Europe

Steps needed to stem accidental deaths of dolphins in North Sea -- UN agency

16 April 2001
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has backed a call for limits on the number of dolphins and porpoises accidentally killed by fishing nets in the North Sea.

Security Council members condemn killing of Russian soldier in Kosovo

12 April 2001
Members of the Security Council today deplored the recent killing of a Russian soldier serving in Kosovo and called for action to bring those responsible to justice.

Annan urges end to security violations in Prevlaka and resumption of peace talks

12 April 2001
Despite an absence of significant incidents in Prevlaka over the past three months, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "unfortunately did not take advantage of the prevailing calm" to move towards a political settlement of their dispute, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report issued today at UN Headquarters in New York.

Kosovo: Serb representative rejoins panel on legal framework for self-government

11 April 2001
A Kosovo Serb representative has rejoined the committee finalizing the legal framework for the province's provisional self-government, the United Nations mission in Kosovo reported today.

UN tribunal reiterates call for immediate transfer of Milosevic to The Hague

11 April 2001
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today repeated its call for the immediate transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the court's facilities at The Hague.

Bosnia-Herzegovina: UNHCR alarmed by violence aimed at stopping Serb returns

10 April 2001
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced alarm at a spate of attacks in Croat-controlled parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at preventing Serbs from returning to areas they lived in before the war.

No apparent hostile action in crash of British KFOR helicopter, UN says

10 April 2001
A helicopter crash in Kosovo which took the lives of two British officers does not appear to have been caused by any deliberate aggression, a United Nations spokesman announced today.

FYR of Macedonia: President calls for greater control of border with Kosovo

10 April 2001
The President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia this morning urged the international security force in Kosovo (KFOR) and the United Nations mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to exercise more control over the northern border area to prevent trespassing into his country's territory.

UN Kosovo mission making progress on key priorities, Security Council told

9 April 2001
The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has continued to move forward with its key priorities, despite the adverse effects of conflicts in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in southern Serbia, a top UN official told the Security Council this morning.

Bosnia-Herzegovina: UN official denounces police role in recent mob violence

9 April 2001
The top United Nations official in Bosnia and Herzegovina today denounced the country's police for orchestrating the recent mob violence which broke out in response to international efforts to clean up corruption at the Herzegovacka Bank.