Week of 1 August through 7 August
Field deployment of UN civilian police in Kosovo set to start over the weekend.
AUGUST 6 -- The United Nations civilian police will begin patrolling Kosovo's capital over the weekend and commence active duties at other sites of the province, the UN Police Commissioner in Kosovo said Friday. FULL STORY >>
UN mission's Pristina regional administration moves to Municipal Building to join Kosovar civil servants.
AUGUST 6 -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo on Friday moved the offices of its Pristina Regional Civil Administration to the Municipal Building where it joined Kosovar employees who have been reporting for duty under the supervision of UNMIK, the UN Interim Administration Mission in the province, and the KFOR international security force. FULL STORY >>
Aid starts flowing into Kosovo through FYR of Macedonia after Skopje government lifts transit fee -- UNHCR.
AUGUST 6 -- Humanitarian assistance began flowing into Kosovo through the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia after the Skopje government announced the lifting of a transit fee it had imposed in mid-July on Kosovo-bound aid, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday. FULL STORY >>
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UN experts urge action to stem further environmental damage from Kosovo conflict.
AUGUST 5 -- The team of scientists dispatched by the United Nations to Kosovo and Serbia to study the impact of the conflict on the country's ecology has found serious environmental consequences and potential threats to human health, the team's leader said Thursday. FULL STORY >> |
| Pekka Haavisto |
Prominent Albanian leaders in Kosovo pledge to participate in UN-administered transitional council.
AUGUST 5 -- The head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo has received assurances from Kosovo's two most prominent ethnic Albanian leaders of their participation in the UN-administered Kosovo Transitional Council, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. FULL STORY >>
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for end to continuing violence in Kosovo.
AUGUST 4 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, called today for an end to the killings, abductions, property destruction and acts of revenge which have continued to afflict Kosovo in recent weeks. FULL STORY >> |
| Mary Robinson, UNHCHR |
UN welcomes Human Rights Watch report calling for more protection of minorities in Kosovo.
AUGUST 4 -- A United Nations spokesman on Wednesday welcomed the report of Human Rights Watch on the situation in Kosovo, saying its observations on the need for greater protection of minorities in the province were valid. FULL STORY >>
UN forensic experts uncover evidence of torture at mass grave site in Kosovo.
AUGUST 4 -- After visiting a Kosovo mass grave where evidence of torture has been uncovered, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Dr. Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday that international investigation of such sites was absolutely crucial for preventing violence in the future. FULL STORY >>
In latest deployment, Russian, US police officers joining 400 UN civilian police already in Kosovo.
AUGUST 4 -- Some 200 police officers from Russia and the United States will be the latest addition to the growing international civilian police contingent in Kosovo, UNMIK, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in the province, said on Wednesday. FULL STORY >>
UN efforts to assist Serb population in Kosovo continue, refugee agency reports.
AUGUST 4 -- The United Nations, in coordination with the KFOR international security force, is working to provide assistance to the Serb population in Kosovo, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday. FULL STORY >>
UN refugee agency stresses need for unhindered delivery of
humanitarian aid to Kosovo.
AUGUST 3 -- With nearly 90 per cent of some 850,000 Kosovo refugees having
returned home, the need for smooth delivery of humanitarian supplies to
the province is becoming ever more acute, the UN refugee agency said on
Tuesday. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo says reported number of bodies in mass graves based on as yet unconfirmed data.
AUGUST 2 -- A spokesperson for the head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said on Monday that there was no precise information as yet as to the number of victims in mass graves in the province. FULL STORY >>
In major step to restore services to Kosovo, UN reopens post and telecommunications building.
AUGUST 2 -- Taking a major step towards restoring services to Kosovo, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo, reopened Monday the doors of the Post and Telecommunication Building (PTT) in Pristina. FULL STORY >>
UN refugee agency encourages Kosovars to return home before first snow.
AUGUST 2 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is encouraging as many people as possible to return to their damaged houses to start cleaning and repair work before snow falls in late October, the UN agency said on Monday. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo takes first step towards restoring fully operational customs service.
AUGUST 1 -- In a first step towards restoring normal customs service in the Kosovo, United Nations international police officers have been deployed at four border crossings with Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced on Sunday. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN in Kosovo condemns attack on Serb cathedral in Pristina,
appeals for end to violence.
AUGUST 1 -- Condemning the recent bombing of a Serbian Orthodox cathedral in Pristina as unacceptable, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Dr. Bernard Kouchner appealed today for an end to the cycle of violence and revenge. FULL STORY >>