Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1308 First of all, sincere apologies from the SRSG that he was not able to attend this dialogue – he has regrettably had to change his plans at the last minute due to unforeseen surgery on a close family member. On his behalf, I would like to give you a brief idea not only of where we are…

UNMIK/PR/1307 PRISTINA – The PDSRSG Larry Rossin signed and promulgated last Friday UNMIK Regulation No. 2005/2 on the Establishment of the Independent Commission for Mines and Minerals and Regulation No.2005/3 on Mines and Minerals in Kosovo. A draft mining law, which had been prepared jointly by…

UNMIK/PR/1316 Pristina - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this afternoon [Kosovo time] presented the Secretary-General’s quarterly report on Kosovo to the Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York. This is the text of his statement. “Mr. President, The three months since my last report to the…

UNMIK/PR/1306 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen met Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO in Paris this afternoon. They discussed co-operation between UNMIK and UNESCO, the future donors’ conference, and protection of cultural heritage in Kosovo. The SRSG briefed the Director General on…

UNMIK/PR/1305 PRISTINA –SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today said that UNMIK, in continuing consultation with the PISG, is working on ways to help those who are true humanitarian or social cases and so cannot pay their electricity bills. This follows the SRSG’s meeting yesterday afternoon with KEK…

UNMIK/PR/1304 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today issued the following message on the occasion of the holiday of Kurban Bajram: “On behalf of everyone in UNMIK I would like to offer my warmest congratulations on the holiday of Kurban Bajram. Earlier today I had the opportunity of personally…

UNMIK/PR/1303 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and KFOR Commander Lt. Gen. Yves de Kermabon co chaired the bi-monthly meeting of Kosovo Protection Corps Development Group (KPCDG) today at UNMIK HQ. KPC Commander Lt. Gen. Agim Çeku, representatives of the Quint, as well as other members of UNMIK…

UNMIK/PR/1301 PRISTINA – UNMIK and the PISG began the drafting of a report under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. This follows from the Technical Agreement signed last summer between the SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe…

UNMIK/PR/1302 PRISTINA – The SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen met Serbian President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica this morning during his one-day visit to Belgrade. The SRSG briefed the President and the Prime Minister on the progress being made on the decentralisation issue and…

UNMIK/PR/1294 It is my pleasure tonight to congratulate you on the New Year. I hope that this New Year finds all of you well, in good health and in good spirits. I have only spent part of 2004 with you, after coming to Kosovo in August. But I want to thank all the people of Kosovo that I have met…