U.N. Security Council fails to bridge gaps on Kosovo
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The U.N. Security Council failed to bridge deep divisions over the future of Kosovo on Wednesday and Western countries said they would take the lead in steering the province to independence from Serbia.
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The United States and European nations hope to circulate a U.N. Security Council resolution on Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay on a independence plan for Kosovo in an effort to get Russia's approval.
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PRISTINA, Serbia - The United Nations will delay the start of final talks on the status of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province by just over a week, U.N. deputy envoy Albert Rohan said on Friday."A period of ...Comment
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Serbia and the Albanians of its  breakaway Kosovo province are unlikely to agree on the future  of the territory, United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari said as  the two sides began a final series of talks on Wednesday.
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A U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future was set aside Friday in the face of a possible Russian veto, with its U.S. and European Union supporters opting instead to pursue negotiations outside the council.
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Russia rejected as unacceptable  on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by  Europeans and the United States that paves the way to  independence for Kosovo in four months.
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VIENNA - A senior U.N. envoy will send his independence plan for the Balkan province of Kosovo to the Security Council this month after failing on Saturday to find a compromise between Serbs and ...Comment
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The global community has failed to live up to a pledge made last year to protect civilians caught in armed conflicts, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday in his final briefing to the Security Council before leaving his post.
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"If Russia prevents the council from dealing with this issue ... the process will not stop there. The process then will move outside the council"  By EDITH M. LEDERER The Associated Press Updated 07/18/07 - 5:36 PM Russia rejected the final version of a U.S.-European Union draft resolution on Kosovo's future status Wednesday, setting the stage for a vote ... via The Herald
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Western nations pressed on Monday for a U.N. Security Council decision within the next week on independence for Serbia's Kosovo province, but council president China said the big powers were as divided as ever.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon said Friday he could not yet give his blessing to a planned 1,800-strong European Union mission for Kosovo because of the international dispute over the future of the breakaway Serbian province.The EU wants to send a policing and administrative mission to Kosovo to replace the current U.N. force, which took control alongside NATO peacekeepers in 1999 after war ended between Serbian troops and separatist ethnic Albanians.'I will have to closely and carefully assess the situation as it develops,' Ban told reporters after talks with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency. Read more
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The U.N. Security Council tried to bridge deep divisions Wednesday over the future of Serbia's breakaway province Kosovo, but EU diplomats said they expected no last-minute compromise.
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In the eyes of six world powers, Iran  has failed to meet a U.N. Security Council demand that it  suspend uranium enrichment, a senior European Union diplomat  said, in a move which could pave the way for sanctions.
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Talks about a U.N. plan for Kosovo were postponed for one week, after Serbia requested more time to allow for a parliament to be formed in Belgrade, a U.N. mediator said Friday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) - After several closed door meetings over the last  few weeks, the 15-member U.N. Security Council has failed to  reach agreement on a Western proposal for the creation of a new  independent nation state of Kosovo.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon said Friday he could not yet give his blessing to a planned 1,800-strong European Union mission for Kosovo because of the international dispute over the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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Major powers at a G8  summit were deadlocked on Friday over the breakaway Serbian  province of Kosovo, with Russia resisting the terms of a French  plan to delay a U.N. vote on its independence.