Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1450 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today attended the “Standards-Status-Europe” townhall meeting in Klinë/Klina alongside Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi and EC Representative Giorgio Mamberto. As Kosovo moves into a new phase of its history with the beginning of the status process…

UNMIK/PR/1449 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning addressed a conference of the ‘Forum of Bosniaks of Kosovo’. Following is the text of his address: Prime Minister, Minister Idrizi, Members of Parliament, Mrs. Vllasi, President [of the Forum of Bosniaks of Kosovo] Dzogovic, ladies and…

UNMIK/PR/1448 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this afternoon chaired the second meeting of the Internal Security Sector Review (ISSR) Steering Committee at UNMIK Headquarters. The SRSG said Steering Committee members have the significant opportunity to direct and monitor the process leading to…

UNMIK/PR/1447 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen yesterday afternoon called for continued donor support for mine action in Kosovo. The SRSG was addressing a presentation on the current mine situation in Kosovo organised by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Management Section of UNMIK’s Office of…

UNMIK/PR/1446 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today met with representatives of Kosovo minorities communities and briefed them on the upcoming visit of the Secretary-General’s status envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, on status talks preparations and the process. The SRSG stressed that active…

UNMIK/PR/1445 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen has taken note of the resolution passed today by the Assembly of Kosovo providing a mandate to the Delegation of Kosovo as the basis for its platform for the upcoming status talks. As such, “the Assembly has appropriately assumed its responsibility…

UNMIK/PR/1444 PRISTINA – Today, SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi have established the Joint UNMIK-PISG Task Force on Electricity Supply, Billing and Revenue Collection. The Joint Task Force will be responsible for a coordinated implementation of the support to revenue…

UNMIK/PR/1443 PRISTINA – As part of efforts to foster open debate on the issue of missing persons, UNMIK’s Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is launching a participatory theatre project tomorrow. The project, in collaboration with the Centre for Children’s Theatre Development, will…

UNMIK/PR/1441 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this afternoon met Kosovo Serb representatives at UNMIK headquarters. SLKM representatives Goran Bogdanovic, Randjel Nojkic, Dragisa Krstovic, Snezana Milic, Vesna Jovanovic and Sladjan Ilic attended the meeting. The SRSG briefed them on the latest…

UNMIK/PR/1440 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today hosted a meeting of the Team of Unity at his residence. Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi, Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, PDK leader Hashim Thaçi, ORA leader Veton Surroi, and Team Co-ordinator Blerim Shala attended the meeting. COMKFOR Lieutenant…