Europe

Annan heads to United Kingdom next week for meetings with top officials

15 June 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to the United Kingdom early next week to deliver a lecture at Oxford University and hold meetings with top officials in London, a United Nations spokesman announced today.
Young Macedonian mother and children, refugees in Kosovo

Exodus of ethnic Albanians from FYR of Macedonia continues: UNHCR

15 June 2001
Ethnic Albanians continue to flee the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for Kosovo and southern Serbia, the United Nations refugee agency said today.

15-member Security Council mission set to visit Kosovo and Belgrade

14 June 2001
A 15-member delegation of the Security Council will head to Kosovo and Belgrade tomorrow for a first-hand look at the situation in the region and meetings with the Yugoslav leadership, according to the Council President, Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury of Bangladesh, who will lead the team.

General Assembly elects judges to UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia

13 June 2001
The United Nations General Assembly has elected 27 judges to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in response to a decision of the Security Council to create a pool of ad hoc judges on which the court could draw, on a case-by-case basis, to hasten completion of the trials.

Despite challenges, UN mission in Kosovo on track towards long-term goals: Annan

12 June 2001
The United Nations mission in Kosovo is pursuing its goals of holding Kosovo-wide elections, implementing a constitutional framework and setting the stage for self-government and economic viability, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report to the Security Council released today at UN Headquarters.

Thousands of ethnic Albanians continue to flee FYR of Macedonia: UNHCR

12 June 2001
Thousands of ethnic Albanians continued to flee from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into Kosovo amid clashes between rebels and government forces and rising inter-ethnic tension, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
UN trains police in crowd control

Annan asks for 12-month extension of UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

12 June 2001
Calling Bosnia and Herzegovina a "test case" of international efforts to bring lasting peace to a troubled country, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended a 12-month extension of the United Nations operation there.
Ambassador Chowdhury

Security Council members give full backing to Annan's efforts on Cyprus

11 June 2001
Members of the Security Council today reiterated their full support of efforts by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to achieve a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem.

Thousands of ethnic Albanians flee FYR of Macedonia, UN refugee agency says

11 June 2001
The United Nations refugee agency today urged all sides to the intensifying conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to step back from the brink.
Ruud Lubbers speaking to the press

UN High Commissioner for Refugees seeks assistance for the Balkans

11 June 2001
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers is visiting the Balkans, where more than 1 million people remain displaced from the conflicts of the 1990s, the UN refugee agency said today.