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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
08 Dec 2015 - PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, today condemned the shooting incident in village of Gorazhdec/Goraždevac in Pejë/Peć municipality early yesterday.
“I strongly condemn this serious attack, which damaged property and...
20 Nov 2015 - STATEMENT BY ZAHIR TANIN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF UNMIK
SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNMIK
New York 19 November 2015
Mr.President, Excellencies,
This is my first occasion to brief the Council since my appointment as the Special Representative...
Haradinaj: Tax not related to U.S. but to Serbia and Russia (media) U.S. Embassy urges suspension of import tax (Klan Kosova) EU Commissioner Hahn to visit Kosovo today (media) NATO: KFOR to remain unchanged despite KSF’s new mission (Bota Sot) Negotiating team violates Resolution on Dialogue (Koha Ditore/Zeri) Haradinaj to Putin: Russia destabilises the Balkans (Koha) Russian flags adorn Kosovo’s north ahead of Putin’s visit to Serbia (media) Hoxhaj: Our aim was not recognition when we imposed tax to Serbia (Telegrafi) Limaj: We stand by Haradinaj’s position on tax (Klan Kosova) Mustafa: LDK will not become part of the negotiating team (RTK) Thaci’s secret “hideout” (Zeri) Thaci: A liberator is unjustly interviewed in The Hague (media) At The Hague, Lushtaku exercises right to silence (Koha Ditores) Another KLA commander called by Specialist Chambers (Zeri) Bahtiri: Assembly will support petition for unification of Mitrovica (Epoka)
Watch: Young environmental ambassadors visited UNMIK’s offices in Pristina on 5 June, with messages of environmental awareness during World Environment Day
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