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PRISTINA - UNMIK welcomes the agreement reached on 30 April by which the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will facilitate voting in Kosovo for the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential…
3 May 2012 - Freedom of expression is one of our most precious rights. It underpins every other freedom and provides a foundation for human dignity. Free, pluralistic and independent media is essential for its exercise. This…
GENEVA (5 April 2012) – “The time for action is now,” said a group of seven United Nations human rights experts on International Roma Day*. “We should not accept yet another lost generation of Roma girls and boys whose only…
Transcript of SRSG interview with AP Friday 23 March 2012 The letter asked UNMIK to organize local elections in Kosovo in conformity with Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council. In my reply to the Serbian…
Gender equality and the empowerment of women are gaining ground worldwide. There are more women Heads of State or Government than ever, and the highest proportion of women serving as Government ministers. Women are exercising…
UNMIK staff collecting plastic bottle caps to change lives The collection of 250 kg of recycled plastic bottle caps means a wheelchair for a disabled person in Kosovo. That may seem like a lot of caps, but the collection of…
Human Rights Council to hold nineteenth regular session from 27 February to 23 March Council Will Start with High-level Segment and Will Hold Panels on Human Rights and Sport, Freedom of Expression on the Internet, Rights of…
The resumption of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has led to the easing of tensions on the ground, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, cautioning, however, that other significant political…
With the UNMIK App, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo offers subscribers all the latest news reported by the local media in Kosovo and activities of the mission at the touch of a finger. You may wonder, how does UNMIK…
Ban Ki-moon has begun his second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations by pledging to harness “the strong power of partnerships” to respond to the planet’s biggest challenges, such as tackling climate change…
Human rights belong to every one of us without exception. But unless we know them, unless we demand they be respected, and unless we defend our right -- and the right of others -- to exercise them, they will be just words in…