News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) of the smooth and…

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 of their political, economic and cultural systems. Among many other…

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 maximum participation of all communities throughout Kosovo, in Sunday’s Kosovo…

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 Nations top official told the Security Council today as the body considered the…

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 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. People urgently need drinking water…

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 Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), as they travelled to Brnjak/Bërnjak…

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, speakers in the Security Council said today as the 15-member body held its…

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, returnees, IDPs, missing persons, and justice and reparation for victims of…

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 responsibility for implementing long-lasting solutions for IDPs in Serbia…

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. Anyone with information which may be helpful in solving this case are urged to…

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 neighbours. It is a time when we gather with loved ones and share in the…

The Secretary-General welcomes the peaceful conduct of the second round of local elections in Kosovo on 1 December and is encouraged by the positive initial reports from local and international observers as well as the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). He stresses that…