for
United Nations peacekeeping operations heads to a close, the
world body’s administrative and budgetary committee has
approved some $2.17 billion to finance 11 active peacekeeping
missions for the next 12 months. FULL
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UN envoy announces cash reward for leads
to Serb family's murderers
5 June - The top United Nations official
in Kosovo today announced a €50,000 (euro) reward to anyone
who can provide information leading to the arrest and conviction
of those responsible for the murder of three members of a Serb
family in Obilic. FULL
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Serb family’s murder is heinous
crime against multi-ethnic society
4 June - The top United Nations official
in Kosovo today denounced the murder of a Serbian family in
a town that had made “great progress” in co-existence
between the Serbian and Albanian communities, calling it “the
most despicable, barbaric and heinous crime” against a
multi-ethnic society and announcing the establishment of a special
police squad to investigate. FULL
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