Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/389 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today opened the Pristina Resource Centre on Detainees and Missing Persons, an effort led by UNMIK with the participation of the OSCE and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The…

UNMIK/PR/388 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner has urged governments where Kosovo Albanian refugees are based to stop forced and induced returns until the spring because of lack of adequate accommodation in Kosovo. This…

UNMIK/PR/387 PRISTINA—The Kosovo Transitional Council today had an exhaustive discussion on the changes in Belgrade and their impact on Kosovo. While welcoming these changes, the Kosovo Albanian members strongly urged a…

UNMIK/PR/385 Top officials in the Department of Civil Security and Emergency Preparedness, KFOR and the Kosovo Protection Corps joined in condemning the attack which took place Monday against an official whose job was to help…

UNMIK/PR/386 PRISTINA---The Interim Administration Council today agreed to hold an extraordinary session on Friday to discuss the recent changes in the presidency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Recently the IAC agreed…

UNMIK/PR/384 PRISTINA--SRSG Bernard Kouchner told a crowd of people gathered in the Sport Hall in Pec/Peja city that the changes in Belgrade should be seen as democracy coming from the ballot. “That is the voice of the people…

UNMIK/PR/383 I welcome with great joy and relief the news of changes in Belgrade. The people of Serbia have spoken. They have made a clear choice. They're asking for democratic rule, and the world should respect their…

UNMIK/PR/382 Pristina--SRSG Bernard Kouchner announced in Podujevo yesterday that UNMIK has established a Bureau for Detained and Missing Persons, which will open on 12 October. The Bureau will work closely with the Interim…

UNMIK/PR/381 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today strongly distanced himself from the remarks made by Jiri Dienstbier, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human rights on the situation of Human Rights in Bosnia and…

UNMIK/PR/380 PRISTINA---The Working Group on Education of the Kosovo Transitional Council today gave a report to the KTC about its activities and the working of the education system in Kosovo. The head of the working group…