News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

"I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world...INSIDE OUT." – JR The young people of Kosovo are eager to enter the spotlight, make themselves heard, and effect positive changes in their communities. To help raise…

PRISTINA - UNMIK welcomes the agreement reached on 30 April by which the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will facilitate voting in Kosovo for the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections. Taking into consideration the short time before the elections, UNMIK…

UNMIK staff collecting plastic bottle caps to change lives The collection of 250 kg of recycled plastic bottle caps means a wheelchair for a disabled person in Kosovo. That may seem like a lot of caps, but the collection of UNMIK staff, together with the students of the American University of Kosovo…

Mr.President, Excellencies, This is my first occasion to brief the Council since my appointment as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo and Head of UNMIK. I wish to begin by stressing that your continuing support to our mission remains crucial, as we focus our efforts on…

Madam President, Excellencies, The first quarter of this year has been an important one for Kosovo and for the Southeast European region. I wish to begin by commending the new government in Pristina for its prudent and reasoned approach to addressing the many inherited and emerging challenges it…

UNMIK/PR/1818 PRISTINA – Mr. Zahir Tanin arrived in Kosovo on Tuesday to take up the leadership of UNMIK as Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Mr. Tanin previously served as Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations from 2006, during which time he led international…

UNMIK/PR/1817 PRISTINA – UNMIK strongly condemns the violence that took place yesterday in the Kosovo Assembly, in which representatives of certain opposition parties obstructed the session by extreme means, leading even to some of those present to require medical attention. Such actions have no…

UNMIK/PR/1816 PRISTINA – The relocation of the headquarters of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to new premises was completed today. The Mission is now located in the buildings formerly occupied by Bucaj in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. UNMIK's mailing address and telephone numbers remain unchanged.

The Secretary-General is alarmed by the recent violence in the city of Kumanovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and extends his condolences to the families of those killed and injured. He strongly supports the calls by the European Union and other members of the international community…

UNMIK/PR/1114 PRISTINA - On 30 January, SRSG Harri Holkeri promulgated Regulation 2004/1 on the Customs Code of Kosovo. The new Code will become effective on 1 March 2004 to allow for necessary administrative and operational arrangements for its implementation. It replaces the old Customs Code and…

UNMIK/PR/1110 PRISTINA – The Steering Group on Standards, jointly chaired by SRSG Harri Holkeri and Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi held its second meeting today. Representatives of Quint countries in Kosovo also attended the meeting. The Group reviewed progress of the working groups preparing the…

UNMIK/PR/1106 PRISTINA - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) understands and shares the concerns of the Council of Family Associations, whose members are on hunger strike in their endeavour to draw attention to the issues faced by families of missing persons. OMPF has been left with a…