Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1464 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Larry Rossin today said, “Planning for an orderly transition during 2006 to a new structure for European partnership implementation must be done by all of us as a team in a sensible and measured way that does not absorb massive resources of the Government”. He was…

UNMIK/PR/1466 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and KFOR Deputy Commander Major-General Xavier Bout de Marnhac [representing COMKFOR Lt-Gen. Giuseppe Valotto] this afternoon co-chaired the quarterly meeting of the Kosovo Protection Corps Development Group (KPCDG) at UNMIK headquarters…

UNMIK/PR/1462 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning met the Team of Unity at UNMIK MHQ. Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi, President Rugova’s representative Skender Hyseni, PDK leader Hashim Thaci, ORA leader Veton Surroi and Team Co-ordinator Blerim Shala…

UNMIK/PR/1461 PRISTINA - UNMIK’s Victim’s Assistance and Advocacy Unit (VAAU) wrapped up the three-week multi-ethnic ‘Not For Sale’ Anti-Trafficking Campaign with a gala concert for youth in Pristina, organised today to coincide with the International Human Rights Day. A series of special films and…

UNMIK/PR/1460 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today paid a visit to Mitrovicë/Mitrovica region where he met representatives of the Kosovo Serb community. “This area is an important part of Kosovo and UNMIK is ready to work with all those who are willing to work positively for the benefit of…

UNMIK/PR/1459 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today issued the following statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day tomorrow, 10 December: “Today marks an important day as the world joins together to celebrate, promote and honour human rights. This day is poignant for Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/1458 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today condemned the attack against a bus that occurred last evening in Prizren municipality. The attack fortunately failed to cause any major damage or injuries. However, the SRSG has taken serious note of the potentially lethal incident. He has…

UNMIK/PR/1457 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Larry Rossin and the Head of the Division for Humanitarian Assistance of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Mr Per Byman, today signed a Financial Agreement formalizing SIDA’s grant of three million Swedish krona (approximately 320,000 euros) to…

UNMIK/PR/1456 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today addressed a roundtable at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). Following is the text of his address: “Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you. It is a great pleasure to be back again at DCAF – an organisation with…

UNMIK/PR/1455 PRISTINA – A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between UNMIK and the British Government for provision of funding by the government of the United Kingdom to UNMIK and the PISG Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) to purchase witness protection system equipment for the…