Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/496 I am outraged by the attack which was carried out this morning against a convoy of buses carrying Kosovo Serbs. At least seven Kosovo Serbs were killed, another ten were seriously wounded and dozens more were…

UNMIK/PR/497 PRISTINA---Secretary General Kofi Annan has appointed Gary Matthews as the new Principal Deputy to the Special Representative to the Secretary General. He will begin working on 20 February. He replaces former…

UNMIK/PR/494 UNMIK today offered people who have spent money on the refurbishment of the Germia building in Pristina partial reimbursement for their investment. The people involved are asked to submit invoices to be…

UNMIK/PR/490 At today’s meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Hans Haekkerup introduced a draft regulation which would increase penalties for possession of illegal weapons. The SRSG asked the IAC membership to…

UNMIK/PR/492 United Nations, New York – For the elections in Kosovo to take place this year, decisions on the key elements of the institutional framework must be completed by April, the Security Council was told yesterday…

UNMIK/PR/489 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council today discussed the situation in Mitrovica and Presevo Valley, with many members expressing support for the Joint Declaration signed between UNMIK, KFOR and Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/488 Mrs. Leme Xhema will lead PTK as its Director General, beginning on 1 March 2001. She is the first woman in the history of Kosovo to assume this position. The Department of Post and Telecommunications placed an…

UNMIK/PR/485 PRISTINA---At the request of UNMIK, a four person team from WHO has been in Kosovo since 22 January, 2001, assessing any possible health consequences arising from the use of depleted uranium (DU) in the shell…

UNMIK/PR/486 Following a two-hour meeting today in Mitrovica, Kosovo Albanian leaders joined UNMIK SRSG Hans Haekkerup and COMKFOR Gen. Carlo Cabigiosu in a Declaration on Mitrovica, intended to restore calm and build…

UNMIK/PR/484 PRISTINA---SRSG Hans Haekkerup today told the Kosovo Transitional Council that for any strategy to be implemented on Mitrovica the violence, especially against the international community, UNMIK Police and KFOR…