Security
Council holds closed meeting on Kosovo status talks
22 September – The Security Council today held a closed
meeting on Kosovo at a time when fresh violent incidents have
shaken the Albanian-majority Serbian province which the United
Nations has run since 1999, and talks to determine its final
status – hoped to have been completed by the end of this
year – are still at the technical phase.FULL
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From
its Headquarters to far-flung trenches of war, UN marks International
Peace Day
21 September – In New York Secretary-General Kofi Annan
rang the Peace Bell, on the seared fields of conflict in Somalia
appeals rang out to end the violence and in Afghanistan children
flew the once forbidden kites of hope as the United Nations
system today marked the annual International Day of Peace from
its stately Headquarters building to the furthest flung trenches
of warfare. FULL
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Balkan
leaders emphasize value of shared regional vision during debate
at UN
20 September – The democratic and economic development
of South-Eastern Europe depends on the region’s nations
sharing a common vision of the importance of stability, tolerance
and cooperation, the leaders of four Balkan countries stressed
in speeches today to the United Nations General Assembly. FULL
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Kosovo: UN official voices
‘outrage’ at attack on Serb family
20 September – A senior United Nations official today
expressed outrage at an attack on a Kosovo Serb family in which
four people were wounded in an explosion at their home in the
Albanian-majority Serbian province administered by the world
body ever since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in
1999 amid grave rights abuses in ethnic fighting.FULL
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Kosovo:
UN envoy condemns latest round of bomb attacks on parked cars
18 September – A senior United Nations official in Kosovo
has denounced two bomb attacks over the weekend that damaged
vehicles parked in towns in the province’s southeast,
a day after an earlier blast struck the car of the Minister
of Internal Affairs.FULL
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UN envoy
to Kosovo condemns blast that damaged minister’s car
15 September – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo
strongly condemned an explosive attack today which damaged the
car of the Minister of Internal Affairs but resulted in no injuries,
saying the violence ran counter to the will of the province’s
people, who are seeking peaceful change.FULL
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In Kosovo,
senior UN official speaks out against violence
14 September – Visiting a local community in Kosovo today,
a senior United Nations official spoke out against violence
in the province, which the world body has administered since
western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999.FULL
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Integration
is the answer for Kosovo’s Serbs, UN envoy tells Security
Council
13 September – The senior United Nations envoy in Kosovo
today told the Security Council that integration, not isolation,
is the answer for the minority Serb population, as the 15-member
body met to discuss Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s latest
report on the future status of the UN-run province.FULL
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Annan calls for ‘more
flexibility’ from both sides in talks over Kosovo
12 September – Expressing disappointment over the lack
of common ground during the past few months of talks over the
future of the United Nations-run province of Kosovo, Secretary-General
Kofi Annan has called for “more flexibility” from
both the Serbian and Kosovo delegations, saying they need to
show a spirit of compromise.FULL
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Kosovo:
UN envoy welcomes treatment for former residents of lead-polluted
camps
1 September – The senior United Nations envoy in Kosovo
has welcomed the start of medical treatment to help internally
displaced persons (IDPs) suffering from lead toxicity as a result
of living in camps in the northern part of the disputed province.FULL
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