Seventeen years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station the situation in the area remains "difficult' - as does the coordination of international relief efforts, according to a United Nations report issued today.
Since it has proved “impossible” to include leaders of the Kosovo government in tomorrow’s Belgrade-Pristina talks on the future of the province, the Pristina delegation would be led by President Ibrahim Rugova of the Kosovo Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG), according to the head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo.
The head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo today welcomed the decision by Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova to attend talks next week in Vienna with officials from Serbia and Montenegro.
The head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo today urged representatives of the Pristina provisional institutions of self-government to attend planned talks with Belgrade officials next week in Vienna.
Citing new indictments, despite restricted cooperation from the governments involved, the President of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the chief prosecutor told the Security Council today that the trials of key suspects were unlikely to be completed by the target date of 2008.
The head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo has labelled the next week’s talks between leaders of Belgrade and Pristina governments as the only way to solve outstanding problems.
The planned Sarajevo War Crimes Chamber within the State-Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will play a crucial role in ensuring justice in that country, the President of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said today.
The United Nations refugee agency said today that some proposed changes in asylum laws under study by the Austrian parliament this week, if passed unchanged, would be “among the most restrictive pieces of legislation” within the European Union.
The head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo today sent out formal invitations to the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia and Montenegro to participate in direct talks next week in Vienna.
