Report of the World Health Organization Depleted Uranium Mission to Kosovo: 22 to 31 January 2001

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (‎WHO)‎ received a request for assistance from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (‎UNMIK)‎. The request appealed to WHO ‘to send public health experts to assist in monitoring any possible health consequences of the use of depleted uranium among the civilian population.’ In the time available, the assembled mission endeavoured to be as comprehensive as possible in its assessment of health issues relevant to Kosovo.