Kosovo

Council President Amb. de La Sablière

Condemning violence in Kosovo, Security Council demands return to rule of law

18 March 2004
Peace and Security

Denouncing "the large-scale inter-ethnic violence" that has led to the deaths of at least 31 people in Kosovo since yesterday, the United Nations Security Council today called for the province's authorities to ensure that the rule of law is maintained, all ethnic communities feel properly secure and the perpetrators of crimes are brought to justice.

Kofi Annan

Annan calls for immediate halt to deadly Albanian-Serb violence in Kosovo

17 March 2004
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for an immediate halt to the violence between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in United Nations-administered Kosovo, which has reportedly left at least seven people dead and hundreds injured amid repeated bursts of automatic gunfire and explosions.

Kosovo elections set for 23 October, UN envoy announces

14 March 2004
Kosovo's next elections will be held on 23 October, the United Nations envoy to the province announced today.
USG Jean-Marie Guéhenno (L) & SRSG Harri Holkeri

In Kosovo, senior UN peacekeeping official urges reconciliation

13 March 2004
Visiting Kosovo today, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping urged all concerned to promote reconciliation in the province.

UN envoy to Kosovo condemns grenade attack on president's home

12 March 2004
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo has condemned the hand grenade attack early today on the Pristina home of Kosovo's President Ibrahim Rugova.

Kosovo police disable homemade bomb outside UN headquarters compound

6 March 2004
Kosovo Police Service officers today discovered and helped to disable an improvised explosive device outside the headquarters compound of the UN mission in the province.