News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/1774 PRISTINA – In response to the incident early this morning at the KFOR compound at Gate 31, near Brnjak, Zubin Potok, SRSG Farid Zarif stated that: “Any use or threat of violence against international peacekeepers is unacceptable, and to be condemned in the strongest terms. I call upon…

UNMIK/PR/1773 PRISTINA – This morning KFOR conducted an operation to remove the roadblocks in the vicinity of Rudare north of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, intended to improve the freedom of movement of KFOR troops in the area. "UNMIK is concerned by reports of a number of injuries to civilians and KFOR…

UNMIK/PR/1771 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Farid Zarif strongly condemned the bomb attack on Sunday morning at the Three Towers complex in northern Mitrovica. Mr. Selver Haradinaj, a 38 year-old husband and father of four children, was killed in the…

UNMIK/PR/241 SRSG Bernard Kouchner issued the following statement this evening: "This evening I received the shocking and appalling news that one of our UNMIK staff members, a young man of Serbian ethnicity, has been murdered. "Petar Topoljski was 25 years old. He worked for the UNMIK Pristina…

UNMIK/PR/217 Pristina—Bosniak textbooks have arrived in Pristina from Sarajevo, after long negotiations between Sarajevo and UNICEF Pristina, a member of the Textbook Consortium of Donors. The Consortium was formed last fall to provide textbooks to primary and secondary school children in Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/272 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council today discussed the issue of funds collected from the people of Kosovo for the benefit of Kosovo and its people, and particularly the ‘Fund of the Republic of Kosovo’. SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner said that IAC is strongly of the opinion that…

UNMIK/PR/137 Pristina—On Thursday, 13 January, UNMIK held a meeting of the various international donors and agencies involved in the efforts to repair and reconstruct houses in Kosovo. At the meeting, UNMIK strongly urged those present to adopt a common approach to the housing rehabilitation effort…

UNMIK/PR/136 The Interim Administrative Council for Kosovo today allocated an additional nine administrative departments to political parties and independents bringing the total number of departments allocated so far to fifteen out of the 19 originally proposed. Four Departments remain to be…

UNMIK/PR/130 PRISTINA – Today, the Gender Advisory Unit of UNMIK facilitated for the first time an inter-pillar high level planning meeting on gender issues. Senior officials of UNMIK along with representatives of the four pillars - UNHCR, Civil Administration, OSCE and the European Union -…

UNMIK/PR/143 Pristina—Yesterday 34 tax inspectors recruited by the Tax Administration of the Central Fiscal Authorities of Kosovo (CFA) graduated from a rigorous one-week training program and were sworn in as the first tax inspectors in post-conflict Kosovo. The candidates were selected from over…

UNMIK/PR/140 Prishtina/Pristina – One hundred thirty-seven judges, prosecutors and lay judges for the Pristina region were sworn in today by UNMIK in response to the urgent need of providing judicial services. “The opening and strengthening of the Judiciary brings about a new democratic era, where…

UNMIK/PR/139 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today visited Orahovac/Rahovec and Velica Hoca where he met with local Serb and Albanian leaders to discuss their concerns. He was accompanied by KFOR Commander General Dr. Klaus Reinhardt, Bishop Artemije and…