Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/686 PRISTINA – US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has congratulated the SRSG-designate Michael Steiner for his appointment as head of UNMIK. In a letter to Mr. Steiner, Mr. Powell said, “Your broad diplomatic…

UNMIK/PR/714 PRISTINA – UNMIK will soon start issuing Travel Documents for children under 16 years of age following the signing of the Administrative Direction 2002/6 implementing UNMIK Regulation No 2000/18 on Travel…

UNMIK/PR/685 PRISTINA – The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) was told today that UNMIK hoped that all Kosovo Albanian detainees being held in prisons in Serbia would be transferred to Kosovo, possibly as early as the end…

UNMIK/PR/684 Today, 28 January, 2002, UNMIK POLICE, supported by KFOR, arrested two men suspected of having violated Section 142 of the Criminal Code on War Crimes against the civilian population. The victims in all of the…

UNMIK/PR/683 The top envoy of the European Union, Javier Solana, today told Kosovo’s elected leaders that they must move soon to choose a president and construct the institutions of provisional self-government. Mr. Solana…

UNMIK/PR/682 Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw chaired a regular session of the Interim Administrative Council today, which will continue to meet to discuss pending regulations and other issues until the transfer of authority to…

UNMIK/PR/681 Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw chaired the second session of the High Level Working Group, which met yesterday in Belgrade to begin its substantive work as outlined by the Common Document of 5 November, 2001. Mr…

UNMIK/PR/680 PRISTINA - Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw today has sought to correct a misquote attributed to him by media yesterday and today. In recent interviews, Mr. Brayshaw has urged all people and parties in Kosovo to work…

UNMIK/PR/678 PRISTINA - The following statement was issued today by acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw: The first two sessions of the Kosovo Assembly have marked the beginning of the transfer of authority from the United Nations to…

UNMIK/PR/677 PRISTINA - United Nations Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, on his third visit to Kosovo, brought a message to UNMIK as well as the people and leaders of Kosovo that…