Europe

UN tribunal investigating death of accused genocide mastermind Slobodan Milosevic

12 March 2006
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today announced an inquiry into the circumstances of the death Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic – the most notorious suspect to be indicted for crimes committed during the wars that engulfed the Balkans in the 1990s – who passed away in detention on Saturday.

Indicted genocide suspect Slobodan Milosevic died of heart attack – UN

12 March 2006
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic - the most notorious suspect to be indicted for crimes committed during the wars that engulfed the Balkans in the 1990s - died in detention on Saturday from a myocardial infarction, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced today.
SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen

Hailing recent progress, UN’s Kosovo envoy urges steps to build multiethnic society

11 March 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Envoy to Kosovo today hailed recent progress in the United Nations-administered province and urged continued efforts to foster a multiethnic democracy there.

Top UN envoy in Kosovo welcomes election of new government

10 March 2006
The United Nations top envoy to Kosovo today welcomed the election of a new government by the province’s Assembly.
Martti Ahtisaari

Improvements for minorities imperative for Kosovo status talks, UN envoy says

7 March 2006
Improvement in the lives of minorities in Kosovo must be made immediately, a senior United Nations envoy said today, as a prerequisite to settling the final status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province which the United Nations has run ever since Yugoslav troops were driven out in 1999 amid grave rights abuses.

Convicted Croatian Serb ex-leader commits suicide before he was to testify at UN court

6 March 2006
Following an investigation, Dutch authorities have confirmed suicide in the death of a former Croatian Serb leader who had been sentenced to 13 years in jail by a United Nations tribunal for his role in what it called a savage ethnic cleansing campaign in the early 1990s.
Martti Ahtisaari

UN envoy urges Serbia, Kosovo leaders to stay engaged in status talks

3 March 2006
A United Nations special envoy today completed a five-day visit to Serbia and Kosovo following last month’s first round of direct talks between the two sides on the final status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province, which the UN has run ever since Yugoslav troops were driven out in 1999 amid grave rights abuses in ethnic fighting.

UN’s top envoy to Kosovo urges higher profile for women in political life

2 March 2006
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today urged a higher profile for women in the political life of the UN-administered province.
Olympic Winter Games, Torino

UN environmental agency hails Torino’s ‘green’ Winter Olympics

1 March 2006
Contrary to suggestions that the Winter Olympics were held too far from the mountains, Torino may in fact have shown the way towards even ‘greener’ games, the head of the United Nations environmental agency said today.
Annan with Tassos Papadopoulos (file photo)

Cyprus: Annan and Papadopoulos meet on strategies toward reunification

28 February 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus agreed in Paris today that demilitarization, de-mining and technical talks on a range of issues would greatly improve the atmosphere for talks on reuniting the island.