Bosnian Serb agrees to guilty
plea at UN War Crimes Tribunal
30 September - A Bosnian Serb accused
of burning down a Muslim village in 1992 has pleaded guilty
to crimes against humanity today at the United Nations International
Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.
FULL
STORY>>
25 September - Speech by Representative
of Albania before the UN General Assembly, General Debate
FULL
STORY>>
24 September - Speech by Representative
of Serbia and Montenegro before the UN General Assembly, General
Debate FULL
STORY>>
24 September - Speech by Representative
of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before the UN General
Assembly, General Debate
FULL
STORY>>
UN War Crimes Court doubles sentence of Bosnian Serb prison
warden to 15 years
17 September - Ruling on appeals filed
by both the defence and prosecution, the United Nations war
crimes court in The Hague today doubled to 15 years the jail
term imposed on the Bosnian Serb warden of a notorious prison
in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on charges including the murder
and torture of non-Serbs. FULL
STORY>>
Continued Security Council support for
Kosovo 'crucial' - UN Official
12 September - Concerned by the mounting
tensions and insecurity in Kosovo, a senior United Nations official
today descried a number of violent attacks in the province during
the past two months, primarily targeting Serbs, and said the
continued support of the Security Council would be "crucial"
to maintaining the rule of law. FULL
STORY>>
Five die in Kosovo prison fire, 17 injured
- UN Official
5 September - Five Kosovo prisoners died
in a fire and 16 more were hospitalized for burns and smoke
inhalation after rioting inmates protesting over general conditions
set their mattresses ablaze, a senior United Nations official
in the province said today.
FULL
STORY>>
Bosnian Serb pleads guilty to murder,
rape and persecution - UN Tribunal
4 September - A Bosnian Serb charged
by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with crimes against humanity, today
pleaded guilty to all four counts against him, including murder
and rape. FULL
STORY>>
UN rights chief strongly condemns recent
attacks as "heinous acts"
2 September - The acting United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, today
strongly condemned the recent series of attacks in Kosovo, calling
them an assault on the crucial process of democratic reforms
and appealing for an immediate end to the violence. FULL
STORY>>
UN envoy deplores deadly attack on Kosovo
Serbs
1 September – The senior United
Nations envoy to Kosovo today strongly condemned an attack Sunday
evening which left one Serb dead and four others injured. FULL
STORY>>
