Week of 19 March through 25 March
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| Kouchner on visit to the town of Djakova |
MARCH 24 -- The head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, has assured Kosovars that he would arrange audiences for them with European leaders to exert pressure to find missing family members. FULL STORY >>
Explosion damages railway bridge in northern Kosovo
MARCH 22 -- An explosion has heavily damaged a railway bridge in northern Kosovo near the troubled city of Mitrovica, blocking the main railway line from Mitrovica to Lesac. FULL STORY >>
War and sanctions endanger future of youth in the Balkans, UNICEF warns
MARCH 21 -- One year after the start of NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia and the massive humanitarian relief effort that followed, UNICEF, the United Nations Children Fund, declared today that the children of the Balkans region "remain the most endangered children in Europe." FULL STORY >>
NATO confirms to the UN the use of depleted uranium in Kosovo conflict
MARCH 21 -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has confirmed that depleted uranium was used during the Kosovo conflict, the UN Environment Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement today. FULL STORY >>
New consensus on humanitarian intervention needed, UN seminar told
MARCH 21 --A new consensus on humanitarian intervention is urgently need to deal with a Holocaust or Rwanda-type genocide in the face of a Security Council veto, the Rector of the United Nations University, Prof. Ramesh Thakur said today. FULL STORY >>
Bulgarian Prime Minister offers to promote Albanian/Serb dialogue in Kosovo
MARCH 20 -- Bulgaria's Prime Minister Ivan Kostov has offered to contribute in promoting the dialogue between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) reported today in a statement. FULL STORY >>
Reconciliation the only lasting solution in Kosovo, new study says
MARCH 20 -- A new study of the Kosovo crisis concludes that the only lasting solution is a political settlement that reconciles legitimate ethnic Albanian interests about the future of the province and long-term peace with Serbia. FULL STORY >>