Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/417 PRISTINA---UNMIK officials met today in Pristina with the Head and one expert of the FRY Presidential Office for Refugees, IDP's, and Missing Persons, accompanied by a co-Minister from the Serbian Ministry of Justice, to seek concrete steps toward resolution of issues concerning…

UNMIK/PR/416 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today had a detailed discussion on the issue of the Kosovo Albanian prisoners in the Serbian jails and the protests being held in Kosovo seeking their release. The KTC members expressed satisfaction that the demonstrations had been…

UNMIK/PR/415 Pristina--The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today issued the following statement: “The Kosovo Transitional Council expresses its deep sorrow at the continued detention of Kosovo prisoners illegally detained in Serbian jails. “The KTC calls upon the Belgrade authorities, as well as…

UNMIK/PR/414 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner, who is in New York to address the UN Security Council this week, has said that he shares the sorrow of the families of the detained and the missing Kosovars, who are presently demonstrating throughout Kosovo. He said he has already raised the issue…

UNMIK/PR/413 Kosovo's first democratically elected Municipal Assemblies were sworn in today in simultaneous ceremonies held in more than two dozen municipalities. Dr. Kouchner conducted the swearing-in ceremony in the municipality of Pristina, where he told the Assembly--which is to number 60 men…

UNMIK/PR/411 In UNMIK Press Release # 399, dated 26 October, 2000, an error occurred in reference to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The press release, entitled "Anthony Welch Named Mitrovica Regional Administrator," referred incorrectly to the country in which Mr. Welch served as DIFID…

UNMIK/PR/410 The news of the cold-blooded murder of four Ashkali men who had just returned to their home village of Dosevac/Dashevc, which they had fled during the war, is shocking and beyond comprehension. Whoever murdered these men, less than 48 hours after their return home, intended to destroy…

UNMIK/PR/409 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner today appointed international judge Antti Ruotsalainen to the Kosovo Supreme Court, Pristina. Judge Ruostsalainen was sworn-in at a ceremony this afternoon. He is the first international judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Judge Ruostsalainen…

UNMIK/PR/408 PRISTINA—SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner today informed the Kosovo Transitional Council that he and others in UNMIK were in touch with the authorities in FRY and other countries to ensure the well being of the Kosovo Albanian detainees in the Serbian prisons. From the last reports available…

UNMIK/PR/407 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) issued the following statement today: “The Kosovo Transitional Council discussed the situation of unrest in several detention facilities in Serbia, including in Nis. “The members of the KTC welcomed the statements made by SRSG and the…