Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1768 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the 11 th of October 2011 announced the appointment of Farid Zarif of Afghanistan as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim…

UNMIK/PR/1767 Today, Acting SRSG Farid Zarif, Deputy SRSG Robert E.Sorenson and an UNMIK delegation visited Gate 1. Mr. Zarif met with the KFOR and EULEX Police commanders at the Gate, with the protestors assembled at the…

UNMIK/PR/1766 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo Mr. Farid Zarif issued the following message on the occasion of Ramazan Bajram (Eid-al-Fitr): “On behalf of UNMIK, I would like to…

UNMIK/PR/1765 PRISTINA – Mr Farid Zarif arrived in Kosovo on Tuesday to take up the leadership of UNMIK in his new role as the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Mr Zarif has an extensive field experience…

UNMIK/PR/1764 PRISTINA - Robert Sorenson, UNMIK Officer in Charge, expresses his deep concern for the ongoing situation in northern Kosovo and calls upon all parties to refrain from any action which could further exacerbate…

UNMIK/PR/1763 PRISTINA- As of 1 July 2011, Mr. Robert E. Sorenson has been designated Officer-in-Charge of UNMIK by UN Headquarters in New York. The decision was made following the departure of Mr. Lamberto Zannier. Mr…

UNMIK/PR/1762 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK Lamberto Zannier, announced today that he will be taking up the post of Secretary-General of the Organization for…

UNMIK/PR/1761 “As we mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we pay tribute to the more than 120,000 military, police and civilians serving worldwide under the blue flag, including in Kosovo, and remember…

UNMIK/PR/1760 The new version of UNMIK's website is now online: http://www.unmikonline.org The revamp of the website serves two key purposes. First, to improve user experience, the site has been re-organised to better address…

UNMIK/PR/547 PRISTINA---The Organizing Committee of the Pristina International Marathon, to be held on 8th April, wishes to announce that the route of the marathon has been changed due to security considerations. The marathon…