Week of 7 November through 13 November
Secretary-General deeply saddened by fatal crash of UN plane in Kosovo.
12 NOVEMBER -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan was shocked and deeply saddened by the news of Friday's fatal air crash in Kosovo, his spokesman in New York said today. FULL STORY >>
UN Mission in Kosovo to cost $456 million.
NOVEMBER 12 -- The annual cost of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) would be some $456.4 million, according to a proposed budget for the period from its inception on 10 June 1999 to 30 June 2000, contained in a report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly. FULL STORY >>
Humanitarian agency supplies firewood to vulnerable families in Kosovo.
NOVEMBER 12 -- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to deliver 60,000 cubic feet of firewood to vulnerable families throughout Kosovo -- enough to fill a football stadium -- and has already provided 3 cubic metres to 2,000 families, the agency said today. FULL STORY >>
UN plane crashes in Kosovo with 24 people on board.
NOVEMBER 12 -- A World Food Programme (WFP) plane with 24 people on board crashed on Friday morning just before it was due to land in Pristina, Kosovo, UN officials have confirmed. FULL STORY >>
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UN war crimes prosecutor reports 2,108 bodies exhumed from gravesites in Kosovo. NOVEMBER 10 -- Investigators have exhumed 2,108 bodies from gravesites in Kosovo, the newly appointed Prosecutor for the UN Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Ms. Carla Del Ponte said today in New York. FULL STORY >> |
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Kosovo Transitional Council demands from Yugoslavia information on the whereabouts of missing persons.
NOVEMBER 10 -- The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) has demanded from Yugoslavia information on the whereabouts of missing persons. FULL STORY >>
Aid agencies in Kosovo express alarm over long delays in getting aid through Macedonia border.
NOVEMBER 10 -- Humanitarian agencies today expressed alarm on the long delays they are experiencing getting food aid and shelter supplies to Kosovo through the border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. FULL STORY >>
A $66.5 million budget approved for Kosovo, with 70 percent coming from donors.
NOVEMBER 8 -- Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission for Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr Bernard Kouchner today approved the 1999 budget for Kosovo totaling 125 million deutsche marks (approximately $66.5 million), nearly 70 percent of which is financed by international donors. FULL STORY >>
Coordination is "decisive" for success in reconstruction, says senior UN official in Kosovo.
NOVEMBER 8 -- Coordination of efforts on the ground is "one of the most decisive" elements for success in international reconstruction said Tom Koenigs, the UN Deputy Special Representative for Interim Civil Admistration in Kosovo. FULL STORY >>
Russian Ambassador urges more consultations between UNMIK and UN Headquarters on Kosovo.
NOVEMBER 8 -- The Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Sergei Lavrov, today urged for more consultations between the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the United Nations Headquarters in New York. FULL STORY >>