Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/184 In its first mission assigned with forming a shared administration, the United Nations has a unique opportunity in Kosovo to promote the participation of women in governance. UNMIK's Office of Gender Affairs, working closely with the Democratization unit of the OSCE, and with UNIFEM…

UNMIK/PR/183 Yesterday in Skopje, Mr. Joly Dixon, UNMIK's Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Mr. Kadievski, the Minister of Urban Planning and Construction of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, signed an Agreement on a joint programme of enhanced cross-border…

UNMIK/PR/182 At today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, regulations on a Central Election Commission and Political Party Registration were endorsed. The regulations will be signed once screened by UN legal officers in New York. The IAC also discussed the security situation in…

UNMIK/PR/181 PRISTINA - UNMIK will establish a waiting area for freight trucks from Kosovo on their way to the Blace border crossing with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. By keeping a large number of trucks off the main road, traffic as well as safety in the area of the Blace border…

UNMIK/PR/180 NEW YORK--Briefing a private meeting of the Security Council yesterday, the head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, said the UN work in Kosovo lacked clear political objectives and sufficient resources. "At the present time, the Serbs from Kosovo need…

UNMIK/PR/179 UNMIK and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in collaboration with the UNMIK Office of Gender Affairs and with the Kosovo and international community will commemorate International Women's Day in Kosovo on Wednesday 8 March with activities related to this year's…

UNMIK/PR/178 The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed draft regulations on the departments of Justice and Public Services. Once signed by the SRSG, the departments will become officially operational. The IAC also discussed in detail two draft regulations dealing with preparations for the…

UNMIK/PR/177 Beginning 7 March, all businesses in Kosovo must file for provisional registration with UNMIK in the municipality in which they are operating. The registration will go on over the next two to three months, and full instructions will be available in the municipality buildings around…

UNMIK/PR/176 Today Professor Michael Daxner takes up his duties as the International Administrator for the Pristina University system, consisting of seven campuses and some 1,500 faculty and administrators. The idea of an international administrator to help strengthen the university system structure…

UNMIK/PR/175 Pristina - On 27 February, more than 50 recruits took part in a graduation ceremony marking their successful completion of a rigorous, two-week training program required to become a customs officer for UNMIK. The graduates bring the total number of professionals in the Customs Service…