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I welcome the publication of the Final Report of the Human Rights Advisory Panel (HRAP), submitted upon the completion of its activities in June 2016, and I express appreciation for the work of the Panel, which has performed…

Today, the 20 th of June, we mark World Refugee Day, as designated by the UN General Assembly from the year 2000 onward, and exactly 65 years since the Convention and Protocols relating to the Status of Refugees were signed…

Mr. President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details the principal events in Kosovo and the region, as well as the activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since…

Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary…

Pristina - The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, takes note of the opinion of the Human Rights Advisory Panel in the complaint of N.M. and Others against UNMIK (no. 26/08). SRSG…

Mr. President, Excellencies, Today is the Council’s first meeting on Kosovo of 2016, and it takes place at a moment of significant developments, not least of which was the factious but successful election of a new President…

Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the women attending the 2016 Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo by urging them to speak up about the challenges that…

UNMIK/PR/1820 PRISTINA - UNMIK is concerned about the violence observed at the protests in Pristina city centre today, during which Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects were thrown at the government building and police…

UNMIK/PR/1819 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, today condemned the shooting incident in village of Gorazhdec/Goraždevac in Pejë/Peć municipality early yesterday.…

PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, today condemned the shooting incident in village of Gorazhdec/Goraždevac in Pejë/Peć municipality early yesterday. “I strongly…