UN chief in Kosovo condemns
fatal attack on elderly Serb couple
29 DECEMBER – The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for
Kosovo today condemned an attack against an elderly Serb couple
which left the husband dead and the wife injured. FULL
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Violence is tarnishing
Kosovo's image abroad, chief of UN mission warns
21 DECEMBER – Ongoing acts of extreme violence throughout
Kosovo are creating an increasingly negative image of the province
within the international community, the head of the United Nations
Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) told today an
administrative body in Pristina. FULL
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New UN chief in Kosovo
says territory needs time to reconcile
20 DECEMBER – The newly appointed chief of the United Nations
mission in Kosovo today told reporters in New York that the territory
would need years to overcome the horrors of war, drawing parallels
between post-war reconciliation in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Security Council discusses
latest report on UN mission in Kosovo
19 DECEMBER – An upsurge in politically-motivated violence
following Kosovo's municipal elections in October underscores
the fragility of the divided province and the need for continued
international support, according to the latest United Nations
report, which was the subject of today's consideration in the
Security Council. FULL
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Head of UN Kosovo mission
condemns violence in Mitrovica
18 DECEMBER – The head of the United Nations Mission in
Kosovo (UNMIK) today strongly condemned the eruption of violence
in Mitrovica on Sunday during which several people had died and
a local police station was burned. FULL
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Head of UN mission inaugurates Supreme
Court in Kosovo
14 DECEMBER – The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today inaugurated the Supreme Court
of Kosovo during a ceremony in Pristina. FULL
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Casual, extreme violence
still accepted by Kosovar society: UN police
11 DECEMBER – A spokesman for the police component of the
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
today said extreme violence was still a daily occurrence in the
land as a consequence of the widespread presence of privately
owned weapons. FULL
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Annan names Danish Defence
Minister as new head of UN Kosovo mission
8 DECEMBER – Secretary-General Kofi Annan today informed
the Security Council of his intention to name Hans Haekkerup,
the current Defence Minister of Denmark, as his new Special Representative
in Kosovo. FULL
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Top UN official in Kosovo
briefs new policy council on recent violence
7 DECEMBER – The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today briefed a newly constituted policy-making
body on recent post-election violence in the area. FULL
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Ethnic Albanians trickle
back from Kosovo to Serbia's Presevo valley: UNHCR
5 DECEMBER – Amid decreasing tension in Serbia, ethnic Albanians
continue to trickle back from Kosovo, with some 600 people heading
for villages and towns in the area of Bujanovac and Presevo over
the past three days, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) said today in Geneva. FULL
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In new regulation, UN
mission in Kosovo boosts its capacity to ensure security
4 DECEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) has signed a new regulation that will help ensure security
in the province by allowing law enforcement officials to order
unruly persons away from specific areas - and penalize those who
breach such orders. FULL
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