Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1542 PRISTINA – Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Police and Justice (DSRSG) Jean Dussourd, together with the Minister of Justice of the Kosovo Government Jonuz Salihaj, today witnessed the first court day which has been held in the village of Velika Hoca/Hoca e…

UNMIK/PR/1541 PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen and the Prime Minister of Kosovo Agim Çeku today participated in the Ground-breaking ceremony at the Roma Mahala in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica. The ceremony marks the start of the reconstruction of this…

UNMIK/PR/1540 PRISTINA – Today the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Søren Jessen- Petersen issued the following statement on the occasion of Orthodox Easter: “I send greetings to you and your families as you observe Orthodox Easter and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ…

UNMIK/PR/1538 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today urged Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and IDP Associations to participate actively in the on-going returns efforts, which will allow them to influence the outcome of these processes…

UNMIK/PR/1537 PRISTINA –The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen, signed today an Executive Decision authorising the Croatian oil company INA to takeover from UNMIK the possession, control and use of the Snake Fuel Depot. Earlier an Agreement setting out…

UNMIK/PR/1536 PRISTINA – The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Steven P. Schook as Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (PDSRSG) in Kosovo. Mr. Schook will be replacing Lawrence Rossin who left UNMIK earlier this year and is currently serving as the PDSRSG in…

UNMIK/PR/1535 On Thursday Deputy to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Police and Justice, Mr. Jean Dussourd, together with Fatmir Rexhepi Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kosovo Goverment visited a recently opened police sub-station in the village of Bernice e…

UNMIK/PR/1534 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today signed UNMIK Regulation No. 2006/14 promulgating the Law on Radio Television of Kosovo adopted by the Assembly of Kosovo. The Law establishes a comprehensive legal framework…

UNMIK/PR/1533 A primary school for Kosovo Serb students in Lipjan/Lipljan, partly financed by UNMIK, was officially inaugurated today. Speaking on behalf of Special Representative of UN Secretary General (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen, Anil Vasisht, Acting Director of UNMIK Department of Civil…

UNMIK/PR/1532 PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning chaired the third meeting of the Internal Security Sector Review (ISSR) Steering Committee. Among those participating were the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo. The SRSG…