Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1582 PRISTINA – UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Stephen J. Curtis of the United Kingdom as UNMIK Police Commissioner. Mr. Curtis replaces Kai Vittrup, who recently left the mission. Mr. Curtis has been serving with UNMIK since July of this year as Deputy Commissioner with…

UNMIK/PR/1580 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG), Steven Schook, today visited Peja/Pec where he met the municipal leadership including the Municipal Assembly President, Mr. Ali Lajçi, and the Deputy President Mr. Smajl Shala. Addressing…

UNMIK/PR/1577 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today welcomed the commencement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of specialized medical treatment for lead toxicity for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the Roma-Ashkali-Egyptian…

UNMIK/PR/1576 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steven Schook today visited Janjevë/Janjevo, a small town in Lipjan/Lipljan Municipality of Central Kosovo where Kosovo Croats and Kosovo Albanians are living together. The ASRSG was accompanied by…

UNMIK/PR/1575 PRISTINA – UNMIK Director of Civil Administration Patricia Waring and Kosovo Minister of Transport and Communications Qemajl Ahmeti today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) governing the transfer of UNMIK’s competency to provide humanitarian transportation for the minorities in…

UNMIK/PR/1574 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steven Schook, on the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, today called upon all concerned to join together in efforts to determine the fate of persons still missing from the…

UNMIK/PR/1573 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steve Schook strongly condemned the grenade attack of Saturday night in North Mitrovica in which 9 civilian were injured when an explosive device was thrown at a local café bar. “I am outraged and…

UNMIK/PR/1570 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG), Steven Schook, today visited Peja/Pec where he had meetings with the municipal leadership including the Municipal Assembly President, Mr. Ali Lajçi, the Deputy President Mr. Smajl Shala…