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30 November - The UN Steps Up Assistance in the Aftermath of the Violent Events in Malakal 31 August - United Nations Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Darfur 22 August - The Completion of Community-Driven Disarmament in Akobo 20 August - The Attack on the African Union Mission in Sudan 20 August -…

UNMIK/PR/1625 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker would like to convey the following message for the people of Kosovo on the occasion of the upcoming holiday of Kurban Bajram and the new year: “On behalf of everyone in UNMIK, I would like to…

UNMIK/PR/1624 UNMIK Countdown #6 PRISTINA – UN Volunteers participation in UNMIK dates back to the beginning of the mission in June 1999 when some 200 UN Volunteers supported the mission in humanitarian work, organizing food deliveries, providing medical care and setting up temporary shelter for…

UNMIK/PR/1623 PRISTINA – The new modernised and enlarged Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) was signed today at the South East European summit of Prime Ministers in Bucharest. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, together with Kosovo Minister…

UNMIK/PR/1622 PRISTINA – The UNMIK-PISG Svinjarë/Svinjare Decision Making Board met today in Svinjarë/Svinjare to formally determine whether the task, to repair and reconstruct properties in Svinjarë/Svinjare damaged in March 2004, as outlined by the Contact Group, has been fulfilled. The Board…

UNMIK/PR/1621 PRISTINA – The KPC hosted a Standard 8 Implementation Review Meeting today, in which KPC progress towards implementation of Standard 8 was presented by the KPC Coordinator, Major General Steirn CBE, the KPC Commander, Lieutenant General Selimi, and the KFOR Deputy Commander, Major…

UNMIK/PR/1620 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today addressed the UN Security Council Session on Kosovo. Prime Minister Agim Çeku accompanied the SRSG in the Security Council. The SRSG noted that while the status process has clearly been…

UNMIK/PR/1619 UNMIK Countdown #5 PRISTINA – The Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA) was established on 13 June 2002 and is responsible for the governance and privatisation of Socially-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), which are present in a wide variety of economic sectors in Kosovo. During the 1990s, Kosovo’s…

UNMIK/PR/1618 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today attended the Informal Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) being held in Rijeka, Croatia on 8 - 9 December. “Kosovo is an…