Kosovo: UN transfers more economic
powers to local government
22 December – The United Nations
today outlined a further transfer of economic power to local
officials in Kosovo, as it speeds up preparations for final
status talks on the ethnically divided province that it has
run since 1999, when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) drove Yugoslav troops out amid Albanian-Serb fighting.FULL
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UN announces accord to move forward
in Kosovo on building multiethnic society
17 December – The top United Nations
envoy for Kosovo today announced agreement with the new local
government on speeding moves towards a multiethnic society in
the province, which the UN has run since 1999 when the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) drove Yugoslav troops out
amid Albanian-Serb fighting.FULL
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Annan's recipe for Kosovo: strengthen
security and economy, include minorities
16 December – A comprehensive strategy
addressing both security and economic problems besetting United
Nations-administered Kosovo, as well as the inclusion of Serbs
and other minorities with the majority Albanians in provisional
arrangements, are among Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recommendations
released today for moving the province towards final status.FULL
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World Court says it has no jurisdiction
in Serbia and Montenegro case against NATO members
15 December – The International
Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that it has no jurisdiction
in lawsuits filed by Serbia and Montenegro, then the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, against 10 NATO members for their bombing
of Kosovo in 1999 during the province's inter-ethnic conflict.
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UN envoy warns new Kosovo assembly
that safeguarding minority rights is vital
3 December 2004 – Declaring the
next 12 months crucial in determining the future of Kosovo as
it moves towards talks on its final status, the United Nations
administrator of the ethnically divided province warned the
newly elected parliament today that he would use sanctions against
any officials who stood in the way of improving minority rights.FULL
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