U.N. chief urges swift Kosovo resolution
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that progress towards democracy in Kosovo could "unravel" if its status is not decided and reiterated his strong support for the province's independence.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  said on Tuesday that further delay in diplomatic moves to  determine Kosovo&#39;s final status would have negative  consequences in the breakaway Serbian province and beyond.
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United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari today presented Serbian President Boris Tadic with a compromise proposal on the status of Kosovo, where the ethnic Albanian majority is seeking independence from Serbia.Comment
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Sunday the United Nations should grant independence quickly to the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia continued to block it then the West would act.
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A senior U.S. diplomat called for Russia's cooperation in U.N. Security Council efforts to resolve Kosovo's status, but Russia's foreign minister said Monday that any resolution that is unacceptable to Serbia will not pass, Russian news agencies reported.
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Kosovo's U.N. governor Joachim  Ruecker warned the Security Council on Wednesday that further  delaying a decision on the province's plea for independence  from Serbia could fuel instability in the region.
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The United Nations has agreed  to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of  breakaway Kosovo province by just over one week to give  Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on  Friday.
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The United Nations urged  patience in Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province on Friday  following reports of armed men patrolling the tense west.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on  Sunday the United Nations should grant independence quickly to  the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia  continued to block it then the West would act.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the world on Tuesday to learn from the killer Asian tsunami, saying spending now could limit the loss of life and damage from inevitable natural disasters.
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The U.N. mediator on Kosovo's future status said on Thursday he was willing to grant Serbia more time to consider his complex plan that most see as paving the way for the province's independence from Belgrade.
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Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku urged European leaders Wednesday to sidestep the United Nations and recognise the independence of the Serbian province despite Russian and Serbian objections.
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The prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes court for the Balkans on Monday urged a delay in deciding the future of Kosovo, saying it would interfere with her quest to get major fugitives arrested for trial.
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U.S. Ambassador John Bolton   pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution in the race to   succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, an action that   could favor the South Korean front-runner.
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The United States threatened on Friday to move forward on Kosovo, which is clamoring for independence from Serbia, whether Russia agreed or not to the latest U.N. Security Council draft resolution.
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A new European-United States draft resolution sidesteps Kosovo's independence from Serbia but calls for European instead of U.N. supervision in an effort to end Belgrade's rule, according to a text obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.
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Kosovo appealed to the U.S. on  Monday to set a date for the province&#39;s independence from  Serbia, signaling rising impatience with Western efforts to  steer the project through the United Nations.