News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/277 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner welcomed the decision taken this morning by the Serb National Council to rejoin the IAC and the KTC as observers after a temporary suspension of a couple of weeks. This courageous action will allow the Kosovo Serb representatives to once again play their…

UNMIK/PR/276 PRISTINA---PDSRSG Jock Covey today said that there was no textbook solution to building up judiciary in Kosovo in the present extraordinary circumstances. Speaking at the Interim Administrative Council meeting today, which received a detailed briefing on judiciary, Mr. Covey stated that…

UNMIK/PR/275 PRISTINA---The Administrative Departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development and Environmental Protection, today strongly denied reports that the wheat crop to be harvested in the coming days is contaminated or poisoned. These reports have mainly come out of Klina, Malishevo…

UNMIK/PR/274 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner, COMKFOR Lieutenant General Juan Ortuno, along with all the members of the Kosovo Transitional Council and the Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, Ms. Carla del Ponte , today laid a wreath at the spot on Mother Teresa Street, where two Kosovo Serbs were shot…

UNMIK/PR/273 The Interim Administrative Council, meeting without its Kosovo Serb member, continued to discuss the merits of a proportional versus majority electoral system for the upcoming municipal elections without coming to a final agreement. SRSG Bernard Kouchner told the IAC that if the issue…

UNMIK/PR/270 SRSG Bernard Kouchner, COMKFOR Gen. Juan Ortuno, and two members of the Interim Administrative Council--Ibrahim Rugova and Hashim Thaci--, went to the scene of a tragic mine attack today, where two Kosovo Serb men had been killed and a third injured only a few hours before. The two…

UNMIK/PR/268 PRISTINA--- PDSRSG Mr. Jock Covey today congratulated the Kosovo Albanian representatives on the Interim Administrative Council for issuing very strong and timely statements against the recent violence in Kosovo. The statements by Mr. Hashim Thaci, Mr. Ibrahim Rugova and Mr. Rexhep…

UNMIK/PR/269 Following a briefing by SRSG Bernard Kouchner on his visit to the United Nations Security Council, the Interim Administrative Council today discussed the upcoming electoral campaign and as well as the electoral system for municipal elections. SRSG Kouchner noted that today is the first…

UNMIK/PR/267 Kosovo businesses have only a few days to register with UNMIK before facing fines of up to 500 DM and possible closure. Registration of businesses has been ongoing since March. However, the deadline for completed applications is fast approaching. While the final deadline is 30 June…

UNMIK/PR/266 PRISTINA--- The Kosovo Transitional Council today issued the following statement: “The KTC fully supports the statement issued yesterday by the IAC condemning the recent upsurge in inter-ethnic violence, particularly the series of criminal acts that took place over the last weeks…

UNMIK/PR/265 Following its meeting today, the Interim Administrative Council issued the following statement: "The IAC is deeply concerned by the recent upsurge in inter-ethnic violence in Kosovo, particularly of criminal acts targeting members of the Serb community. "The IAC condemns in the…

UNMIK/PR/264 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner expressed his regret over today’s announcement by the Serb National Council that they will be absent from next week’s meetings of the Interim Administrative Council and Kosovo Transitional Council. However, he said, “we understand the decision as a…