News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/916 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner says that UNMIK and KFOR are responsible for security in Kosovo. The SRSG sees no reason for the international community to change its position in regard to UNSCR 1244, paragraph 9 (a) and Annex 2 point 6.

UNMIK/PR/917 A review of the activities, achievements and goals of the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, Department of Justice. Exhumations Since 1999, 4019 bodies of victims of the conflict have been recovered and approximately 2212 have been identified. By the end of 2002, OMPF with the…

UNMIK/PR/918 PRISTINA - Monday’s edition of Bota Sot contains an article that makes unfounded and scurrilous allegations regarding the case of Sali Veseli and others, better known as the Commander Drini case. The journalist makes three erroneous allegations that groundlessly challenge the…

UNMIK/PR/919 Mr. President, What do people in Kosovo want? Last week I visited Ferizaj/Uroševac, the third largest town in Kosovo, Pejë/Peć, at the foot of the mountains and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on the banks of the river Ibar. In Ferizaj a baker from a socially owned enterprise asked for: “a secure…

UNMIK/PR/920 PRISTINA – I wish Muslims in Kosovo a Happy Bajram. This auspicious religious day symbolizes unity, peace, solidarity and compassion. At the same time, I express my fervent hope for peace in your families and peace within and among the communities that make up Kosovo’s multi-cultural…

UNMIK/PR/921 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today met with Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi, COMKFOR General Mini, and UNHCR Chief of Mission Mr. Walter Irvine to launch the “Manual for Sustainable Returns”. The Manual, which was jointly produced by UNMIK and UNHCR, is a practical guide to the both…

UNMIK/PR/922 Police arrest suspect perpetrator of the attack on Judge Ceta, President of the District Court in Prizren Police have arrested a man suspected of having committed the assault against judge Engjell Ceta, President of the District Court in Prizren who was injured with a metal rod on the…

UNMIK/PR/923 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today chaired the ninth ordinary session of the Economic and Fiscal Council. Following discussions in the Council the SRSG announced his decision to transfer the administrative and operational responsibilities for the Tax Administration to the Provisional…

UNMIK/PR/925 Pristina -- SRSG Michael Steiner today welcomed Ambassador Carlo Civiletti, who will head the Council of Europe’s Decentralization Mission in Kosovo. The SRSG and Ambassador Cviletti discussed the mandate of the nine-month long Council of Europe mission, the goal of which will be to…

UNMIK/PR/926 Today, at noon Gary McCuaig, the International Prosecutor in the Llapi group trial read the indictment against Latif Gashi, Nazif Mehmeti, Naim Kadriu and Rrustem Mustafa. Please find below the full text of the indictment in English and Albanian.

UNMIK/PR/927 Referring to the meeting in Zvecan yesterday, which announced the establishment of a Serb union, the SRSG Michael Steiner said: “This is an attempt to establish a new parallel structure, based on mono-ethnicity, directly against the multi-ethnic concept for Kosovo agreed by the…

UNMIK/PR/928 Srecka/Sredska – SRSG Michael Steiner and Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi visited the returns village of Sredska today in Kosovo’s southern Zhupa Valley. Accompanying them was a delegation from the donor community. Sredska, although in an area of multi-ethnic coexistence before the…