Bosnia

Danish police official slated for top law enforcement post in UN’s Bosnia mission

6 May 2002
Secretary-General Kofi Annan intends to appoint a senior police official from Denmark as the next head of the law enforcement component of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (UNMIBH), a UN spokesman announced today in New York.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN launches broad recovery programme for Srebrenica region

16 April 2002
The United Nations and its principle development agency today announced a broad recovery programme for the Srebrenica region, one of the areas most damaged and traumatized by the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

UN dismisses two Bosnian Serb police officers, including one linked to war crimes

2 April 2002
Two Serb police officers, including one with alleged links to wartime atrocities, were removed from duty in the Republika Srpska and banned from any future police work, the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) announced today.
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Security Council, Annan hail EU move on police mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 March 2002
The United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision by the European Union to take over UN's police training and monitoring duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina next year and expressed optimism that the EU can help the country continue to build a professional, multi-ethnic police force.

Balkan stability depends on fate of returnees, top UN refugee official says

30 January 2002
Long-term stability in the Balkans is directly linked to the fate of an estimated one million people who remain uprooted as a result of the region's wars, according to the United Nations top refugee official.

UN official urges reduced military expenditure in Bosnia and Herzegovina

28 January 2002
Excessive military spending in Bosnia and Herzegovina is bankrupting the State and preventing economic growth, a senior UN official said today.

UN official hails move by key European forum to admit Bosnia and Herzegovina

22 January 2002
Reacting to today's decision by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly to recommend approval of Bosnia and Herzegovina's application to join the Council, the head of the United Nations Mission in the Balkan country welcomed the move as an important development for the nation and the region as a whole.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN mission denies press report of police misconduct

27 December 2001
The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) today refuted a press report of misconduct by UN police in the country, calling it "a rewrite of old allegations."

Security Council briefed on work of UN mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 December 2001
Regional actors should assume responsibility for a follow-up mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, a top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today as it held an open meeting to review the situation in the country.

UN Bosnia and Herzegovina mission on target to complete mandate in 2002

3 December 2001
With the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) progressing towards the completion next year of its core mandate, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has suggested that a smaller police operation take over the continued monitoring and assistance needed to preserve what has been achieved.