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Developments in Kosovo Receive Mixed Reviews as Security Council Considers Pace of Reconciliation, Scope of Persistent Challenges
SC/11545 Despite outbreaks of hostilities and continuing tensions, progress was still unfolding towards normalization and reconciliation between the authorities of Belgrade and Pristina and within Kosovo itself, said the…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the elections for the Assembly of Kosovo
The Secretary-General welcomes the successful conduct of elections for the Assembly of Kosovo on 8 June 2014. He is encouraged by the preliminary positive reports from local and international observers as well as the United…
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A 20-20 Human Rights Vision - Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay for Human Rights Day
Twenty years ago, a historic document was adopted in Vienna. It crystallized the principle that human rights are universal, and committed States to the promotion and protection of all human rights for all people, regardless…
SRSG calls for high participation and a clean election on Sunday
UNMIK/PR/1808 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Farid Zarif, during his recent meetings in Belgrade, Pristina and Mitrovica, has stressed the critical importance of…
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Top United Nations Envoy in Kosovo Tells Security Council Both Sides Must Stay on Track with April Agreement
SC/11415 As Serbia and Kosovo's " Brussels agreement" entered its second year, both sides must embrace forward-looking approaches to tackling sensitive issues leading up to and beyond next month's elections, the United…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Balkan floods
The Secretary-General is concerned by the devastating impact of the floods in the Balkans, which are the worst for a hundred years. More than 70,000 people have been evacuated and more than fifty have lost their lives in…
SRSG condemns attack on EULEX, calls for cooperation to bring perpetrators to justice
UNMIK/PR/1807 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Farid Zarif, condemns in the strongest possible terms the 25 April attack on two vehicles from the European Union…
Speakers in Security Council urge Serbia, Kosovo to maintain 2013 momentum towards normalizing relations
SC/11270 (7108 th Meeting) Special Representative Briefs as Delegates Hear from Leaders of Both Sides Serbia and Kosovo should build on the momentum created during 2013 towards the normalization of relations between them…
Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference
Prishtinë/Priština, Kosovo Good afternoon, and thank you for coming. Today is World Refugee Day and a heartening reminder of unresolved issues concerning the human rights of two million people who fled Kosovo in 1998-99…
OHCHR - Consolidation of peace and reconciliation requires durable solutions for the internally displaced related to the Kosovo* conflict
GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Chaloka Beyani, urged the Government of Serbia and the authorities in Kosovo to cooperate and discharge their primary…
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UNMIK calls for maximum cooperation with investigative authorities
UNMIK/PR/180 PRISTINA – UNMIK strongly condemns the killing of Mitrovica North municipal assembly member Dimitrije Janicijevic. UNMIK expresses deep sympathy to the Janicijevic family, and to his colleagues and friends…
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SRSG Farid Zarif's message on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas
UNMIK/PR/1805 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo Farid Zarif issued the following message on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas: “The holiday season is a time of tolerance and harmony among…