Week of 5 September through 11 September
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UN and people of Kosovo must work to break "spirit of revenge" -- Kouchner.
SEPTEMBER 10 -- The United Nations in Kosovo was succeeding in reducing crime and establishing a civil administration in the territory, but with the wounds of recent suffering still fresh, it would take time to build a multi-ethnic Kosovo, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Kosovo said today. FULL STORY >> |
| Dr. Bernard Kouchner |
Sharp drop in food production in Kosovo brings nutritional and economic tolls, UN food agencies report.
SEPTEMBER 10 -- The rural population of Kosovo faces serious nutritional and economic consequences in coming months, since recent conflict and mass displacement have caused a sharp drop in local food production, United Nations food agencies said Friday. FULL STORY >>
UN and Kosovars begin consultations on legal framework for territory's economy.
SEPTEMBER 10 -- United Nations and Kosovar financial experts have begun consultations on drafting a legal framework for Kosovo's economy, a UN spokeswoman said today. FULL STORY >>
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Secretary-General meets with his Special Representative for Kosovo.
SEPTEMBER 9 -- The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Kosovo, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, has arrived in New York to meet with the Secretary-General and brief the UN Security Council. FULL STORY >> |
| UN Secretary-General & Dr. Bernard Kouchner |
"Return Festival" to celebrate rebirth of Kosovo's artistic life.
SEPTEMBER 9 -- In celebration of the restoration of Kosovo's cultural and artistic life, an international festival of music and theatre will be held over the weekend in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, and in Skopje, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today. FULL STORY >>
UN chief in Kosovo invites students to help build democratic, multi-ethnic society.
SEPTEMBER 8 -- The goal of the United Nations in Kosovo is to build a new, democratic and multi-ethnic society with active involvement and participation of all its younger generation, the head of the UN mission in the province told a group of Kosovar university students. FULL STORY >>
Amid nagging security concerns, Kosovo Transitional Council decides to set up joint body with UN and KFOR to stem violence.
SEPTEMBER 8 -- Leaders of Kosovo's political groups, meeting today in the United Nations-supervised Kosovo Transitional Council, agreed to form a joint committee involving the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), the KFOR security force and representatives of Kosovo national communities. FULL STORY >>
United Nations to register Kosovars as first step to holding elections.
SEPTEMBER 8 -- The United Nations will begin registering all people of Kosovo on 1 October, as a first step towards holding elections next year, a UN spokeswoman said today. FULL STORY >>
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Kosovars to end violence against minorities.
SEPTEMBER 7 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, today called on the people of Kosovo to end violent attacks against minorities and asked the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) to cooperate with the UN in investigating such crimes. FULL STORY >> |
| Mary Robinson, UNHCHR |
More than 1,000 United Nations civilian police in Kosovo.
SEPTEMBER 7 -- The United Nations now has 1,024 international civilian police helping maintain law and order in Kosovo, including 175 officers from the United States. FULL STORY >>
United Nations restarts childhood immunization programme in Kosovo.
SEPTEMBER 7 -- The United Nations has restarted a childhood immunization programme in Kosovo. The conflict disrupted the original programme in March 1998 and immunization rates in the territory have now dropped to among the lowest in Europe. FULL STORY >>
United Nations in Kosovo forms advisory board to help craft economic legislation.
SEPTEMBER 7 -- The United Nations in Kosovo, working to build a fully functioning economy in the territory, has formed a new board to help it craft financial legislation. FULL STORY >>