UN to establish committee
on security of Ashkaljia/Roma returning to Kosovo
29 November -- The top United Nations official in Kosovo has announced
the establishment of a Joint Committee on Returns for the Ashkaljia/Roma
people -- a displaced community that is currently afraid to go
home because of poor security conditions. FULL
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Security Council briefed
on recent incidents in Kosovo and southern Serbia
27 NOVEMBER -- The Security Council was briefed in closed consultations
this morning on recent incidents that have taken place in Kosovo
and in the Presevo Valley area in southern Serbia. FULL
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UN deputy head in Kosovo
condemns murder of local politician
24 NOVEMBER -- The deputy head of the United Nations mission in
Kosovo has strongly condemned the murder Thursday of a senior
local politician. FULL
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Security Council condemns
deadly attacks in Kosovo and Serbia
22 NOVEMBER -- Strongly condemning recent fatal attacks in Kosovo
and Serbia, the Security Council today called for investigations
to bring those responsible to justice. FULL
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Head of UN's Kosovo mission condemns bombing
of Yugoslav official's home
22 NOVEMBER -- The top United Nations official in Kosovo today
deplored a pre-dawn bomb attack against the residence of a representative
of the Yugoslav Government. FULL
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Three Serb municipal assemblies
take oath in Kosovo
20 NOVEMBER -- In what United Nations officials in Kosovo described
as a temporary measure, UN-appointed members of municipal assemblies
were sworn in today in three predominately Serb municipalities
where inadequate voter turnout meant that the results of last
month's Kosovo-wide municipal elections could not be certified.
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UN launches major operation
against organized crime in Kosovo
17 NOVEMBER -- Backed by troops from the international peacekeeping
force (KFOR), the United Nations police in Kosovo today mounted
a major operation against prostitution, trafficking in women and
organized crime in the Kosovo Polje area. FULL
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Security Council: top
UN official in Kosovo hails progress but urges vigilance
16 NOVEMBER -- While Kosovo has achieved important progress leading
to self-government, the crisis there is not over, the head of
the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) told the UN Security
Council today. FULL
STORY >>
UNMIK meets Yugoslav delegation
to discuss issue of Kosovar detainees
15 NOVEMBER -- Officials of the United Nations Interim Administration
in Kosovo (UNMIK) met today in Pristina with a Yugoslav delegation
to discuss concrete steps towards resolving issues concerning
detainees and missing persons. FULL
STORY >>
Head of UN Kosovo mission
to raise the issue of missing in Security Council
13 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, who is in New
York to address the UN Security Council this week, has said that
he shares the sorrow of the families of the detained and the missing
Kosovars, who are presently demonstrating throughout Kosovo. FULL
STORY >>
Head of UN mission in
Kosovo vows to find killers of Ashkali returnees
10 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) pledged today to find those responsible for the murders
of four men who had just returned to their home village northwest
of Pristina. FULL
STORY >>
Murder of four Ashkali men in Kosovo condemned
by UN Mission
9 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations peace operation in
Kosovo said today that the killings of four Ashkali men returning
to the homes they had fled during the war was a shocking crime
that dealt a serious blow to the territory's fledgling democracy.
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UN agencies help Kosovo
farmers boost livestock and dairy production
9 NOVEMBER -- Poor farmers in Kosovo who lost their livestock
during the war have received 2,500 cattle under a joint project
carried out by the World Bank and the United Nations Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO), the agencies announced today.
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Situation in Serbian prisons
"still tense," says head of UN Mission in Kosovo
8 NOVEMBER -- 8 NOVEMBER -- After several days of unrest in prisons
in Yugoslavia, the head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) today said the situation was "still tense,"
but that, according to the latest reports, Kosovo Albanian detainees
in Serbian prisons were "safe." FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo: head of UN mission certifies results
of municipal elections
7 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, today certified the results of
the province's municipal elections on 28 October, where 79 per
cent of the population turned out to vote. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo: UN police set
up unit against human trafficking and prostitution
6 NOVEMBER -- The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has
set up a special police unit to fight prostitution and human trafficking,
which have become significant concerns in the territory. FULL
STORY >>
UN environment team heads
to Kosovo to visit sites hit by depleted uranium
3 NOVEMBER -- A team of experts from the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) is headed to Kosovo to study the impact of depleted
uranium used during last year's conflict in the Balkans. FULL
STORY >>
Release of Kosovo Albanian
activist hailed by head of UN Kosovo mission
1 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today welcomed the news that a Kosovo Albanian
activist had been released from prison in Serbia, following orders
from Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica. FULL
STORY >>
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