Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1222 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen called today on Serbian political leaders to encourage Kosovo Serbs to take part in Kosovo’s October general election. Failure to make their participation possible would be a disservice to the Kosovo Serb community and could leave them outside…

UNMIK/PR/1221 PRISTINA – The SRSG, Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, calls for action in an appeal to all individuals and organisations on the International Day of the Disappeared. He strongly urges all concerned with missing persons’ issues, as well as civil society and the international community, to…

UNMIK/PR/1220 Pristina – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi promised today to continue working to find permanent homes for displaced Ashkali, Roma and Serbs living in Plementina camp. “We have seen things that both the prime minister, myself, all of us here, are very…

UNMIK/PR/1219 Pristina – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi today appealed to the people of Kosovo to not let violence happen again. Together they visited the village of Svinjare/Frasher in Mitrovica municipality, where rioters burned down and looted Serbian houses in March…

UNMIK/PR/1218 Pristina – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi encouraged displaced Serbs to return to Kosovo, and called for local leaders and the public to actively support efforts to rebuild confidence of all communities during their joint visit to Prizren today. Following…

UNMIK/PR/1216 PRISTINA - today Mr. Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, and Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, UNMIK Special Representative of the Secretary-General, signed two agreements between UNMIK and the Council of Europe. The agreements provide for arrangements for monitoring…

UNMIK/PR/1213 PRISTINA – In a significant step towards capacity building in penal management, on 4 August 2004 the first group of four Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) Deputy Directors were selected for the post of Prison Director. Three others were selected for the post of Principal Deputy…

UNMIK/PR/1212 PRISTINA – On 2 August 2004, the ASRSG received the report of the independent expert team commissioned by the Office of the Auditor-General to review the procedure followed by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in the tender…

UNMIK/PR/1211 PRISTINA – Of the €10.5 million allocated in the 2004 Kosovo Consolidated Budget for returns, 60% has so far already been committed or set aside for returns programmes. Within the returns allocation from the Kosovo budget, UNDP manages the Government Assistance to Returns (GAR) project…

UNMIK/PR/1210 PRISTINA – A special three-member Panel acting under section 9.1.41 of the Constitutional Framework unanimously reached a Decision on 23 July 2004 on the Law on Road Transport. Pursuant to section 9.1.39 of the Constitutional Framework, members of the Coalition Return submitted a…