UN envoy
to Kosovo urges swift resolution of province’s permanent
status
13 December – Resolving Kosovo’s future status as
soon as possible would bring benefits to the entire Balkan region,
while any further delays would only raise tensions and help
the cause of extremists, the senior United Nations envoy to
the province told the Security Council today. FULL
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Over
half Kosovo’s missing accounted for, mostly through body
identification –UN
6 December – Over half of the more than 5,200 people reported
missing in Kosovo after the 1998-99 conflict have been accounted
for, mostly through identification of their remains, but concerns
for those still missing is one of the most pressing issues in
the ethnic Albanian-majority Serbian province, the United Nations
mission there said today. FULL
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Departing
UN aid chief urges Security Council to never falter in defending
civilians
4 December – Although there has been a steady decline
in the number of conflicts in the past 15 years, violent attacks
against civilians have surged over the same period, the top
United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council
today. FULL
STORY>>
