Human traffickers in Kosovo convicted
with UN help
21 July – In the severest ever
human trafficking sentence in Kosovo, three Albanian citizens
have been jailed for up to 12 years for luring young women to
the United Nations-administered province with false promises
of legitimate work, only to try to force them into prostitution.
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UN administrator
reports slowdown in political process in Kosovo
20 July – There has recently been a slowdown in the political
process of moving ethnically-divided Kosovo along the road towards
determining its final status, the United Nations administrator
of the province said today. FULL
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New
chief for UN internal oversight officially takes office
20 July – Hailed by a senior United Nations official as
a remarkable woman of vital integrity, the world body's new
chief watchdog met the press for the first time in her new capacity
today, saying she was pleased to be at the UN during a time
of such far-reaching changes. FULL
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Donor funding still needed
for mine-clearance operations in Kosovo – UN
19 July – Six years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) drove Yugoslav troops out of Kosovo amid ethnic fighting
between Albanians and Serbs, unexploded mines are still claiming
victims in the United Nations-administered province and continued
donor funding is needed for clearance operations. FULL
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Kosovo:
UN envoy strongly condemns attacks in Pristina
4 July 2005 – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo
has strongly condemned three attacks carried out Saturday evening
in downtown Pristina, while expressing relief at the fact that
no one was injured by the explosions.FULL
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