Press Releases

In this section, you will find UNMIK Press Releases, Note to the Media and Press Statements published since 1999.

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SRSG Tanin conveys his best wishes during the holiday season
23 Dec 2016 - UNMIK/PR/182523 December 2016 SRSG Tanin conveys his best wishes during the holiday season PRISTINA – I would like to share my best wishes with the people of Kosovo during this holiday season. The end of the year is a unique time during which we can reflect on our...
SRSG Tanin condemns attack on RTK
23 Aug 2016 - UNMIK/PR/182423 August 2016 SRSG Tanin condemns attack on RTK 23 August - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, condemns the attack on the premises of the Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) that took place yesterday evening. “Violent attacks of...
SRSG Tanin condemns violent attack on Assembly of Kosovo
05 Aug 2016 - UNMIK/PR/182305 August 2016 SRSG Tanin condemns violent attack on Assembly of Kosovo The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, condemns the attack on the Assembly of Kosovo which took place yesterday night in Pristina and caused material...
SRSG’s statement to the press on the occasion of the publication of the Final Report of the Human Rights Advisory Panel
22 Jul 2016 - I welcome the publication of the Final Report of the Human Rights Advisory Panel (HRAP), submitted upon the completion of its activities in June 2016, and I express appreciation for the work of the Panel, which has performed its functions in a challenging context. The...
Statement by SRSG Zahir Tanin on the occasion of World Refugee Day
20 Jun 2016 - Today, the 20th of June, we mark World Refugee Day, as designated by the UN General Assembly from the year 2000 onward, and exactly 65 years since the Convention and Protocols relating to the Status of Refugees were signed by 144 UN Member States. As of this year, wars and...
Statement by SRSG Zahir Tanin, Security Council Debate on UNMIK - 16 May 2016

STATEMENT BY ZAHIR TANIN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF UNMIK SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNMIK
16 May 2016 - STATEMENT BY ZAHIR TANIN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF UNMIK SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNMIK New York 16 May2016 Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and...
Statement regarding complaint of N.M. and Others against UNMIK
08 Apr 2016 - Pristina, 8 April 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, takes note of the opinion of the Human Rights Advisory Panel in the complaint of N.M. and Others against UNMIK (no. 26/08). SRSG Tanin will carefully study the Panel’s...
Statement to SC by SRSG Zahir Tanin - 29 February 2016
29 Feb 2016 - Statement by Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of The Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Security Council Debate on UNMIK New York 29 February 2016 Mr. President, Excellencies, Today is the Council’s first meeting on Kosovo of 2016, and it takes place at a moment of...
UNMIK Chief encourages young women of Kosovo to speak up about challenges
26 Feb 2016 - Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the women attending the 2016 Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo by urging them to speak up about the challenges that they face: “We want to hear directly from you as...
Statement attributable to the spokesperson for UNMIK on the protests in Pristina
08 Jan 2016 - PRISTINA, 9 January 2016 - UNMIK is concerned about the violence observed at the protests in Pristina city centre today, during which Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects were thrown at the government building and police. Such acts by certain individuals have no place in...