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UN News Service 8/14/03
UN mission to launch new weapons amnesty in Kosovo 12 August
The United Nations mission in Kosovo is set to launch a
month-long weapons amnesty in September, its third such effort
to take out of circulation "the huge quantity of unauthorized
weapons" left in the wake of the fighting between ethnic
Albanians and Serbs. The executive decision, signed in the Kosovo
capital of Pristina today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan's
Deputy Special Representative for Police and Justice,
Jean-Christian Cady, will allow Kosovans to surrender all
weapons without fear of prosecution. Persons found in
possession of illegal weapons after the amnesty deadline will
be liable to prosecution and imprisonment of up to eight years
or a fine of up to 7,500 (euros). "This weapons amnesty
programme is part of our continued efforts at taking out of
circulation the huge quantity of unauthorized weapons in Kosovo,"
Mr. Cady said. "The danger of having illegal weapons at homes
is their potential for converting an ordinary domestic or
neighbourhood dispute into a tragic saga of violence and death."
The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the
international security force (KFOR) will designate at least one
stationary weapons collection point in each of the five regions
in Kosovo. There will also be mobile weapons collection units
that travel to specific locations. The last such amnesty took
place in March 2002.
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UN mission to launch new weapons amnesty in Kosovo 12 August
The United Nations mission in Kosovo is set to launch a
month-long weapons amnesty in September, its third such effort
to take out of circulation "the huge quantity of unauthorized
weapons" left in the wake of the fighting between ethnic
Albanians and Serbs. The executive decision, signed in the Kosovo
capital of Pristina today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan's
Deputy Special Representative for Police and Justice,
Jean-Christian Cady, will allow Kosovans to surrender all
weapons without fear of prosecution. Persons found in
possession of illegal weapons after the amnesty deadline will
be liable to prosecution and imprisonment of up to eight years
or a fine of up to 7,500 (euros). "This weapons amnesty
programme is part of our continued efforts at taking out of
circulation the huge quantity of unauthorized weapons in Kosovo,"
Mr. Cady said. "The danger of having illegal weapons at homes
is their potential for converting an ordinary domestic or
neighbourhood dispute into a tragic saga of violence and death."
The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the
international security force (KFOR) will designate at least one
stationary weapons collection point in each of the five regions
in Kosovo. There will also be mobile weapons collection units
that travel to specific locations. The last such amnesty took
place in March 2002.
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