Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1494 PRISTINA – The UN Secretary General has appointed Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin as the PDSRSG for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen, addressing the media at…

UNMIK/PR/1493 PRISTINA – The management of the Lipjan/Lipljan Prison was handed over by UNMIK’s Penal Management Division to the Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) today. The hand over ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (DSRSG) for…

UNMIK/PR/1491 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin today met with Dr. Marc Danzon, the Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organisation (WHO), accompanied by his senior advisors. The focus of their discussion was…

UNMIK/PR/1490 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin today promulgated, on behalf of the SRSG, a Regulation that provides a legislative basis for the allocation of Socially Owned Enterprise (SOE) land assets to municipalities…

UNMIK/PR/1489 PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today addressed the UN Security Council meeting in New York. Following is the text of his address: Mr President, May I begin by thanking you, Mr President, and the Council as a whole…

UNMIK/PR/1488 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin and the Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Barbro Holmberg, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on issues relating to repatriation of refugees and failed…

UNMIK/PR/1487 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today issued the following statement on the election by the Assembly of Kosovo of Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu as President of Kosovo: “I congratulate Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu on his election as President of Kosovo and on the very strong support he received from the…

UNMIK/PR/1486 PRISTINA – UNMIK, WHO and UNICEF once again urge the Roma, Ashkaeli and Egyptian (RAE) IDPs to vacate the lead polluted camps in northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and Zvečan/Zveçan and move their families to the safer environment offered by UNMIK at Osterode Camp. This is an emergency…

UNMIK/PR/1484 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen issued the following statement upon being formally informed by the LDK Presidency of their nomination of Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu as candidate for the President of Kosovo: "I have just been informed formally by Mr. Kole Berisha and Dr. Naim Jerliu that…

UNMIK/PR/1483 PRISTINA – The Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) now has a Kosovan Commissioner, Xhevat Mexhuani, who was appointed yesterday by the Penal Management Division (PMD) of the Department of Justice. KCS Commissioner Mexhuani joined the Kosovo Correctional Service in June 2000 and performed…