Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/292 Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, issued the following statement today, following a drive-by shooting late this morning of a Serbian cleric accompanied by two relatives and a child (who was not injured) near Klokot village in the municipality of Vitina…

UNMIK/PR/291 The Kosovo Transitional Council today discussed the 29 June joint Memorandum of Understanding between UNMIK and the Serb community. They were also briefed on the security situation as well as the Kosovo Public Reconstruction Investment Program. UNMIK Police Deputy Commissioner Michael…

UNMIK/PR/290 After several weeks of discussions, the Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation on the structure and functions of municipal administrations throughout Kosovo. There are 30 municipalities in Kosovo, which the regulation, if approved by the United Nations in New…

UNMIK/PR/289 SRSG Bernard Kouchner has named Marek Antoni Nowicki as Ombudsperson for Kosovo, whose job will be to investigate and mediate complaints from individuals, groups and organizations about possible abuses of power by international and local authorities. Mr. Nowicki, 47, is a Polish lawyer…

UNMIK/PR/287 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council today continued discussing the draft regulation on Self-Government of Municipalities in Kosovo, especially the issues related to the community offices. In this context, the Joint UNMIK-SNC Understanding also came up for discussion, during…

UNMIK/PR/286 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner and COMKFOR Lieutenant General Juan Ortuno, today witnessed a live mine disposal demonstration in Germia in Pristina, organised by the Mine Action Co-ordination Centre (MACC) and KFOR. MACC and KFOR demonstrated several types of techniques of disposing…

UNMIK/PR/285 PRISTINA---The Administrative Department of Sports announced today that the swimming pool in Germia is closed to public by municipal order. They appealed to the public not to use the pool yet because there are still active chemicals in the pool which are hazardous to health and no life…

UNMIK/PR/284 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today once again sought to allay the fears of Kosovo Albanian members of the Kosovo Transitional Council about the Joint UNMIK-SNC Understanding by reiterating that the measures proposed in the understanding would not lead to cantonization of Kosovo. Dr…

UNMIK/PR/283 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today stressed that the Joint UNMIKSNC Understanding was not a formal agreement per se but simply what it was called, an understanding and its measures were temporary in nature, which would be reflected in the proposed regulation on Self-Government of…

UNMIK/PR/282 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner and Serb National Council (SNC) leader Bishop Artemije today signed the Joint UNMIK-SNC Understanding on the participation of Serb representatives in the JIAS institutions. The understanding, the result of ongoing discussions between UNMIK and the SNC…