Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/289 SRSG Bernard Kouchner has named Marek Antoni Nowicki as Ombudsperson for Kosovo, whose job will be to investigate and mediate complaints from individuals, groups and organizations about possible abuses of power…

UNMIK/PR/290 After several weeks of discussions, the Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation on the structure and functions of municipal administrations throughout Kosovo. There are 30 municipalities…

UNMIK/PR/292 Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, issued the following statement today, following a drive-by shooting late this morning of a Serbian cleric accompanied by two relatives and a…

UNMIK/PR/287 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council today continued discussing the draft regulation on Self-Government of Municipalities in Kosovo, especially the issues related to the community offices. In this…

UNMIK/PR/286 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner and COMKFOR Lieutenant General Juan Ortuno, today witnessed a live mine disposal demonstration in Germia in Pristina, organised by the Mine Action Co-ordination Centre (MACC) and…

UNMIK/PR/284 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today once again sought to allay the fears of Kosovo Albanian members of the Kosovo Transitional Council about the Joint UNMIK-SNC Understanding by reiterating that the measures…

UNMIK/PR/285 PRISTINA---The Administrative Department of Sports announced today that the swimming pool in Germia is closed to public by municipal order. They appealed to the public not to use the pool yet because there are…

UNMIK/PR/283 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today stressed that the Joint UNMIKSNC Understanding was not a formal agreement per se but simply what it was called, an understanding and its measures were temporary in nature…

UNMIK/PR/282 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner and Serb National Council (SNC) leader Bishop Artemije today signed the Joint UNMIK-SNC Understanding on the participation of Serb representatives in the JIAS institutions. The…

UNMIK/PR/281 PRISTINA---The Administrative Department of Local Administration is launching a project, to be executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), worth over $500,000 for ‘Building the Capacities of…