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UN hails resumption of talks between Kosovo and Serbia on missing persons

16 March 2005
The United Nations administrator for Kosovo today welcomed the resumption of direct talks between Serbia and the province to resolve the issue of more than 3,000 people still missing five years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) drove out Yugoslav troops amid ethnic fighting between Albanians and Serbs.
UN police on patrol in Kosovo

UN administrator voices outrage at attack on Kosovo president

15 March 2005
The United Nations administrator for Kosovo today strongly condemned the explosive attack against President Ibrahim Rugova as an attack against the democratic institutions of the ethnically-divided province which the world body has run since 1999.

UN agency signs first accord with European bank to settle Bosnia refugees

15 March 2005
Some 850 people who, 10 years after the Dayton peace accords, have still not found a permanent solution to their displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will quickly receive individual accommodation under a landmark agreement between the United Nations refugee agency and a European development bank.

UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia hands down final indictments

15 March 2005
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today handed down its final indictments, charging an ex-Interior Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and a police officer with war crimes that included murder and the wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages.

Fund for community computer projects launched in Geneva - UN

14 March 2005
A "Digital Solidarity Fund", a voluntary financing mechanism designed to provide community computers, was launched today in Geneva, with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcoming the initiative as contributing to the fight against poverty and bridging the information divide.

Former Kosovo Prime Minister pleads not guilty at UN war crimes court

14 March 2005
The former Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, appeared today before the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and pleaded not guilty to all charges against him – 17 counts of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, and 20 counts of war crimes.
Annan briefs the press in Madrid, Spain

Multilateralism and donor aid for poorer states vital in fighting terrorism – Annan

11 March 2005
Multilateralism, full international cooperation and donor aid for poorer countries to develop the needed capacity are vital if the war on terrorism is to have any chance of success, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in Madrid, a day after launching a major five-point United Nations strategy to combat the scourge.
Kofi Annan addresses summit

Annan lays out detailed five-point UN strategy to combat terrorism

10 March 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today presented a five-point strategy for the United Nations to fight terrorism: dissuading the disaffected from choosing the tactic, denying terrorists the means to carry out attacks, deterring state support, developing state preventive capacity and defending human rights in the struggle against the scourge.

Kosovo's ex-premier faces charges of murder, rape and other war crimes at UN tribunal

10 March 2005
Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been charged with murder, rape, the forced deportation of Serb civilians and other war crimes and crimes against humanity over his role in the deadly ethnic fighting in 1998-99 that led the United Nations to take over the administration of the province.

UN agency and donor countries call for coordinated action to eliminate AIDS

9 March 2005
In the wake of its report saying the world will need some $200 billion over the next 20 years to reverse the AIDS pandemic, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) joined three donor countries today in calling for coordinated global action to create effective treatment programmes in developing countries.