Week of 22 August through 28 August
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"Within the next few weeks, UNMIK will be covering the entire region of Kosovo" -- UN Balkans envoy.
AUGUST 27 -- The United Nations was establishing itself throughout Kosovo at a very rapid pace, even under challenging circumstances, the UN Balkans envoy said today. FULL STORY >> |
| Special Envoy Carl Bildt |
Kouchner urges action to secure release of Kosovar Albanians held in Serbia.
AUGUST 27 -- The head of the United Nations Kosovo operation, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, today urged the international community to exert pressure for the release of political prisoners still being held in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FULL STORY >>
UN in Kosovo pushes to restore rail service before winter; returning 1,000 rail workers.
AUGUST 27 -- To help restore Kosovo's rail network before the onset of winter, the United Nations is bringing back to work more than 1,000 former railway employees, a UN spokeswoman said today. FULL STORY >>
UNMIK and Kosovar academics set plan to re-open universities to all students.
AUGUST 27 -- After weeks of negotiations, the United Nations in Kosovo and Serb and Albanian academics have set a plan for re-opening universities to all students, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced today. FULL STORY >>
First Kosovar recruits to begin UN-supervised training for multi-ethnic police force.
AUGUST 26 -- In a step towards building a multi-ethnic police force in Kosovo, the first group of 200 Kosovar recruits will start their training on Monday, 30 August, a United Nations spokesman said Thursday. FULL STORY >>
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Kosovo Transitional Council considers measures to protect minorities.
AUGUST 25 -- Kosovar political leaders and the head of the United Nations Kosovo operation today discussed how to improve security throughout the territory, in particular, the protection of minority populations. FULL STORY >> |
| Dr. Bernard Kouchner with press |
UNMIK to take charge of Kosovo utilities.
AUGUST 25 -- As part of the overall effort to restore public services in Kosovo, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will take over control of the territory's utilities on 1 September, a UN spokeswoman said Wednesday. FULL STORY >>
Kouchner discusses Kosovo security with Foreign Ministers of Germany and France.
AUGUST 24 -- Dr. Bernard Kouchner, head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), discussed the prevailing security situation with the visiting Foreign Ministers of France and Germany, in Pristina today. FULL STORY >>
Secretary-General appoints new UN deputy representative in Kosovo in charge of civil administration.
AUGUST 24 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has chosen Tom Koenigs of Germany as the new United Nations deputy representative in charge of the public administration and civil affairs "pillar" of the UN operation in Kosovo, a UN spokesman said in New York Tuesday. FULL STORY >>
UNHCR evacuates number of vulnerable Serbs from Kosovo.
AUGUST 24 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has evacuated 28 elderly Serbs from Kosovo to Serbia, an agency spokesman said Tuesday. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo Transitional Council discusses ways to improve security situation.
AUGUST 23 -- Albanian, Serb and other Kosovar political leaders discussed ways to improve the security situation at the second meeting of the United Nations-chaired Kosovo Transitional Council on Saturday. Reconstruction efforts and wider economic measures were also discussed. FULL STORY >>
United Nations international civilian police in Kosovo assume law enforcement powers in Pristina.
AUGUST 23 -- In a first step toward assuming direct responsibility for law and order in Kosovo, United Nations international civilian police have begun taking on law enforcement duties in Kosovo's capital city, a UN spokeswoman said Monday. FULL STORY >>
United Nations secures arrest of three Serbs suspected of war crimes in Kosovo.
AUGUST 23 -- In an effort to bring to justice individuals responsible for war crimes in Kosovo, the United Nations has secured the arrest of three suspects and launched in-depth investigations, the UN in Kosovo said Monday. FULL STORY >>
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UN refugee agency urges Kosovars to accept emergency shelter kits for onset of winter.
AUGUST 23 -- Emphasizing this may be the only reconstruction help they receive before the onset of winter, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pristina today urged Kosovars who are turning down shelter kits to make the best possible use of the materials to fix one warm and weatherproof room. FULL STORY >> |
| Shelter before onset of winter |
Kouchner urges Kosovar health workers to be guided by patient needs, not politics.
AUGUST 23 -- Dr. Bernard Kouchner, head of the United Nations in Kosovo, on Sunday urged health professionals from around the territory to be guided only by the needs of patients and to keep politics out of the debate on how to rebuild the health system. FULL STORY >>