Week of 4 July through 10 July
UNHCR says Belgrade treating
Serbs from Kosovo as second class citizens.
JULY 9 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on
Friday that some 100,000 Serbs who have fled from Kosovo to Serbia proper are facing grim
conditions as Belgrade denies them pensions, education and schooling. FULL STORY >>
Newly-appointed chief of UN
mission in Kosovo heads for Europe to begin assignment.
JULY 9 -- The newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, completed a round of briefings at United Nations Headquarters on
Friday in preparation for assuming his post as the head of the United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). FULL STORY >>
UN survey of Kosovo villages
finds widespread destruction to housing.
JULY 8 -- A United Nations survey of the destruction inside Kosovo has found
staggering levels of damage to housing, widespread food shortages and contamination of
water resources, and a dire lack of health facilities. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN mission in Kosovo meets
with Yugoslav opposition leaders to discuss Serb exodus.
JULY 8 -- The acting head of the UN mission in Kosovo, Sergio Vieira de Mello,
met with a group of Yugoslav opposition leaders on Thursday to explain his efforts to stop
the Serb exodus and seek the release of kidnapped Serbs. FULL STORY >>
Minority Serbs
and Romas in Kosovo request 24-hour protection from ethnic violence -- UNHCR.
JULY 7 -- Besieged minority communities in Kosovo are requesting round-the- clock
protection from ethnic violence or evacuation from the province, the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Wednesday. FULL STORY >>
Acting head of UN Kosovo mission says
KFOR can hold suspects for longer than 48 hours.
JULY 6 -- The acting head of the UN mission in Kosovo has spelled out the right
of KFOR -- the international military forces in the province -- to apprehend and detain
longer than 48 hours, individuals suspected of criminal offenses. FULL STORY >>