Week of 27 August through 2 September
UN appoints special envoy for persons deprived of liberty in Kosovo
1 SEPTEMBER -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has appointed Ambassador Henrik Amneus of Sweden as her Special Envoy on persons deprived of liberty in connection with the Kosovo crisis. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council supports "Day Against Violence"
1 SEPTEMBER--The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today agreed to support events around Kosovo which are being planned as part of the "Day Against Violence" proposed by local leaders, the UN mission in Kosovo said today in a press statement. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo finalizing voters' list
31 AUGUST -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo is finalizing the voters' list in readiness for the 28 October municipal elections, following the conclusion of the Confirmation, Additions and Challenges (CAC) period yesterday. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo asks for additional troops during elections
30 AUGUST- The United Nations mission in Kosovo has asked for additional troops during the election period to provide security to allow voters to vote freely. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo to start reburial of war victims
30 AUGUST -- The United Nation mission in Kosovo will this Saturday assist Kosovar families rebury 83 war victims whose bodies were recently exhumed by a team of experts from the United Kingdom working for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as part of its work to establish evidence of war crimes. FULL STORY >>
International prosecutor to handle case of hit-and-run driver in Kosovo
30 AUGUST -- The case of two Kosovo Albanian suspects being held in connection with a hit-and-run car incident, in which one Serbian child was killed and three others injured, has been turned over to an international prosecutor and judge. FULL STORY >>
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| Dr. Kouchner with German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer |
29 AUGUST--The United Nations mission in Kosovo and the German Government today called for action from Kosovo's Albanian politicians to end violence against the province's Serbian communities. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo Serbs hold peaceful meeting to protest insecurity
29 AUGUST -- Kosovo Serbs yesterday held a meeting in Gracanica to protest the security situation for Serb communities in light of the recent incident in Skulanovo in which a hit-and-run driver ploughed through a group of Serb children, killing one and injuring three others. FULL STORY >>
UN envoy condemns attacks on Kosovo Serbian community
28 AUGUST -- The head of the United Nations in Kosovo, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, today condemned a series of incidents against the local Serbian community that left two dead and a number injured. FULL STORY >>