Week of 15 August through 21 August
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Head of United Nations in Kosovo visits field areas to assess security; encourages Kosovar role in civil reconstruction.
AUGUST 20 -- The head of the United Nations Kosovo operation, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, visited the Gnjilane and Ferizaje sector Thursday to assess the security situation, meeting with local officials and the commander of the KFOR security force in the area. FULL STORY >> |
| Dr. Bernard Kouchner |
United Nations to begin voluntary return of Albanians to their homes in Mitrovica.
AUGUST 20 -- The United Nations will begin the voluntary resettlement of Kosovar Albanian families to their homes in Mitrovica on Friday, a UN spokesman announced. FULL STORY >>
United Nations in Kosovo appoints Albanian and Serb experts to help build democratic media.
AUGUST 20 -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo has chosen both Albanian and Serb experts to help the international community build professional and democratic media in the territory, a UN spokeswoman said Friday. FULL STORY >>
Kosovar and international legal experts elected to bureau of advisory group on legal reform.
AUGUST 19 -- Kosovar and international legal experts have been elected to the bureau of the legal Council formed this week to advise the United Nations operation in Kosovo on legal reform in the territory. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo and KFOR take extensive measures to protect minorities.
AUGUST 18 -- Condemning as unacceptable the continuing acts of intimidation and murder of minorities in Kosovo, the leaders of the United Nations operation and the KFOR international security force in the territory said Wednesday the UN and KFOR were together taking extensive measures to protect those communities. FULL STORY >>
United Nations to convene second Kosovo Transitional Council meeting on 21 August.
AUGUST 18 -- The United Nations will bring together Albanian, Serb and other political leaders when it convenes the second meeting of the Kosovo Transitional Council on Saturday, 21 August, a UN spokeswoman said Wednesday. FULL STORY >>
Kosovar Advisory Council on legal affairs holds first meeting.
AUGUST 18 -- A newly formed group of Kosovar legal experts assisting the United Nations in drafting a legal code for the territory free from discrimination met for the first time Wednesday, the UN operation in Kosovo said. FULL STORY >>
Serb minorities evacuated from Kosovo only as "last resort" -- UNHCR.
AUGUST 18 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday said it was evacuating Serb minorities in Kosovo only as a last resort in "urgent life-threatening" situations. FULL STORY >>
To spur indigenous build-up of public services in Kosovo, UN begins ad hoc payments to local health professionals.
AUGUST 17 -- In an effort to spur the indigenous build-up of public services in Kosovo, the United Nations began making payments to healthcare workers in the provincial capital, Pristina, Tuesday. FULL STORY >>
UNHCR voices concern over continuing violent attacks against Serbs in Kosovo.
AUGUST 17 -- Extremely concerned over continuing violent attacks on Serbs in Kosovo, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been taking protective measures, including evacuation of some at risk, an agency spokeswoman said Tuesday. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo to review province's legal codes; invites participation of local experts.
AUGUST 16 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is to review, in consultation with local experts, the legal codes of the province with a view to excluding both civil and criminal provisions not in line with international law, a UN spokeswoman said Monday. FULL STORY >>
UN clean-up programme in Kosovo's capital will spur job creation while providing vital public service.
AUGUST 16 -- In another step towards restoring normal life to Kosovo, the United Nations began Monday a programme for garbage collection and disposal in the provincial capital of Pristina. FULL STORY >>