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Security Council authorizes EU-led stabilization force in Bosnia and Herzegovina

22 November 2004
The United Nations Security Council today unanimously authorized the establishment of a European-led multinational stabilization force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Amb. Denisov hands Kyoto papers to Annan

Russia hands Annan ratification of Kyoto climate pact, allowing it to go into force

18 November 2004
Russia today formally delivered its ratification of the Kyoto treaty against global warming to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, enabling the pact that seeks to reduce so-called greenhouse gases to go into effect in what the United Nations chief called “a great day for the whole world.”

UN starts clearing mines from Cyprus buffer zone

18 November 2004
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) today began a €2.5 million (euro) de-mining project in the country's buffer zone.

UNICEF to launch Caucasus peace programme after Russian school massacre

17 November 2004
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new programme to foster peace and tolerance across the troubled North Caucasus by promoting much-needed dialogue between youngsters from different ethnic groups and religions following September’s school massacre in southern Russia.
UNMIK chief Søren Jessen-Petersen

UN envoy welcomes agreement on coalition in Kosovo following elections

17 November 2004
The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo today welcomed an agreement on the formation of a coalition following last month's elections in the ethnically-divided province which the world body has administered for the past five years.

New report on Srebrenica massacre should spur action against perpetrators - Annan

15 November 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said a new Bosnian Serb report on the 1995 massacre against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica should lead to action against the perpetrators.
Lord Paddy Ashdown briefs the Council

Top administrator in Bosnia says Serb entity must hand over war crimes suspects

11 November 2004
Bosnia and Herzegovina is making steady progress in building closer relations with the rest of the international community, but the Serb entity within the country is impeding this effort by failing to turn over indicted war criminals, the United Nations Security Council was told today.
UNMIK chief Søren Jessen-Petersen

UN envoy calls on NATO security force to stay the course in Kosovo

10 November 2004
The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo today appealed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members providing the troops that keep the peace in the ethnically-divided province to "stay the course" and maintain adequate force levels to ensure the establishment of a stable multiethnic society.

International community needs to heal divisions, says Annan

10 November 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today the international community needs to heal its divisions and engage in a constructive debate about how to build a collective system of security, forge global partnership for development, and promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world.

Russian approval of Kyoto pact first step in slowing growth of greenhouse gases – Annan

9 November 2004
Russia’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, enabling the treaty to go into effect, is a significant first step in slowing down growth in harmful greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, according to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.