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UNMIK/PR/605 PRISTINA – SRSG Hans Haekkerup today appealed to international donors for resources for the “safe and sustainable return of Kosovo Serbs” to Kosovo. He said “collective efforts” should be made and urged them to take steps to start the process before this year’s elections. He was…

UNMIK/PR/604 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup yesterday issued the following statement: "I very warmly welcome this news. For more than a decade, the horrible acts of Mr. Milosevic and his collaborators have spread immense suffering in this region…

UNMIK/PR/603 PRISTINA – SRSG Hans Haekkerup today briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council about the meeting that he and COMKFOR Lt. General Thorstein Skiaker had with the North Atlantic Council in Brussels yesterday on the subject of Mitrovica and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Mr. Haekkerup…

UNMIK/PR/602 On June 13, the Housing and Property Directorate (HPD) executed its first two cases of evictions in Kosovo. HPD staff carried out both evictions in the Obilic/Obiliq Municipality with the assistance of UNMIK Police and KFOR. The operation went smoothly, without any resistance from the…

UNMIK/PR/601 PRISTINA – UNHCR Special Envoy Eric Morris today briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council about the assistance being provided to the refugees from FYROM and said that the agency had made contingency plans should there be a large influx of refugees into Kosovo. Mr. Morris said that the…

UNMIK/PR/551 The ID cards of those who registered at the following registrations centers have been sent to the PTK offices mentioned against the registration centres: Reg Site Region Municipality Registration Site Location PTK Office 1901e Pristina Pristina Pristina LC1 (Mostari) Pristina 3 2001a…

UNMIK/PR/550 PRISTINA---SRSG Hans Haekkerup today informed the Interim Administrative Council that he would be visiting Belgrade on Thursday to meet with the Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica. Mr. Haekerrup said he would hold talks with Mr. Kostunica on the legal framework, and would press for…

UNMIK/PR/549 PRISTINA---On 28 March 2001, the Special Representative of the Secretary General issued Administrative Direction 2001/02 implementing UNMIK Regulation No. 1999/22 on the Registration and Operation of Nongovernmental Organizations in Kosovo. This Administrative Direction clarifies and…

UNMIK/PR/547 PRISTINA---The Organizing Committee of the Pristina International Marathon, to be held on 8th April, wishes to announce that the route of the marathon has been changed due to security considerations. The marathon would now be run in and around Pristina city. The new route is: Boro e…

UNMIK/PR/546 PRISTINA- SRSG Hans Haekkerup said today he was horrified to learn of the deaths of two civilians and the injury to many others during a mortar attack on the Kosovo village of Krivenik. British journalist Kerem Lawton was one of those killed during the attack which occurred after Polish…

UNMIK/PR/543 PRISTINA - The SRSG Hans Haekkerup denied today a report printed in the latest issue of the Economist magazine that he had decided Kosovo-wide elections would only be held in 2002 instead of this year as planned. “ This report simply is not true,” Mr. Haekkerup said. “ I have always…

UNMIK/PR/542 PRISTINA – Members of the IAC expressed concern today over the conflict around Tetovo in Macedonia and called for pressure on the FYROM government to quickly begin a dialogue with ethnic Albanians to resolve the crisis. Ibrahim Rugova, leader of the LDK, Hashim Thaci , PDK and Ramush…