29 October
SRSG Hans Haekkerup
swore in two new international judiciary personnel-Catherine Marchi-Uhel
of France as the international judge for Pristina, and Philip King Alcock
of the United Kingdom as the second international prosecutor for Mitrovica.
30 October
SRSG Hans Haekkerup
briefed the Interim Administrative Council (IAC) on developments in
his talks with the FRY authorities concerning the creation of a common
document aimed at encouraging Kosovo Serb participation in the November
election.
KFOR Commander Lt
General Marcel Valentin briefed the IAC on the security situation, noting
that a suspect had been detained in the murder of a Russian peacekeeper.
The IAC also considered
several pending regulations and directives, including those on broadcasting,
the Kosovo Assembly secretariat and other support services, and the
Assembly's rules of procedure. It continued discussing the draft regulation
on flags and symbols.
31 October
OSCE launched its
Special Needs voting programme. Intended to last until Election Day,
the programme is aimed to help people who, for very specific reasons,
will be unable to go to a polling station on 17 November to cast their
vote. They include those who are disabled, homebound, in hospital or
in prison, as well as members of the Kosovo Police Service who will
be on duty on Election Day and the OSCE's national election staff. About
10,000 special needs voters from all communities will be accommodated.
31 October
The Election Complaints
and Appeals sub-Commission fined the Albanian-language newspaper Bota
Sot DM 5,500 for not providing fair and balanced coverage to political
entities running in the election. In particular, it found that the newspaper
had shown clear bias in favour of LDK and against other political entities.
UNICEF and OSCE
launched the "Young Voices" project-a survey of the views
of young people of Kosovo. Preliminary estimates show that 78 per cent
of them think that voting in an election is the way to improve the situation
in the province.
1 November
The UN Centre for
Human Settlements (Habitat) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, opening the way for the Housing
and Property Directorate to begin taking claims in Serbia proper and
Montenegro where most of some 200,000 Kosovo's internally displaced
persons are located.
2 November
SRSG Hans Haekkerup
met Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica in Belgrade to continue discussions
on Kosovo Serb participation in the November election.
OSCE held a roundtable
aimed at enhancing judicial integrity and the role of the Kosovo Judicial
and Prosecutorial Council.
Railway workers
and train enthusiasts repainted an antique locomotive to be put on display
at the Fushe Kosova/Kosovo Polje railway station.
3 November
Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica called on the Kosovo Serbs to turn out at the upcoming
elections in Kosovo. He also said an agreement had been reached between
the FRY and UNMIK guaranteeing full implementation of Resolution 1244.
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