Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/170 PRISTINA-The Interim Administrative Council today agreed to create a professional civil service in Kosovo which will remain when the administration is handed over to the people and representatives of Kosovo and…

UNMIK/PR/169 Oliver Ivanovic: It was a hard discussion, more than one hour and now I can say we are exactly at the beginning of some kind of negotiations. We are trying to improve the situation and make the tensions lower and…

UNMIK/PR/168 PRISTINA--The Kosovo Transitional Council today urged the international community, and the United Nations Security Council in particular, to put maximum pressure on Belgrade authorities to release all detainees…

UNMIK/PR/201 Pristina – On Saturday, March 25th, the UNMIK Department of Education & Science will host a UNICEF-sponsored ‘Special Education’ Workshop for local and international educators at the Faculty of Philology…

UNMIK/PR/166 Pristina--The Interim Administrative Council today issued the following statement, which was read to the press by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner, following the IAC's regular…

UNMIK/PR/167 PRISTINA--On the occasion of the start of the first training course for the Kosovo Protection Corps, SRSG Bernard Kouchner reminded the KPC leaders of their responsibilities in building a new Kosovo society. The…

UNMIK/PR/164 PRISTINA--At the close of its regular meeting today, the Interim Administration Council (IAC) issued the following statement: "The IAC urges the political parties to show responsibility and to contribute to…

UNMIK/PR/163 In yesterday's press briefing notes, we incorrectly referred to the title of the new top UNMIK police official in Mitrovica as 'regional commissioner.' Dr. Kouchner has in fact appointed a new police Regional…

UNMIK/PR/162 PRISTINA--The first international prosecutor to be appointed in Mitrovica, Mr. Jan Reint Johannes van Wijland (of the Netherlands) was sworn in this morning at UNMIK headquarters by the Special Representative of…

UNMIK/PR/160 PRISTINA--At its regular meeting today, the Interim Administrative Council discussed pending regulations which are crucial to paving the way to elections in Kosovo later this year. Regulations on the Registration…