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IAC Endorses Kosovo Consolidated Budget and Other Regulations

UNMIK/PR/452 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed the Kosovo Consolidated Budget for 2001, along with draft regulations on Pledges and Importation of Live Animals. The IAC also endorsed the draft…
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SRSG to Reconstitute CEC to Prepare for Kosovo Wide Elections

UNMIK/PR/451 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner today signed Regulation 2000/65 amending the regulation (2000/21) on the establishment of the Central Election Commission (CEC) as part of efforts to prepare for and conduct…
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DSRSG Announces Commencement of ID Card Distribution Process

UNMIK/PR/450 PRISTINA---DSRSG Tom Koenigs today announced the commencement of the distribution process of ID cards from tomorrow morning. The distribution will begin with 34000 cards in five municipalities in the first phase…
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SRSG strongly condemns events in Leposavic

UNMIK/PR/449 Again Mitrovica Region has been the scene of sad and tragic activities. First, a Kosovo Albanian male was found shot dead in his apartment in North Mitrovica. Secondly, in an unconnected event, Leposavic…
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Kosovo Railway Network Nearly Back on Track

UNMIK/PR/448 PRISTINA---On 14 December, SRSG Bernard Kouchner and COMKFOR, General Cabigioso boarded a train from Kosovo Polje to the Pristina train station. This symbolic trip was mainly to pay a tribute to the major work…
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SRSG Inaugurates Supreme Court of Kosovo

UNMIK/PR/447 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner today inaugurated the Supreme Court of Kosovo. The Supreme Court is the court of last appeal in Kosovo. It consists of 14 Kosovar judges and two international judges, one of…
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KTC Discusses Expansion Plans

UNMIK/PR/446 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council was yesterday informed about the proposed expansion of the KTC with new members from a number of Albanian and minority political parties being inducted next week. PDSRSG…
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Interim Administrative Council Discusses Economic Regulations

UNMIK/PR/445 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council today discussed three drafts of economic regulations on Foreign Investment, on Business Organization and on the Sale of Goods. The regulations, which were discussed…
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SG Names Danish Defence Minister To Replace Kouchner

UNMIK/PR/443 The following statement was issued at the United Nations in New York on 8 December 2000 at 12:00: “The Secretary-General today informed the Security Council of his intention to name Hans Haekkerup, the current…
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SRSG Welcomes His Successor

UNMIK/PR/442 PRISTINA -- SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner has warmly welcomed the announcement of his successor, Danish Defence Minister Hans Haekkerup, named today by the Secretary General, of the United Nations. “I give him my…
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UNMIK Assists With Family Visits to Detained

UNMIK/PR/441 PRISTINA -- UNMIK’s Bureau for Detained and Missing Persons has helped organise a visit to Belgrade Central Prison, for the families of Kosovar Albanians who are being detained there. The first of what may be a…
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