Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1654 PRISTINA – UNMIK has been informed that, following a one month initial extension of their tour of duty, 75 officers of the Romanian FPU have left the mission area as of 21 March 2007. UNMIK regrets that the Romanian authorities did not agree with the request of UN Headquarters that 11…

UNMIK/PR/1653 - UNMIK Countdown #15 PRISTINA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has made great strides in the area of prosecuting serious crime, including cases of corruption, terrorism, war crimes and March 2004 riots cases. The DOJ has also continued the transition of responsibilities to local…

UNMIK/PR/1652 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, in a closed session of the UN Security Council today, provided an update on progress in Kosovo. President Fatmir Sejdiu accompanied the SRSG in the Security Council. “The past few months have…

UNMIK/PR/1651 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today said that Kosovo Serbs and other communities will have a good future under the arrangements envisaged in UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari’s proposal. The SRSG was speaking to…

UNMIK/PR/1650 - Countdown #14 PRISTINA – From the very beginning the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK's Institution Building Pillar, has been involved in the election process. The first in these steps was setting up the Central Election Commission (CEC) in 2000. The body is charged with developing the…

UNMIK/PR/1648 - Countdown #13 PRISTINA - Dozens of outreach activities like Town Hall meetings, cluster and youth meetings, public gatherings and round table discussions have been organized and facilitated by the UNMIK Multi-Ethnicity and Outreach Unit as part of the Office of the Strategy…

UNMIK/PR/1647 PRISTINA – Mr. Richard Monk of the United Kingdom assumed duties as UNMIK Police Commissioner in Pristina yesterday, following his appointment to the post by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He replaces Mr. Stephen J. Curtis, who left the mission last month. During 2002 to 2006, Mr…

UNMIK/PR/1646 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, accompanied by Prime Minister Agim Çeku, today attended the meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) being held in Zagreb, Croatia…

UNMIK/PR/1645 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker discussed citizens’ concerns about decentralization, new municipalities and other status-related issues at a packed town hall meeting today in Viti/Vitina municipality. The SRSG appeared on a…

UNMIK/PR/1644 - UNMIK Countdown #12 PRISTINA – Kosovo is a land of rich cultural diversity and one of the priorities facing UNMIK since its inception has been to ensure the rehabilitation and protection of this important heritage for generations to come. UNMIK has been actively working with the…