Week of 20 June through 26 June
Secretary-General forms "group of Friends" to consult on UN
operations in Kosovo.
JUNE 25 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has formed a "group of Friends" for
Kosovo to consult on issues facing the United Nations mission as it sets
up operations in the province, a UN spokesman said on Friday. FULL STORY >>
Tensions run high between Albanian and Serb communities in
Kosovo amid violence and lawlessness.
JUNE 25 -- Tensions gripped parts of Kosovo on Friday amid reports of
shootings, sporadic arson attacks and the worst violence in the
provincial capital Pristina since the arrival of KFOR troops earlier this
month, said a United Nations spokesman. FULL STORY >>
Aid workers struggle to find shelter for tens of thousands of
refugees flooding back to Kosovo.
JUNE 25 -- As tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians streamed back into Kosovo
on Friday, aid workers struggled to find shelter for them in war-
devastated villages and to help victims of landmine incidents, said a UN
spokesman. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN mission in Kosovo appeals to NATO countries to send
administrators and civilian police.
JUNE 24 -- The Secretary-General's Acting Special Representative in Kosovo has
appealed to NATO countries to provide civilian police and administrators
for swift deployment in the province, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. FULL STORY >>
UNHCR set to begin organized return of refugees to safe areas
in Kosovo.
JUNE 24 -- The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is set to
begin organized returns of people to areas in Kosovo considered safe by
KFOR, the international military force. FULL STORY >>
UNICEF to school all Kosovo children; steps up mine-awareness
efforts.
JUNE 24 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday pledged to
give every primary school age child in Kosovo the opportunity to be back
in school by the start of the academic year in September. FULL STORY >>
Secretary-General urges patience by Kosovar Albanians while UN
readies war-torn province for their return.
JUNE 24 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday once again urged patience
by refugees anxious to go home to Kosovo while the United Nations readies
the war-torn province for their return. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN mission in Kosovo briefs European foreign
ministers.
JUNE 23 -- Sergio Vieira De Mello, the Secretary-General's Acting Special
Representative in Kosovo, briefed European foreign ministers in Pristina
on Wednesday about United Nations operations in the battered province. FULL STORY >>
Secretary-General's talks with Russian leaders in Moscow focus
on Kosovo and other global issues.
JUNE 23 -- During meetings with top officials in Moscow on Wednesday,
Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed a wide range of issues, including
the restoration of Kosovo, global developments and the role of the United
Nations. FULL STORY >>
UNHCR consolidates relief distribution network for Kosovo.
JUNE 23 -- As United Nations aid convoys and assessment teams move out to rural
areas from Kosovo's capital Pristina, the UN's refugee agency is
consolidating relief distribution networks and health services in the
war-devastated province. FULL STORY >>
Forensic experts from around world investigating alleged
massacre sites in Kosovo.
JUNE 23 -- Forensic experts from around the world are arriving daily in Kosovo
to investigate alleged war crimes sites on behalf of the United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. FULL STORY >>
UNHCR stresses need to provide shelter for refugees streaming
back to Kosovo.
JUNE 22 -- The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that providing
shelter in Kosovo is becoming a priority as hundreds of thousands of
people flood back to the province only to find their homes and villages
destroyed. FULL STORY >>
UN officials in Kosovo confer with ethnic Albanian leaders on
future political arrangements.
JUNE 22 -- The acting head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo plans to
bring together ethnic Albanian signatories to the Rambouillet Agreement
and a local Serb political leader to discuss interim political
arrangements for the province, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. FULL STORY >>
United Nations faces unprecedented tasks in Kosovo, says head
of UN mission.
JUNE 21 -- Describing the United Nations role in Kosovo as its greatest
challenge since the concept of peacekeeping began in the 1940s, the
acting head of the UN mission in the battered province said the world
body had never before undertaken such broad and far-reaching executive
tasks. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo refugees return home in growing numbers -- UNHCR.
JUNE 21 -- Ever-growing waves of refugees are abandoning camps in Albania and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and returning to their homes
in Kosovo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said
Monday. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN mission in Kosovo welcomes KLA's agreement to
disarm.
JUNE 21 -- The acting head of the UN mission in Kosovo on Monday welcomed the
announcement that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had signed an
agreement with KFOR, the international military force, to disarm. FULL STORY >>
UN war crimes tribunal's investigative teams start probes in
Kosovo.
JUNE 21 -- Investigative teams from the United Kingdom and the United States
are in Kosovo working for the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia, a UN spokesman said on Monday. FULL STORY >>