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Missing UN Staff Members had Strayed into Serbia
PR/No/58 It is believed that the three UNMIK staff members who went missing on 27 September in the area of Mitrovica had inadvertently crossed into Serbia while doing communications work and were detained because they lacked Yugoslav visas. Three missing staff members, who included the regional…
Kosovo Transitional Council Condemns Kosovo Polje Attack
UNMIK/PR/53 PRISTINA—In its regular meeting today at UNMIK headquarters, the Kosovo Transitional Council strongly condemned yesterday’s grenade attack on a marketplace in Bresje near Kosovo Polje, in which two people were killed and more than 35 others injured. “This outrageous attack against…
UNMIK expects quick release of staff detained In Yugoslavia
UNMIK/PR/54 PRISTINA-Three staff members of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo have not been seen or heard from since they were detained Monday in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The UN expects them to be released today. The three, who work for the UNMIK regional office in the northern Kosovo…
Kouchner Strongly Condemns Kosovo Polje Killings
UNMIK/PR/52 PRISTINA--UNMIK SRSG Bernard Kouchner strongly condemned the grenade attack today in a market place in the predominantly Serb town of Bresje, close to Kosovo Polje. UNMIK police confirmed that two grenades were thrown into a marketplace, killing two people and injuring more than 35…
Kosovo Gender Task Force Formed
UNMIK/PR/51 Pristina---The first meeting of the Kosovo Gender Task Force took place yesterday morning, chaired by the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Participants included leading Kosovo activists, lawyers and journalists, as well as representatives of UNMIK, other UN agencies, local and…
Commission on Missing and Detainees meets
UNMIK/PR/50 PRISTINA--The Commission on Prisoners and Detainees created by UNMIK Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner met for the first time yesterday at UNMIK headquarters. The membership includes people nominated by members of the Kosovo Transitional Council who have…
Kouchner welcomes establishment of Kosovo Protection Corps
UNMIK/PR/48 PRISTINA: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, issued the following statement today: “This is not an end, but a beginning Demilitarization is not necessarily accomplished by simply dismantling military structures and collecting soldiers’ arms…
Kouchner signs regulation on Kosovo Protection Corps
UNMIK/PR/49 PRISTINA—In a ceremony last night at KFOR headquarters, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, signed a regulation establishing the Kosovo Protection Corps, as a civilian emergency service agency. The SRSG appointed General Agim Ceku, former…
UNMIK Customs Service Installed on Albanian Border
UNMIK/PR/47 PRISTINA—The UNMIK Customs Service began operations on the border with Albania today, collecting duties on goods imported into Kosovo through the Vermice/Vrbnica border crossing point. This is the second border crossing where the United Nations Mission in Kosovo has implemented revenue…
Kosovo gets Power Plan for Winter
UNMIK/PR/46 * note correction to para 5. PRISTINA—Kosovo should have enough power to supply electricity and heating through the winter. A strategy aimed at securing a reliable power supply was adopted this week by the international community and representatives of the Kosovar power sector…