Kosovo

Kosovo's ethnic minorities need continuing protection, UN refugee agency warns

24 August 2004
Highlighting a surge in the number of murders of Kosovo Serbs over the past year, the United Nations refugee agency has issued three linked reports showing that inter-ethnic relations in the troubled province are so fragile that minority groups continue to need international protection from the threat of violence.

Kosovo: UN and Council of Europe sign important human rights accords

23 August 2004
In an effort to enhance the establishment of human rights in United Nations-administered Kosovo, top UN and European officials today signed two agreements that seek to monitor compliance with important international principles and prevent torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment.
UNMIK chief Søren Jessen-Petersen

Kosovo holds key to regional peace, new UN envoy says on arrival

15 August 2004
Arriving in Kosovo to take up his duties as head of the United Nations Interim Assistance Mission (UNMIK) there, Søren Jessen-Petersen today emphasized the province's crucial role in regional stability.
ASG Hédi Annabi briefs Security Council

Kosovo faces hurdles despite some progress since March clashes - UN official

5 August 2004
Despite some progress in Kosovo since violent clashes in March, the province faces an uphill challenge in moving forward along the path of normalization, ethnic reconciliation, strengthening its still-fledgling democratic institutions, and creating a tolerant, inclusive society, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.

More work needed to repair physical, psychological damage in Kosovo - Annan

3 August 2004
While there has been some progress in reconstructing buildings and restoring community relations in Kosovo after March's deadly outbreak of ethnic violence, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says a lot "remains to be done to repair the physical and psychological damage."