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First Meeting of Economic Policy Advisory Board
UNMIK/PR/42 Pristina – The Kosovo Economic Policy Advisory Board held its first meeting yesterday afternoon, chaired by Ajri Begu and Scott Brown. During the course of the discussion it established initial working groups in three areas: fiscal policy, the financial sector, and enterprises and…
Kouchner Announces Formation of Economic Policy Advisory Board
UNMIK/PR/41 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today announced the formation of the Kosovo Economic Policy Advisory Board. The Economic Policy Advisory Board will be the advisory body on economic affairs, acting in cooperation with the Kosovo Transitional…
Kosovo Police Service School
UNMIK/PR/39 PRISTINA – The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has completed the selection process for the first class of 200 students for the Kosovo Police Service School, marking a important step for local policing in the territory. “This is a building block for the future of policing in Kosovo,”…
Kouchner signs regulation on foreign currency
UNMIK/PR/40 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, today signed a regulation allowing the use of foreign currency for payments and contracts in Kosovo. “This is an important first step towards the creation of functioning banking, payments and fiscal systems in…
UNMIK Launches New Customs Service
UNMIK/PR/38 PRISTINA—The UNMIK Customs Service will begin collecting duties on goods imported into Kosovo on 3 September, under a new regulation signed into law yesterday by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner. Dr. Kouchner, will officially open the UNMIK Customs…
SRSG appoints seven judges and two public prosecutors
UNMIK/PR/37 MITROVICA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, appointed seven judges and two public prosecutors today. “Your appointment as judges and public prosecutors marks another important step forward…
UNMIK to begin customs registration
UNMIK/PR/35 PRISTINA—Beginning Tuesday, 31 August 1999, forwarding agents and importers/exporters in Kosovo should register with the UNMIK Customs Services of Kosovo. Registration will go on from 8:00 to 15:00 hours weekdays, in the Customs House in Pristina. There will also be a registration fee of…
Kouchner, Holbrooke Patrol High Risk Areas With UN International Police
UNMIK/PR/36 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, and Richard Holbrooke, US Ambassador to the UN, went on patrol this morning with UN International Police officers to high risk areas in Pristina. “We are trying to identify hot spots where minorities are being…
Statement by Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, on Missing and Detained Persons
UNMIK/PR/34 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary General, joined a protest today for the release of political prisoners still being held in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and urged the international community to exert pressure for the release of these…
SRSG marks Mitrovica hospital as neutral zone
UNMIK/PR/32 PRISTINA—On a day-long trip to Mitrovica, Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, raised the UN flag at the town hospital, marking the recent inauguration of international management of clinical health services in cooperation with both Serbian and Albanian…