Briefing the United Nations Security Council on the recent vote in Kosovo, a top UN official today said the peacekeeping mission in the territory was satisfied with the entire polling process - "from the violence-free campaign to the all-inclusive elections."
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has confirmed an indictment against Slobodan Milosevic charging him with genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the early 1990s.
The head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Hans Haekkerup, plans to announce on Saturday the official results of last week's legislative assembly elections, according to an UNMIK spokeswoman.
A former Bosnian Croat military police commander charged with murder and other crimes against humanity turned himself in today to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and was transferred to the court's detention unit in The Hague.
Partial results of last weekend's elections to the legislative assembly in Kosovo showed the political party led by Ibrahim Rugova to be in the lead but without a sufficient majority to form a government, according to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK) in the province.
Actions to protect women's rights and meet their specific needs should become a standard part of any international response to wars, according to a recent expert meeting in Bratislava organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and members of the Security Council today welcomed the "orderly and peaceful" elections for a Kosovo assembly over the weekend and expressed satisfaction with the large turnout by minority voters.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today encouraged all eligible voters in Kosovo to turn out for Saturday's Assembly elections, saying democracy was about "participation and inclusiveness."
The first-ever meeting of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact initiative in the Russian Federation will open in Moscow on Monday, a United Nations spokesman announced today.
