News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/470 Trafficking and exploitation of human beings in Kosovo has become a crime punishable by two to 20 years of imprisonment. The UNMIK regulation “On the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in Kosovo” (UNMIK/REG/2001/4) was signed by outgoing SRSG Bernard Kouchner before his departure…

UNMIK/PR/469 Mr. Hans Haekkerup, former Minister of Defence of Denmark, arrived in Kosovo today to take up his duties as the new Special Representative of the Secretary General. Heavy snow prevented the planned meeting with outgoing SRSG Bernard Kouchner at the airport. Mr. Haekkerup will spend his…

UNMIK/PR/468 After a series of emotional farewells with the people of Kosovo, UNMIK staff, police and KFOR troops, Dr. Bernard Kouchner flew out of Pristina’s Slatina airport at 3 p.m. today, heading for Paris aboard a French government jet, ending his 18-month posting as the Special Representative…

UNMIK/PR/467 As the lead organization dealing with all public health aspects relating to depleted uranium in Kosovo, UNMIK has taken several measures in order to protect the civilian population against any possible ill effects from the ammunition used by NATO during the 1999 airstrikes. UNMIK has…

UNMIK/PR/466 SRSG Bernard Kouchner last night addressed the people of Kosovo in a 45-minute speech broadcast live over RTK television. While the speech was to be broadcast over separate satellite channels in both Albanian and Serbian, several viewers who expected the speech in Albanian saw instead…

UNMIK/PR/463 UNMIK, the World Health Organization and the Department of Public Health and Social Welfare have been closely monitoring reports of illnesses allegedly due to contact with depleted uranium. Although no scientific link has been established between depleted uranium and blood cancers…

UNMIK/PR/462 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today welcomed SRSG-designate Hans Haekkerup to Kosovo, where the Danish Defense Minister arrived for a two-day series of briefings from top UNMIK and KFOR officials on the job that awaits him beginning 15 January. The visit was delayed due to fog which engulfed…

UNMIK/PR/599 Pristina – The JIAS Post and Telecommunications Department has announced that all persons holding licenses to use radio-frequencies and whose licenses have now expired need to apply for the renewal of their licenses before the end of June 2001. If they fail to do so, starting from July…

UNMIK/PR/598 Pristina – The United Nations World Food Programme is tapping contingency stockpiles and mobilising extra staff to assist a fresh wave of ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing into Kosovo from the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM). More than 18,000 refugees have…

UNMIK/PR/597 Representatives of Kosovo women’s NGOs and civil society met last night with the President of the UN Security Council, Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh, along with the ambassadors of Colombia, Jamaica, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. During a wide-ranging…

UNMIK/PR/596 PRISTINA -- The Security Council - on the first-ever mission of all 15 members - completed a two-day visit to Kosovo with an appeal to both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb leaders to shun extremism and commit all efforts to building a multi-ethnic society. "The communities should look…

UNMIK/PR/596 NEW YORK - All 15 members of the Security Council will travel to Kosovo and Belgrade from June 15-18 to see first-hand the political and security challenges faced by the United Nations in the province, as well as to convey to the people of Kosovo the need to reject violence and take…