Kosovo

Secretary-General's Special Representative Lamberto Zannier

Kosovo mission has ‘green light’ to start reconfiguration, says UN envoy

26 June 2008
The top United Nations official in Kosovo said today that the plan put forward by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to reconfigure the world body’s presence there was set to begin.
UN Police securing UNMIK Court building in Mitrovica

New UN envoy for Kosovo takes up duties in Pristina

24 June 2008
The new United Nations envoy for Kosovo, Lamberto Zannier, has arrived in Pristina to take up his duties amid what he called “a moment of transition” for the world body’s presence there.

UN war crimes tribunal chief reports Serbia to Security Council

23 June 2008
The President of the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has reported Serbia to the Security Council for failing to cooperate with the court.

Kosovo plan is a 'practical and workable solution,' Ban tells Security Council

20 June 2008
The proposal to reconfigure the United Nations' presence in Kosovo is “a practical and workable solution” to one of the world's most intractable issues, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, warning that reaching a mutually acceptable settlement will not be easy.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Gordon Brown at press conference

Plan to reconfigure UN presence in Kosovo 'least objectionable' option – Ban

13 June 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that while his proposal to reconfigure the world body's presence in Kosovo, giving the European Union an enhanced role, may not please everyone, it was the “least objectionable” option.
UN Police securing UNMIK Court building in Mitrovica

Kosovo: Ban outlines plans to reconfigure UN presence

12 June 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveiled plans today to reconfigure the structure and profile of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) in the wake of Kosovo’s decision earlier this year to declare its independence from Serbia.