UN envoy
urges Security Council to act quickly on Kosovo status
9 July – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today
urged the Security Council to quickly draw up a roadmap for
determining the status of the province, which the world body
has administered since NATO troops drove out Yugoslav forces
amid inter-ethnic fighting in 1999. FULL
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Kosovo’s
progress could falter unless future status finalized, says Ban
Ki-moon
5 July – Kosovo’s overall progress towards building
a functioning economy and establishing democratic institutions
of self-government has been encouraging, but those advances
could soon unravel unless the Serbian province’s future
status is determined, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says. FULL
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UN outlaws
use of rubber bullets in Kosovo and consults on possible wider
ban
3 July – The United Nations Police chief in Kosovo has
banned the use of rubber bullets by any police unit in the UN-run
province, he said today, adding that Member States who contribute
officers are also being consulted about outlawing their use
in all other peacekeeping operations. FULL
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Probe of killing of Kosovo
protesters leads to call for UN review of rubber bullets
2 July – The United Nations should review whether rubber
bullets should ever be used again for crowd control use on a
UN peacekeeping mission, an official tasked with probing the
killing by UN police of two pro-independence demonstrators in
Kosovo said today. FULL
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