UN transfers mortal remains to kosovan
families re-burial
31 October - The United Nations office
responsible for missing persons and forensics in Kosovo said
today it was informing Kosovan families about the recent transfer
of mortal remains from Serbia. FULL
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UN envoy warns Security Council that
Kosovo still faces serious problems
30 October - The top United Nations envoy
for Kosovo warned the Security Council today that the province
was still plagued by problems as it recovers from the war in
1999.
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UN agency launches internet portal on
Women in peace and war
30 October - An Internet portal offering
comprehensive information on the dangers and responsibilities
facing women and girls during armed conflicts and women's roles
in peace building was unveiled today by the United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM). FULL
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Visit
the page on Kosovo >>>
UN Police cahrge five Kosovo Albanian
men with war crimes
28 Octobre - United Nations police arrested
five Kosovo Albanian men Monday on charges they had committed
war crimes during the 1999 conflict in the region, the UN mission
in the province said today. FULL
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UN War Crimes Tribunal sentences Bosnian
Serb to eight years in jail
28 October - The United Nations war crimes
tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a Bosnian
Serb man to eight years in jail for killing and torturing inmates
at a detention camp. FULL
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Pristina and Belgrade should work together
to help Kosovans, Annan says
24 October - United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan today called upon both sides in the newly established
contacts between Pristina and Belgrade to work together to improve
the daily lives of the residents of Kosovo. FULL
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Four Serbian officers indicted by UN
War Crimes Tribunal
21 October - The United Nations war crimes
tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has indicted four senior
Serbian army and police officers for their alleged role in the
forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albanians
during the conflict in Kosovo in 1998-1999.
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Security Council backs direct talks in Vienna on Kosovo
16 October – The United Nations
Security Council today welcomed the opening of talks between
the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and the Kosovo Provisional
Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) and called upon both
parties to work on technical level problems. FULL
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Kosovo provisional President to represent Pristina in UN-backed
Vienna talks
13 October – Since it has proved
“impossible” to include leaders of the Kosovo government
in tomorrow’s Belgrade-Pristina talks on the future of
the province, the Pristina delegation would be led by President
Ibrahim Rugova of the Kosovo Provisional Institutions of Self-Government
(PISG), according to the head of the United Nations mission
in Kosovo. FULL
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Kosovo: UN envoy applauds Pristina's
decision to attend Vienna talks
10 October – The head of the United
Nations mission in Kosovo today welcomed the decision by Kosovo
President Ibrahim Rugova to attend talks next week in Vienna
with officials from Serbia and Montenegro. FULL
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UN envoy says Vienna talks on Kosovo
are door to success
9 October - The head of the United Nations
mission in Kosovo today urged representatives of the Pristina
provisional institutions of self-government to attend planned
talks with Belgrade officials next week in Vienna. FULL
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UN envoy welcomes upcoming Pristina-Belgrade
talks in Vienna
8 October - The head of the United Nations
mission in Kosovo has labelled the next week’s talks between
leaders of Belgrade and Pristina governments as the only way
to solve outstanding problems. FULL
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UN Mission Chief invites leaders from
Pristina, Belgrade for direct talks
7 October - The head of the United Nations
mission in Kosovo today sent out formal invitations to the leaders
of Kosovo and Serbia and Montenegro to participate in direct
talks next week in Vienna. FULL
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