Europe

Ivica Rajić

UN tribunal transfers Bosnian Croat convicted over deadly village attack to Spain

13 April 2007
A former Bosnian Croat militia commander who was sentenced to 12 years’ jail for a notorious attack on a village where more than three dozen Muslims were killed will serve the rest of his sentence in Spain after being transferred today by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Extending UN mission in Georgia for six months, Security Council urges dialogue

13 April 2007
Stressing the need for dialogue between the Government and Abkhaz sides in Georgia, where fighting 14 years ago drove nearly 300,000 people from their homes, the Security Council today extended the United Nations mission in the country for another 6 months until 15 October.
Momir Nikolic

UN tribunal transfers Bosnian Serb convicted over Srebrenica massacre to Finland

11 April 2007
A senior security and intelligence officer in the Bosnian Serb army who was sentenced to 20 years’ jail for his role in the 1995 massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica will serve the rest of his sentence in Finland after being transferred today by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Trial of Bosnian Serb paramilitaries transferred from UN tribunal

5 April 2007
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced today that it is referring the case of a Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader and his cousin who are accused of burning to death scores of Muslim women, children and elderly men in 1992.

Georgia: Ban Ki-moon calls last month’s rocket attacks ‘major setback’ to peace

5 April 2007
Last month’s rocket attacks in Georgia’s upper Kodori valley were “a major setback” to efforts to bring peace to the northwest of the country, but there have been other welcome signs of progress recently between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report on the work of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there.
Mark Kroeker in Liberia (file photo)

UN Police Adviser stresses importance of supporting local forces as he leaves post

5 April 2007
With the demand for United Nations police officers and all peacekeepers at record highs, the quality of personnel recruited must be maintained as their role in building national police capacity is more important than ever, the world body’s top police officer said today as he ended his two-year appointment.
Dragan Zelenović

Bosnian Serb who raped and tortured Muslims jailed by UN war crimes tribunal

4 April 2007
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier and de facto military policeman to 15 years in prison for raping and torturing Muslim women and girls in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina between July and October 1992.
Monastery of Decani

Security Council president says delegation will visit Kosovo this month

4 April 2007
The Security Council will this month send a delegation to Kosovo, the 15-member body’s President said today, as it considers a United Nations envoy’s proposal for granting independence in a phased process to the ethnic-Albanian majority Serbian province that has been run by the world body since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999.

Georgia: UN probe seeks further information on attack on Government post

3 April 2007
A United Nations-led fact-finding team is seeking more information on last month’s attack on a Government position in north-west Georgia where fighting between Government and Abkhaz separatist forces 14 years ago drove nearly 300,000 people from their homes.

UN war crimes tribunal reduces jail sentence for former Bosnian Serb politician

3 April 2007
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today slightly reduced the sentence of a former leading Bosnian Serb politician jailed over his role in the ethnic cleansing that took place during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, but upheld most of his original convictions.