New top UN envoy in Kosovo visits flashpoint
city of Mitrovica
28 August - The new top United Nations
envoy for Kosovo, Harri Holkeri, today visited Mitrovica, a
flashpoint of tension between ethnic Albanians and Serbs over
the past two years, urging the people to break the cycle of
violence and seek reconciliation and underlining his own commitment
to bring the communities closer. FULL
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Top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello killed
in terrorist blast in Baghdad
19 August - The top United Nations envoy
in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was killed today when terrorists
blew up the UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 14
others and injuring dozens more in what Secretary-General Kofi
Annan denounced as an inexcusable “act of unprovoked and
murderous violence.” FULL
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Following shootings, Security Council
meets to disciscuss situation in Kosovo
18 August - In the wake of last week's
shooting death of two Kosovo Serb teenagers, and the injuring
of four others, the United Nations Security Council today met
to consider the situation in Kosovo during which participants
condemned the brutal killings and expressed concern at the continued
violence. FULL
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Security Council strongly condemns shooting
of Kosovo Serb teens
18 August - The United Nations Security
Council today strongly condemned the deaths of two teenagers
and injury to four others after unknown suspects opened fire
on a group of Kosovo Serb youngsters, demanding that no efforts
be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice. FULL
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UN official pays tribute to memory of
slain Serbian teenagers
16 August - The recent killing of two
Kosovo Serbian teenagers should serve as the impetus to promote
reconciliation in the area, a senior United Nations official
said at the funeral.
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New Head of UN Mission vows open cooperation
with all communities in Kosovo
14 August - The new
head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo today met with
leaders of the province and underlined the importance of collaboration
to combat inter-ethnic violence, pledging his intention to openly
cooperate with all communities. FULL
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Head of UN Mission strongly comdemns
shooting of Kosovo Serb children
13 August - The head of the United Nations
mission in Kosovo today strongly condemned the killing of two
children and injuring of four others by unknown suspects who
opened fire on a group of Serb youngsters swimming in a river
in the Pec region. FULL
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UN misson to launch new weapons amnesty
in Kosovo
12 August - The United Nations mission
in Kosovo is set to launch a month-long weapons amnesty in September,
its third such effort to take out of circulation “the
huge quantity of unauthorized weapons” left in the wake
of the fighting between ethnic Albanians and Serbs. FULL
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Security Council condemns recent killing
of UN Police Officer in Kosovo
8 August - Security Council members today
condemned the recent killing of a United Nations police officer
in Kosovo, underscoring their support for the work of the UN
mission there and appealing for the perpetrators to be brought
to justice. FULL
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UN mission offers reward for information
on murdered police officer
5 August – The United Nations mission
in Kosovo today offered a reward of 50,000 Euros for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of
the murder of a UN police officer over the weekend, and Secretary-General
Kofi Annan urged all sides to cooperate in the investigation
into this "appalling act." FULL
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Annan says murderers of UN police officer
in Kosovo must be brought to justice
5 August – Those guilty of the
“brutal murder” of a United Nations police officer
in an ambush in Kosovo over the weekend must be brought to justice
and all sides must cooperate with the world body in the investigation
into this “appalling act,” Secretary-General Kofi
Annan has declared. FULL
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UN police officer killed in ‘despicable' attack
4
August - A United Nations police officer in Kosovo was killed
in an attack on a police vehicle last night in what the top
UN envoy in the area called a “despicable” and “repugnant”
act of murder. FULL
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