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SRSG TANIN WELCOMES NEW COMMANDER OF KFOR, MG FRANCO FEDERICI

Today, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Major General Franco Federici, the new Commander of KFOR, at UNMIK Headquarters.

26 Nov 2020

UNITED YOUTH VS. COVID-19: SIX MULTI-ETHNIC YOUTH TEAMS WIN UN GRANTS TO CHALLENGE THE PANDEMIC

On 7-8 November, UNMIK Youth, Peace and Security programme partnered with UNICEF Innovations Lab Kosovo, NGO “Peer Educators Network” and NGO “United Youth Task Force” multi-ethnic network of young Kosovo peacebuilders to organise a project development workshop called “UNited Youth vs

11 Nov 2020

UNMIK YOUTH ADVISOR AND KOSOVO YOUNG PEACEBUILDERS BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL

UNMIK was one of the three UN missions presenting their best practices at the United Nations Security Council Arria formula* meeting on "Implementation of the Youth, Peace, and Security agenda by UN Peace Operations" held on 9 September.

14 Sep 2020

Cycle of support: mask donations delivered by youth volunteers on bikes

30 Jul 2020

Journalists and audience must jointly fight for a better media says multiethnic media campaign

Misinformation damages quality of life.

This was just one key joint message of a media literacy campaign spearheaded by Kosovo-Albanian and Kosovo-Serbian journalists who came together to amplify the messages.

20 Jul 2020

Phase two completed: UNMIK delivers PPE and tablets across Kosovo to combat COVID-19

UNMIK has completed its second phase of a Kosovo-wide donation campaign, delivering personal protective equipment packages to 33 municipalities totaling: 1381 boxes of gloves (50 pairs in each box) and 2000 boxes of masks (50 in each box), as well as 387 tablet compute

10 Jul 2020

Physical and financial health during COVID-19: Women’s economic empowerment project provides 24,000 much-needed face masks

The ongoing threat of the global COVID-19 pandemic has caused shortages in personal protective equipment the world over, while economic hardship looms – but an UNMIK-supported project is addressing both issues at the same time.

06 Jul 2020

Stronger together: Kosovo civil society organisations jointly publish their first annual human rights report with support from UNMIK and OHCHR

As part of an initiative supported by UNMIK’s Human Rights Section and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) titled “Engaging with civil society on human rights monitoring and reporting”, more than 20 key human rights civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kosovo official

02 Jul 2020