Kosovo

Set of 30 mortal remains repatriated to Kosovo under UN auspices

26 May 2004
A third group of some 30 bodies exhumed from Batajnica, Serbia, and believed to be of missing Kosovo Albanians were repatriated under United Nations auspices today.
Harri Holkeri

Kosovo: top UN administrator Holkeri resigns for health reasons

25 May 2004
The top United Nations administrator of ethnically-divided Kosovo, Harri Holkeri, today announced his intention to resign for health reasons, just 10 months after he was appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and two weeks after he was briefly hospitalized for fatigue.

Probe closed of police officers connected to deadly shootings in Kosovo - UN

19 May 2004
Finding no "reasonable suspicion" of any misconduct, an international prosecutor has closed separate investigations into four Jordanian police officers arrested and questioned last month in connection with deadly shootings that took place at a prison compound in Kosovo, the United Nations mission in the province said today.

UN mission chief reinstates 12 Kosovo officers suspected in bridge demolition

18 May 2004
The head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has reinstated 12 members of the province's civilian protection force who had been suspended pending an investigation into their roles in the demolition of a railway bridge in April 2003.
Harri Holkeri, UN envoy for Kosovo

Fatigued top UN envoy to Kosovo hospitalized in France

13 May 2004
The top United Nations envoy to Kosovo, Harri Holkeri, was admitted to hospital in Strasbourg , France, last night suffering from fatigue due to his heavy work schedule.
SRSG Harri Holkeri briefs Security Council

Recent violence in Kosovo shook UN mission 'to its core', Security Council told

11 May 2004
Although the recent wave of violence shook the United Nations mission in Kosovo "to its foundations," it aimed to root out and punish the perpetrators while remaining resolute in its task to help prepare the province for self-governance, the UN's senior envoy in the province told the Security Council today.
Kofi Annan

Ethnic violence in March damaged normalization process in Kosovo - Annan

5 May 2004
In the wake of the deadly ethnic violence that swept Kosovo in March, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says what is now needed is concrete action by the leaders and people of the province to not only ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, but to rebuild the confidence among minority communities, and most of all, to address the root causes of the violence.