UN envoy
says Kosovo Serbs harmed their cause by not voting
30 October - Kosovo’s Serbs “shot themselves in the
foot” with their low turnout in last week’s municipal
elections, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s
Special Representative to the province said today in Belgrade.
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UN Police
holds suspect in connectin with murder of local official in Kosovo
28 October - Following a deadly attack which marred an otherwise
peaceful climate as elections were held in Kosovo over the weekend,
United Nations police in the province are holding a suspect in
connection with the murders, a spokesman for the world body announced
today. FULL
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Security
Council calls on all voters to take part in tomorrow's elections
24 October - Welcoming the progress in preparing for tomorrow’s
municipal elections in Kosovo, the Security Council today called
on province’s eligible voters, including those from minority
communities, to take part in the polls and seize the chance to
have their interests properly represented. FULL
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UN envoy outlines concept
of decentralization
21 October - The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Michael Steiner, today invited the
leaders of the province's major political parties and coalitions
to a meeting next month in which he will present his concept
of decentralization. FULL
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Annan stresses full participation
by all groups in upcoming elections
18 October - All of Kosovo’s communities must participate
in municipal elections later this month in order to mark another
milestone in the development of democratic institutions in the
province, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in
a new report
released today. FULL
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Attracting private, foreign
investment to Kosovo focus of upcoming UN-backed meeting.
17 October – Attracting private investment from abroad, particularly
from the roughly 500,000 Kosovo Albanians living overseas, will
be the focus of a United Nations-backed conference in New York
on boosting the province's economic future. FULL
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UN envoy, Orthodox leaders
discuss Serb participation in upcoming elections
16 October – The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Michael Steiner, today met with the
head of the Serbian Orthodox church to discuss the importance
of participation by the province’s Serb community in the
upcoming municipal elections in Belgrade. FULL
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UN environment agency
assessing depleted uranium sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 October – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
is visiting a dozen sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina that may have
been targeted by ordnance containing depleted uranium (DU) during
the conflict which engulfed the country in the 1990s, the agency
announced today. FULL
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UN condemns attack on
pensioners.
11 October – The top United Nations official in Kosovo, Michael
Steiner, today condemned
a mob attack on a group of Serb pensioners, calling the confrontation
"deplorable, disgraceful and disgusting." FULL
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Serb wanted in connection
with April riot surrenders to UN mission.
9 October – The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today confirmed that a senior Kosovo Serb official
wanted in connection with a riot in April has surrendered to the
Mission. FULL
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UN envoy unveils plan
to return divided city of Mitrovica to normalcy.
2 October – The top United Nations envoy in Kosovo has unveiled
a seven-point plan to return the ethnically divided northern city
of Mitrovica to normalcy, warning that the situation will worsen
if no action is taken. FULL
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CHOICE FOR MITROVICA - The Seven Point Plan - By Michael Steiner,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General - 1 October 2002
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