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SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on the Provision of Postal and Telecommunications Services in Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/72 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation giving the Post and Telecommunications Enterprise of Kosovo (PTK) the necessary authority for providing postal and telecommunications services in Kosovo. Under the regulation, the PTK…
SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on Exercising Control over Payments Facilities and Services
UNMIK/PR/74 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation giving UNMIK the authority to utilize and administer the facilities of the Public Payment Service to collect and disburse public funds. The SRSG will appoint a Supervisory Board for…
SRSG Kouchner Visits Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims
UNMIK/PR/75 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, visited the newly opened Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT) today and commended the doctors for their work in helping Kosovars overcome the psychological trauma of the war. “So many people…
Joint UNMIK-KFOR Statement on Proposed Serbian Protection Corps
UNMIK/PR/73 PRISTINA--UNMIK and KFOR can neither support nor condone the formation of a Serbian Protection Corps as announced by representatives of the Serb community in Kosovo yesterday in Gracanica. While we understand fully the fears of the Serbs in terms of security, particularly in light of…
SRSG Congratulates First Graduates of Kosovo Police Service School
UNMIK/PR/70 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the Secretary General, Bernard Kouchner, today presented certificates to the first graduating class of the Kosovo Police Service School. “This is indeed a historic day for Kosovo, and for the graduates and their families. The KPS School is the first…
Memorial Speech of Special Representative of the Secretary General Bernard Kouchner on the Occasion of the Death of UNMIK Staff Member Mr. Valentine Krumov
UNMIK/PR/68 PRISTINA – Today is a sad day for the United Nations and its mission members serving across the globe. Today we share grief for a fallen colleague -- the untimely death of Mr. Valentine Krumov, who was brutally murdered on 11 October, the same day he arrived in Pristina to join our team…
Inauguration of Commercial Flights at Pristina Airport
UNMIK/PR/69 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, today opened Pristina Airport to commercial air traffic. The first commercial airplane to arrive at Pristina airport in the early afternoon was an A320 airbus from Adria Airways from Ljubljana, Slovenia…
Secretary-General completes visit to Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/67 PRISTINA-United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan completed a two-day visit to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo today, remarking on the encouraging signs of rebuilding, and re-affirming his support for a democratic and multi-ethnic Kosovo. In a press…
SRSG Kouchner Condemns Murder of UNMIK Staff Member
UNMIK/PR/66 PRISTINA—The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, expresses his outrage and strong condemnation of the murder of an UNMIK international staff member in Pristina last night. “It was a disgusting and cowardly act carried out in a…
United Nations Secretary-General visits Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/65 PRISTINA—United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrives here on 13 October 1999 for his first visit to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. Secretary-General Annan will meet with Kosovo political parties, the heads of UNMIK and its four “pillars,” KFOR commanders, United Nations…