Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1652 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, in a closed session of the UN Security Council today, provided an update on progress in Kosovo. President Fatmir Sejdiu accompanied the SRSG in the Security Council. “The past few months have…

UNMIK/PR/1651 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today said that Kosovo Serbs and other communities will have a good future under the arrangements envisaged in UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari’s proposal. The SRSG was speaking to…

UNMIK/PR/1650 - Countdown #14 PRISTINA – From the very beginning the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK's Institution Building Pillar, has been involved in the election process. The first in these steps was setting up the Central Election Commission (CEC) in 2000. The body is charged with developing the…

UNMIK/PR/1648 - Countdown #13 PRISTINA - Dozens of outreach activities like Town Hall meetings, cluster and youth meetings, public gatherings and round table discussions have been organized and facilitated by the UNMIK Multi-Ethnicity and Outreach Unit as part of the Office of the Strategy…

UNMIK/PR/1647 PRISTINA – Mr. Richard Monk of the United Kingdom assumed duties as UNMIK Police Commissioner in Pristina yesterday, following his appointment to the post by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He replaces Mr. Stephen J. Curtis, who left the mission last month. During 2002 to 2006, Mr…

UNMIK/PR/1646 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, accompanied by Prime Minister Agim Çeku, today attended the meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) being held in Zagreb, Croatia…

UNMIK/PR/1645 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker discussed citizens’ concerns about decentralization, new municipalities and other status-related issues at a packed town hall meeting today in Viti/Vitina municipality. The SRSG appeared on a…

UNMIK/PR/1644 - UNMIK Countdown #12 PRISTINA – Kosovo is a land of rich cultural diversity and one of the priorities facing UNMIK since its inception has been to ensure the rehabilitation and protection of this important heritage for generations to come. UNMIK has been actively working with the…

UNMIK/PR/1643 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today addressed a townhall meeting in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality. The SRSG was accompanied by Prime Minister Agim Çeku, Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipal Assembly President Xhemajl Hyseni and…

UNMIK/PR/1631 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker visited Obiliq/Obilić municipality and praised efforts by the local authorities to improve relations between all communities. After meeting Municipal Assembly President Ismet Hashani and other…