Kosovo

Security Council briefed on gains, challenges of UN efforts in Kosovo

27 March 2002
Meeting to review the latest developments in Kosovo, the United Nations Security Council today heard a report on a number of positive moves in several priority areas, while at the same time was alerted to the need for substantial progress this year to solidify the recent gains.
SRSG Steiner briefing the press today in Kosovo

UN reports return of all Kosovo Albanians held in Serbian prisons

26 March 2002
All Kosovo Albanians detained in Serbian prisons have now been returned to Kosovo, the United Nations Interim Administration in the province (UNMIK) announced today.

Kosovo: UN Mission to set up joint committee with Skopje on border issues

19 March 2002
After travelling to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK), Michael Steiner, announced that a joint committee between Pristina and Skopje would be set up to deal with border issues.

Kosovo: UN food agency launches first-ever inter-ethnic aid consortium

15 March 2002
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a consortium of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) - billed as the first-ever public agreement by a multi-ethnic group to work together for all the province's people - to continue providing aid after the UN agency ends its emergency food assistance on 31 March.

Top UN official in Kosovo welcomes weapon amnesty programme

11 March 2002
The United Nations top official in Kosovo, Michael Steiner, has welcomed a second round of a weapons amnesty programme designed to encourage citizens to turn in illegal firearms and ammunition in anonymity and without fear of punishment or prosecution.

UN envoy lobbies European Union foreign ministers for continued support to Kosovo

11 March 2002
The head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today lobbied European foreign ministers to continue their countries' economic and political support for the province.

Kosovo: UN 'distressed' over flight of Austrian police officer wanted for questioning

6 March 2002
The United Nations was "very distressed" that an Austrian police officer wanted for questioning by the judicial authorities of Kosovo had left the area without the permission or knowledge of the UN Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK), a UN spokesman said today in New York.
Ibrahim Rugova (left) and Dr. Bajram Rexhepi

Kosovo Assembly elects President, Prime Minister as UN hails 'spirit of compromise'

4 March 2002
The Kosovo Assembly today voted in the province's first President and government just days after the main political parties had broken a months-long deadlock by signing an agreement that was welcomed by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK) as an important step for Kosovo's future.