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No bank deal approved by UNMIK
UNMIK/PR/16 PRISTINA – Reports from Belgrade that a Yugoslav bank has signed an agreement with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo are false. A news wire report on 21 July claimed that the company, Komercijalna Banka, had signed a deal to provide banking services in Kosovo…
UNMIK appoints nine new judges
UNMIK/PR/18 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, today named nine new judges to the Pristina District and Municipal courts. Today’s appointments bring to 28 the number of justice officials in the new, independent and multi-ethnic judiciary…
UNMIK condemns killings in Lipljan
UNMIK/PR/15 Statement by Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
Kosova Police Service
UNMIK/PR/14 PRISTINA – The United Nations International Police are recruiting candidates for the new Kosovo Police Service. The police service will work initially under the guidance of the UNMIK International Police and will be trained in the highest standards of police work to provide safety and…
UNMIK convenes first meeting of Kosovo Transitional Council
Recruitment of new Kosovo Police Service launched; Confidence-building measures agreed UNMIK/PR/12 Pristina - The newly-formed Kosovo Transitional Council met for the first time today under United Nations auspices, marking a critical first step towards development of self-government in Kosovo. The…
Press Advisory - Special Events (15 July 1999)
UNMIK/PR/10 11:45 A.M. PRESS BRIEFING by the EUROPEAN UNION TASK FORCE KFOR PRESS CENTER. SPOKESMAN: ROY DICKINSON 12:45 A.M. ARRIVAL of MR. IBRAHIM RUGOVA, UNMIK HQ. (Pool arrangements to be made for opening of meeting with SRSG a.i. Sergio Vieira de Mello) 14:30 P.M. ARRIVAL of SRSG BERNARD…
Kouchner Takes Up Post as UNMIK Head In Pristina
UNMIK/PR/11 PRISTINA- Bernard Kouchner arrived in Kosovo today to take up the post of Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Kouchner, 59, a former Health Minister of France, heads the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), mandated with preparing Kosovo…
UNMIK Appeals for an End to Attacks on Minorities
Statement by Sergio Vieira de Mello, UNMIK SRSG a.i. on behalf of the United Nations and all components of UNMIK – the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and the European Union (EU). UNMIK/PR/9 Pristina - My…