Press Releases

The Secretary-General welcomes the successful conduct of elections for the Assembly of Kosovo on 8 June 2014. He is encouraged by the preliminary positive reports from local and international observers as well as the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) of the smooth and…

UNMIK/PR/1808 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Farid Zarif, during his recent meetings in Belgrade, Pristina and Mitrovica, has stressed the critical importance of maximum participation of all communities throughout Kosovo, in Sunday’s Kosovo…

Security Council, 69th year : 7183rd meeting, Tuesday, 27 May 2014, New York

SC/11415 As Serbia and Kosovo's " Brussels agreement" entered its second year, both sides must embrace forward-looking approaches to tackling sensitive issues leading up to and beyond next month's elections, the United Nations top official told the Security Council today as the body considered the…

The Secretary-General is concerned by the devastating impact of the floods in the Balkans, which are the worst for a hundred years. More than 70,000 people have been evacuated and more than fifty have lost their lives in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. People urgently need drinking water…

UNMIK/PR/1807 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Farid Zarif, condemns in the strongest possible terms the 25 April attack on two vehicles from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), as they travelled to Brnjak/Bërnjak…

SC/11270 (7108 th Meeting) Special Representative Briefs as Delegates Hear from Leaders of Both Sides Serbia and Kosovo should build on the momentum created during 2013 towards the normalization of relations between them, speakers in the Security Council said today as the 15-member body held its…

Security Council Debate on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 7108th meeting. Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ( S/2014/68).

UNMIK/PR/180 PRISTINA – UNMIK strongly condemns the killing of Mitrovica North municipal assembly member Dimitrije Janicijevic. UNMIK expresses deep sympathy to the Janicijevic family, and to his colleagues and friends. Anyone with information which may be helpful in solving this case are urged to…

UNMIK/PR/1805 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo Farid Zarif issued the following message on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas: “The holiday season is a time of tolerance and harmony among neighbours. It is a time when we gather with loved ones and share in the…