Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/243 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today expressed his outrage at and condemnation of the “shocking” murder of Petar Topoljski, an UNMIK staff member of Serbian ethnicity, and said that this was a terrible blow to the family and friends of Mr. Topoljski as well as all the UNMIK staff…

UNMIK/PR/242 PRISTINA---UNMIK has sought to create an unbiased, independent and multi-ethnic judicial system. This has been a challenging task. It was faced with a judiciary that was 10 years out of practice because it had been prevented from practising and which needed to be rebuilt with new ideas…

UNMIK/PR/241 SRSG Bernard Kouchner issued the following statement this evening: "This evening I received the shocking and appalling news that one of our UNMIK staff members, a young man of Serbian ethnicity, has been murdered. "Petar Topoljski was 25 years old. He worked for the UNMIK Pristina…

UNMIK/PR/240 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today inaugurated the Victims Recovery and Identification Commission, which is to be the key organization charged with identifying missing persons who died during the recent conflict and in earlier and more recent civil unrest in Kosovo. The 10-member…

UNMIK/PR/239 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today inaugurated the Instrument Landing System (ILS), other navigational equipment and new ground lighting facilities at Pristina’s Slatina Airport. The British Department of International Development (DFID) donated the equipment, valued at nearly nine…

UNMIK/PR/238 The Kosovo Transitional Council today adopted the following statement: “The Kosovo Transitional Council demands of the authorities of the FRY the unconditional handover to the UNMIK authorities of all Kosovo Albanians and member of other Kosovo communities held in Serbian prisons and…

UNMIK/PR/237 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council today discussed and endorsed a regulation on the establishment of the Victim Recovery and Identification Commission. The Victim Recovery and Identification Commission, which will be inaugurated on Thursday, 11 May, will play a key role in…

UNMIK/PR/236 Following today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Bernard Kouchner issued the following statement regarding yesterday's murder of Prizren community leader Ekrem Rexha. "The cold-blooded murder of Ekrem Rexha is a tragedy for Prizren and for all of Kosovo. "Mr. Rexha…

UNMIK/PR/235 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council about the visit of the Security Council delegation and the report it submitted to the Security Council in New York. He said that the delegation’s report reflects the major issues that the KTC and the Interim…

UNMIK/PR/234 PRISTINA--An agreement establishing a Joint Committee on Returns which will explore the ways and means for the safe and sustainable returns of Kosovo Serb displaced persons to their homes was signed yesterday afternoon in Gracanica, between UNMIK SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner, Serb National…