Week of 16 April through 22 April

Nine-member Security Council mission to visit Kosovo at end of April
APRIL 19 -- A nine-member mission of the Security Council will visit Kosovo later this month to send a strong message on the need to reject violence and to see first-hand the work of the United Nations mission in the troubled province, according to a letter released today at UN Headquarters in New York.   FULL STORY >>

UN and EU officials join local Kosovo leaders in a statement against violence
APRIL 19 -- Senior officials of the United Nations and the European Union as well as members of Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council and the Kosovo Transitional Council today issued a joint statement against violence in the province.   FULL STORY >>

UN in Kosovo takes emergency steps to combat outbreak of tularemia
APRIL 19 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has taken emergency measures to combat an outbreak of tularemia, a rare infectious disease that people get from animals.   FULL STORY >>

EU leaders condemn rocket attack in Kosovo
APRIL 18 -- The European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana, today condemned a rocket attack in the vicinity of the a house of a Serbian representative to the Kosovo Transitional Council, Ms. Sonjaz Nikolic.   FULL STORY >>

Canadian experts to assist in investigation of war crimes in Kosovo
APRIL 18 -- The United Nations and Canada today signed an agreement for the provision of qualified personnel to assist in the investigation of war crimes in Kosovo by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).   FULL STORY >>

Voter registration of Kosovars living abroad to begin next week
APRIL 18 -- Voter registration of Kosovars living abroad begins next week in preparation for elections scheduled towards the end of the year.   FULL STORY >>