Kosovo

Senior UN Kosovo official meets with Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

17 August 2001
A senior United Nations official in Kosovo today met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia to discuss the province's judicial system and the ongoing hunger strike by 16 detainees.

Kosovo UN chief meets Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister for wide-ranging talks

15 August 2001
The head of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) today met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia for wide-ranging talks on the current situation in the province.

Kosovo: two UN police officers repatriated due to 'professional misconduct'

13 August 2001
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today said two of its police officers had been repatriated to their home countries because of professional misconduct.

UN official in Kosovo condemns attack against Serb convoy

7 August 2001
Reacting to this morning's ambush of a Serb convoy in Kosovo that injured three people, a top United Nations official today strongly condemned the attack as a threat to peace in the province.

Ethnic Albanians returning from Kosovo to FYR of Macedonia: UNHCR

31 July 2001
The number of ethnic Albanians returning from Kosovo to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has risen sharply over the past few days as more and more people decide to return to the now open Aracinovo village outside of Skopje, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
UN Security Council in session

Briefing Security Council, UN official welcomes Kosovo Serb moves on elections

26 July 2001
Briefing the Security Council today on efforts to engage Kosovo Serbs in the forthcoming province-wide elections, a senior United Nations official welcomed the decision by four Kosovo Serb parties to submit certification applications for the ballot.

UN mission in Kosovo signs agreement on DNA testing for missing persons

25 July 2001
The top United Nations official in Kosovo today signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Committee for the Missing Persons (ICMP) which will pave the way for DNA testing to match relatives of the missing with unidentified remains.
Hans Haekkerup with US President George Bush

In Kosovo, President Bush backs UN efforts to pave way for self-government

24 July 2001
Visiting Kosovo today, United States President George W. Bush endorsed the efforts of the United Nations mission in the province to prepare Kosovars for taking on greater responsibility in "running their own affairs."

No new mass graves found in Kosovo, UN mission says

20 July 2001
Reacting to reports in the Belgrade media, the United Nations mission in Kosovo said today that there were no new mass graves in Suva Reka or anywhere else in the province.

UN official in Kosovo urges approval of draft on inter-ethnic property sales

18 July 2001
A top United Nations official in Kosovo today stressed the need to adopt a draft regulation seeking to limit the flow of minorities from mixed neighbourhoods as well as the forced sale of minority properties.