Press Releases

PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the Secretary General to Kosovo, Mr. Michael Steiner and the Chief of Staff of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), Mr. Gordon Bacon are pleased to announce the first DNA-led identifications in Kosovo. This is the result of a joint effort…

UNMIK/PR/827 Pristina - In response to questions concerning today’s meeting between Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic and SRSG Michael Steiner, UNMIK wishes to clarify that SRSG Michael Steiner did not discuss decentralization during the meeting. What he actually stated was that he was, of…

UNMIK/PR/826 Pristina - A thorough assessment conducted by the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) and the UNMIK Police Missing Persons Unit has determined that there is no mass grave near the “Balkan” factory in Suva Reka. The assessment team, led by an OMPF forensic archaeologist…

UNMIK/PR/823 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner today signed two important Administrative Directions ‘On Disconnection of Electricity Service’ and ‘On the Payment of Electricity Debts’. The Administrative Direction ‘On Disconnection’ empowers KEK to cut electricity supply to customers for non-payment…

UNMIK/PR/822 PRISTINA - A thorough investigation conducted by a team of 17 UNMIK personnel, including 3 forensic experts from the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, has concluded that Serbian media reports that a cemetery in Orahovac/Rahovac may contain a mass grave of Kosovo Serbs killed…

UNMIK/PR/819 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today paid a visit to Mitrovica, combining political talks with the opportunity to meet with the people of Mitrovica and to listen to their concerns. The SRSG met with the Vice-President of the Municipal Assembly, Mustafa Pllana, to discuss the upcoming…

UNMIK/PR/820 SRSG Michael Steiner said today that he was delighted at how well the elections in Macedonia had been conducted and that he had sent a letter warmly congratulating Mr. Crvenkovski on his victory. [Letter attached by fax] In a telephone call to President Trajkovski, Mr. Steiner said he…

UNMIK/PR/818 Issued on behalf of The Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan: A year has passed since the terrorist attacks on the United States. A year has passed – and yet time cannot separate us from the horror of that day, from our shock, our grief, our compassion for the children…

UNMIK/PR/817 Ambassador Harnish, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of all the members of UNMIK, I wish to convey my deep condolences on this, the first anniversary of the infamous terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. In murdering innocent people from all over the world, the terrorists were…

UNMIK/PR/816 PRISTINA – On September 9 and 10 SRSG Michael Steiner traveled to Tirana for meetings with Prime Minister Fatos Nano, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama. The meetings yielded two agreements, one a Memorandum of Understanding on Police…