Europe

Senior Slovak official named to head UN Economic Commission for Europe

27 February 2002
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of a senior official from the Slovak Republic to head the UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

Annan wraps up official visit to United Kingdom

26 February 2002
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today wrapped up his official visit to the United Kingdom after a series of meetings in London to discuss the Middle East and Afghanistan.

UN rights expert welcomes European court judgment on lawyer-accountant partnerships

26 February 2002
A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the recent judgement by the European Community’s court that upheld a Dutch law barring lawyers from entering into professional partnerships with accountants, saying the ruling was even more significant in light of the Enron case and its allegations of serious conflicts of interest.
Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

Cyprus: Security Council members urge ‘spirit of compromise’ during talks

26 February 2002
Members of the United Nations Security Council today urged both leaders holding negotiations on Cyprus to approach the resumption of talks on Friday “in a spirit of compromise and with a sense of urgency and political determination, so as to narrow the differences between them,” according to the President of the 15-member body.

UN’s forum on ‘sustainability’ to tackle key issues of human well-being -- Annan

25 February 2002
Arguing that “sustainability” was far from an abstract concern, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that an upcoming UN forum in Johannesburg on that issue would grapple with vital problems of how people can improve their lives now without jeopardizing the well-being of future generations.

FAO appeals for $1.5 million for emergency seed distribution in Georgia

21 February 2002
Warning of an emergency situation in drought-stricken western regions of Georgia, the United Nations agricultural agency today appealed for $1.5 million to distribute seeds and fertilizer to more than 77,000 households in the affected parts of the country.

UN police arrest two Kosovo murder suspects

21 February 2002
In a raid on three apartments in Northern Mitrovica, special teams of the United Nations police detained two Kosovo Serbs suspected in the grenade-attack murder of a Kosovo Albanian in February 2000.

Annan to stress importance of key UN conferences during London visit next week

21 February 2002
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will give a major address on Monday in London on how two major international conferences scheduled for this year –on financing for development and on sustainable development – can support the goals set at the UN's 2000 Millennium Summit, his spokesman announced today.

UN tribunal grants provisional release to two war crimes suspects

20 February 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today granted provisional release to two suspects facing prosecution for war crimes committed on opposing sides of the conflict that engulfed the Balkans in the early 1990s.
Michael Steiner, H. E. Jaime Gama (right) at press conference

Kosovo: UN envoy, European official discuss upcoming municipal elections

20 February 2002
The United Nations top envoy for Kosovo, Michael Steiner, today met with a senior European official to discuss the province’s second round of municipal elections later this year, to be organized again by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).