Europe

Michael Steiner

UN envoy says Kosovo Assembly's resolution 'divisive'

15 May 2003
The provisional local authorities in Kosovo were today excluded from United Nations delegations to three forthcoming international meetings after the provincial assembly passed a resolution that the top UN official there called "divisive" and against the spirit of avoiding a return to Kosovo's violent past.

In Brussels, Fréchette discusses UN-EU cooperation on crisis management

15 May 2003
The Deputy Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, met in Brussels today with officials from the European Union for talks on cooperation with the United Nations on crisis management.

Annan extends UN office 1 year to support peace-building efforts in Tajikistan

14 May 2003
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to continue for another year the activities of the United Nations office in Tajikistan in order to support the country's post-conflict peace-building efforts, particularly in light of the various problems that contribute to a "fragile political equilibrium."

Cyprus opens fourth crossing point in buffer zone, UN says

12 May 2003
A fourth crossing point between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides has been opened in West Nicosia, according to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

Fréchette highlights importance of collective response to global challenges

12 May 2003
With most of the challenges faced by the world related in one way or another to globalization, the international community faces the fundamental choice of collective or individual action in how it deals with those issues, the Deputy United Nations Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, said today in Poland, where she is kicking off a weeklong visit to Europe.
Louise Fréchette

UN Deputy Secretary-General set to begin weeklong official visit to Europe

9 May 2003
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette will embark next Monday on a weeklong visit to Europe where she is scheduled to meet with various national and regional officials to discuss issues of mutual concern.

Kosovo mission at its most difficult and delicate phase – UN envoy

8 May 2003
The top United Nations official in Kosovo said today the UN mission there had entered “what is perhaps its most critical and delicate phase” with the transference of competencies to local provisional institutions.

UN tribunal finds Serb military officer guilty of persecutions

8 May 2003
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has found a former Serb teacher turned military officer guilty of persecutions after he consented to a plea agreement.

UN to aid repatriation of Kosovo Albanian bodies from Serbia

7 May 2003
The first group of some 800 bodies exhumed in Serbia proper, and believed to be of Kosovo Albanian missing persons, will be repatriated under United Nations auspices tomorrow.

UN agencies bring aid to Turkish earthquake zone

6 May 2003
The United Nations convened a donor meeting in Ankara, Turkey, today to assess the latest situation in Bingol and surrounding communities hit by an earthquake last week, killing more than 175 people and injuring over 520.