Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/237 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council today discussed and endorsed a regulation on the establishment of the Victim Recovery and Identification Commission. The Victim Recovery and Identification Commission, which will be inaugurated on Thursday, 11 May, will play a key role in…

UNMIK/PR/236 Following today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Bernard Kouchner issued the following statement regarding yesterday's murder of Prizren community leader Ekrem Rexha. "The cold-blooded murder of Ekrem Rexha is a tragedy for Prizren and for all of Kosovo. "Mr. Rexha…

UNMIK/PR/235 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council about the visit of the Security Council delegation and the report it submitted to the Security Council in New York. He said that the delegation’s report reflects the major issues that the KTC and the Interim…

UNMIK/PR/234 PRISTINA--An agreement establishing a Joint Committee on Returns which will explore the ways and means for the safe and sustainable returns of Kosovo Serb displaced persons to their homes was signed yesterday afternoon in Gracanica, between UNMIK SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner, Serb National…

UNMIK/PR/232 PRISTINA-Dr. Bernard Kouchner announced yesterday the formation of a Joint Committee on Returns, which he will head together with Bishop Artemije of the Serb National Council of Gracanica and the KFOR Commander General Joun Ortuno. The committee was formed to encourage the return of…

UNMIK/PR/231 PRISTINA--At a press conference concluding a two-and-a-half day tour of Kosovo, the leader of the delegation of United Nations Security Council members said they would return to New York to tell their colleagues that UNMIK is "doing a wonderful job under very serious constraints," but…

UNMIK/PR/230 PRISTINA-Ambassadors of the eight-member United Nations Security Council mission to Kosovo completed their tour yesterday with visits to Gnjilane and Djakovica in eastern and central Kosovo. The delegation gave a farewell press briefing last evening and departed Kosovo this morning. In…

UNMIK/PR/229 The eight-member United Nations Security Council delegation, on the second day of its mission to Kosovo, today toured the divided city of Mitrovica after a visit to the UNMIK Police Academy in Vucitrn. Later the delegation met with leaders of the Serb National Council in Gracanica…

UNMIK/PR/228 PRISTINA--The delegation of United Nations Security Council which arrived yesterday afternoon in Pristina, today participated in a special joint session of the Kosovo Transitional Council and Interim Administrative Council at the UNMIK Government building. Afterwards, they went to…

UNMIK/PR/227 PRISTINA: The leader of the Security Council delegation, Mr. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, today made a strong appeal to the leaders of the various communities in the Kosovo Transitional Council to shun violence for the sake of Kosovo’s future. He was participating in a special session of…