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SRSG visits Kosovo B Power Plant
UNMIK/PR/400 Pristina-- SRSG Bernard Kouchner yesterday visited Kosovo B Power Plant to see the progress made in the overhaul of the unit B2, and to assess the power situation in Kosovo before winter. Dr. Kouchner was briefed…
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Anthony Welch Named Mitrovica Regional Administrator
UNMIK/PR/399 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner has named Anthony Welch of the UK as the new Regional Administrator for Mitrovica. When Welch, a retired British Army Brigadier, takes up his post with UNMIK in November, he…
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UNMIK Opens Media Resource Centre at RTK
UNMIK/PR/398 PRISTINA---UNMIK has established a Resource Support Centre at Radio Television Kosovo (RTK TV) to support journalists covering the election results period. The center will be open to media beginning Saturday 28…
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Kouchner at IAC Deplores Yesterday's Violence
UNMIK/PR/397 At today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Bernard Kouchner deplored the incident at yesterday's LDK rally in Gjakova/Djakovica in which Dr. Ibrahim Rugova was forced to leave the stage after…
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Department of Judicial Affairs Responds to OSCE Report
UNMIK/PR/396 UNMIK’s Department of Justice both respects and supports the monitoring mandate of the OSCE and views the OSCE report “Kosovo: A Review Of The Criminal Justice System, 1 February-31 July, 2000” of 18 October as a…
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KTC Briefed by the Housing and Property Claims Commission
UNMIK/PR/395 PRISTINA--- Today the international commissioner of the Housing and Property Claims Commission, Mr. Alan Dodson briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council on the activities of his agency. The commission’s task is to…
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Background Note on Zeqiri Detention
UNMIK/PR/394 PRISTINA---Afrim Zeqiri is currently under detention in Gnjilane under a decision by an international judge serving on the Gnjilane District Court, while the investigation continues into a possible indictment on…
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IAC Endorses Department of Civil Security and Emergency Planning
UNMIK/PR/393 Pristina--The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation, which would set up the Administrative Department of Civil Security and Emergency Planning. The department has already been…
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IAC Hopes Changes in Belgrade Mean Regional Stability
UNMIK/PR/392 PRISTINA – The Interim Administrative Council today issued the following statement: “The IAC expresses its hope that the changes that are currently taking place in Belgrade will be the first step of a…
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Farmakos, a drug industry in Prizren, will restart its activities
UNMIK/PR/391 On Saturday, SRSG, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, in his last “outreach initiative”, visited Prizren, a town which he noted managed to keep its long tradition of tolerance, despite the conflict. The SRSG first addressed…
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SRSG Opens Resource Centre on Detainees and Missing Persons
UNMIK/PR/389 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today opened the Pristina Resource Centre on Detainees and Missing Persons, an effort led by UNMIK with the participation of the OSCE and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The…
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SRSG Urges Moratorium on Forced Returns Until the Spring
UNMIK/PR/388 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner has urged governments where Kosovo Albanian refugees are based to stop forced and induced returns until the spring because of lack of adequate accommodation in Kosovo. This…