News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/307 PRISTINA—SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner yesterday appointed an additional 139 judges and prosecutors and 309 lay-judges in Kosovo. With these appointments, the number of local judges and prosecutors in Kosovo is now 405. Several members of minority communities have been also been appointed…

UNMIK/PR/305 PRISTINA—Describing his recent talks with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr. Ismail Cem as “fruitful”, SRSG Dr Bernard Kouchner today told the Kosovo Transitional Council that UNMIK was now in a position to better protect the rights of the Turkish community in Kosovo. He said the Turkish…

UNMIK/PR/304 Kosovo's 30 municipalities have been officially identified by UNMIK Regulation 2000/43 "On the Numbers, Names and Boundaries of Municipalities." The regulation, which entered into force on 27 July 2000, stipulates that the area of each municipality and its boundaries shall be delineated…

UNMIK/PR/303 Pristina – SRSG Bernard Kouchner has expressed his grave concern over the arrest Tuesday night by the Yugoslav Army in Montenegro of two British members of the UNMIK/ OSCE Mission in Kosovo and two Canadian citizens travelling with them. Dr Kouchner calls upon Yugoslav authorities to…

UNMIK/PR/302 PRISTINA— Kosovo’s Interim Administrative Council has condemned the violence in the region which left six people dead in one night alone. But its condemnation has also taken in the apparent increase in politically motivated violence. Over the last week three members of one Roma family…

UNMIK/PR/301 Following a break due to the absence of Kosovo political leaders who were attending the Airlie conference in the United States, the Interim Administrative Council resumed meeting today, with a briefing from IAC members on the Airlie event and a discussion on how to follow up on the…

UNMIK/PR/353 Members of the Interim Administrative Council today met with some 20 editors and directors of Kosovo media to discuss violence in Kosovo. Media representatives presented their 15-point petition of 13 September called "Kosovo Media Against Violence," which had been published and…

UNMIK/PR/1759 Reacting to a statement by Serbia's State Secretary Oliver Ivanović, with whom he met on 22 February, SRSG Lamberto Zannier clarified his position regarding the issue of an international investigation into the allegations contained in the report by Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick…

UNMIK/PR/1758 PRISTINA 17 February 2011 - UNMIK responds to the release of an article by France 24 ( French and English Services 16 February 2011) , titled “UN knew about Kosovo organ trafficking, report says ” and “Trafic d'organes au Kosovo : quelle est l'implication réelle de l'ONU dans l'enquête…

UNMIK/PR/1757 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Mr. Lamberto Zannier expresses his solidarity with the people of Haiti and all those who suffered tragic losses a year ago. On 12 January 2010, Haiti suffered a disaster of unparalleled magnitude. The earthquake that day killed…

UNMIK/PR/902 PRISTINA – On 31 December 2002, PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw – on behalf of the SRSG – signed into effect the Kosovo Budget 2003 regulation (UNMIK Regulation 2002/23). This ensured that the Budget 2003 could be implemented from 1 January 2003. The Budget 2003 is based on the revenues…

UNMIK/PR/903 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner attended the Serbian Orthodox Christmas morning service in the monastery in Gracanica today. Following the Christmas ceremony, the SRSG was invited to a Christmas breakfast hosted by Bishop Artimije and attended by COMKFOR Lieutenant General Fabio Mini…