News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/826 Pristina - A thorough assessment conducted by the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) and the UNMIK Police Missing Persons Unit has determined that there is no mass grave near the “Balkan” factory in Suva Reka. The assessment team, led by an OMPF forensic archaeologist…

UNMIK/PR/823 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner today signed two important Administrative Directions ‘On Disconnection of Electricity Service’ and ‘On the Payment of Electricity Debts’. The Administrative Direction ‘On Disconnection’ empowers KEK to cut electricity supply to customers for non-payment…

UNMIK/PR/822 PRISTINA - A thorough investigation conducted by a team of 17 UNMIK personnel, including 3 forensic experts from the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, has concluded that Serbian media reports that a cemetery in Orahovac/Rahovac may contain a mass grave of Kosovo Serbs killed…

UNMIK/PR/820 SRSG Michael Steiner said today that he was delighted at how well the elections in Macedonia had been conducted and that he had sent a letter warmly congratulating Mr. Crvenkovski on his victory. [Letter attached by fax] In a telephone call to President Trajkovski, Mr. Steiner said he…

UNMIK/PR/819 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today paid a visit to Mitrovica, combining political talks with the opportunity to meet with the people of Mitrovica and to listen to their concerns. The SRSG met with the Vice-President of the Municipal Assembly, Mustafa Pllana, to discuss the upcoming…

UNMIK/PR/818 Issued on behalf of The Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan: A year has passed since the terrorist attacks on the United States. A year has passed – and yet time cannot separate us from the horror of that day, from our shock, our grief, our compassion for the children…

UNMIK/PR/817 Ambassador Harnish, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of all the members of UNMIK, I wish to convey my deep condolences on this, the first anniversary of the infamous terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. In murdering innocent people from all over the world, the terrorists were…

UNMIK/PR/816 PRISTINA – On September 9 and 10 SRSG Michael Steiner traveled to Tirana for meetings with Prime Minister Fatos Nano, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama. The meetings yielded two agreements, one a Memorandum of Understanding on Police…

UNMIK/PR/815 PRISTINA – Yesterday, Major General Andrew Cumming took up his new post as the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Co-ordinator for the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). SRSG Michael Steiner had recently appointed Major General Cumming as KPC Coordinator. His role will involve working with the…

UNMIK/PR/814 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner met today with M. Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, to discuss the general situation in Kosovo and the contribution of France to the international efforts. The SRSG said after the meeting that they were in “full agreement on…

UNMIK/PR/813 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today met with the Commander of Allied Forces for Southern Europe, Admiral Gregory Johnson on his regular visit to the region. The SRSG briefed the Admiral on the political and economical situation in Kosovo and they put an emphasis on the overall…

UNMIK/PR/812 Following the third meeting of the Energy Committee, SRSG Michael Steiner announced the appointment of Josef Rieder as Interim Head of the Kosovo Electric Company (KEK) to oversee the Kosovo power system through the winter. The appointment follows UNMIK’s investigation into the fire…