Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1680 PRISTINA – At a town hall meeting in Prizren, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker praised the Municipality of Prizren for the progress it has made in implementing the Standards, in particular those that promote tolerance and multi…

UNMIK/PR/1678 - UNMIK Countdown #24 PRISTINA – With 57 international security officers from 30 different countries, assisted by 250 local staff, UNMIK Security since 1999 has been able, through information and prevention campaigns, to significantly decrease the number of burglary cases, street…

UNMIK/PR/1677 - UNMIK Countdown #23 PRISTINA – Over the last five years, UNMIK's Institution-Building Pillar, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, has supported the establishment of the Assembly of Kosovo and its continued professional development. Since its inaugural session on 10 December 2001, the OSCE…

UNMIK/PR/1676 PRISTINA – In remarks made today in Zagreb at the 10th Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the South-East European Co-operation Process (SEECP), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker said that the SEECP and the region “have come a…

UNMIK/PR/1675 - UNMIK Countdown #22 PRISTINA – In early 2000, UNMIK helped create the Department of Sports (DoS) in Kosovo. Only one year later, in 2001, a brand new Ministry was established to deal with Culture, Youth, Sports and Non-Resident Affairs (MCYS). One of the immediate objectives of the…

UNMIK/PR/1674 PRISTINA –In a briefing today for the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee in Brussels, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker said that further progress on implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 and the Standards…

UNMIK/PR/1673 - UNMIK Countdown #21 PRISTINA – Training and development of a democratic police service was one the mandates given to OSCE Mission in Kosovo in 1999. With the aim to create a modern police force that would restore confidence in law enforcement and effectively apply community based…

UNMIK/PR/1671 - UNMIK Countdown #20 PRISTINA – The Standards for Kosovo were established in 2002-3 as eight fields or ‘Benchmarks’ seen as priorities for the recently-established Kosovo institutions. The eight fields were functioning democratic institutions, rule of law, freedom of movement…

UNMIK/PR/1670 - UNMIK Countdown #19 PRISTINA - By implementing a Probation Service in Kosovo, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) have proved to be pioneers in the Balkans, providing Kosovo with a modern community-based corrections service which offers “alternative…