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SRSG Harri Holkeri’s Address to the UN Security Council 6 February 2004
UNMIK/PR/1119 Mr. President, The week before last, I met with a delegation of families of missing Kosovo Albanians as many more stood vigil in the snow in front of UNMIK headquarters. They told me of their frustration at the…
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UNMIK Pillar I and Ministry of Public Services Sign Agreement on Security Services for Government Buildings
UNMIK/PR/1117 PRISTINA – This evening, the Head of Pillar I DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady and PISG Minister of Public Services Jakup Krasniqi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of security services for…
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KPS Static Guards to be reinstated in Government Buildings
UNMIK/PR/1115 PRISTINA – Further to the UNMIK Police Press Release titled ‘KPS Secondary Employment’ dated 2 February 2004. The Head of Pillar I DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady today announced that the UNMIK Police Commissioner had…
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UNMIK Disputes Belgrade Report on Mass Graves
UNMIK/PR/1109 PRISTINA – Some media reports have quoted a senior Belgrade official as stating that there are 198 mass graves in Kosovo. The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) would like to categorically state that…
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SRSG Meets Representatives of Council of Family Associations
UNMIK/PR/1108 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri today met representatives of the Council of Family Associations and assured them that he will inform the UN Security Council about their concerns. The issue should also be dealt…
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SRSG Harri Holkeri’s Message for Orthodox Christmas
UNMIK/PR/1095 PRISTINA - On behalf of UNMIK, SRSG Harri Holkeri extends his warmest Christmas wishes to Orthodox Christians in Kosovo. Christmas celebrates the birth of new hope in the world and the SRSG invites Orthodox…
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Temporary Vehicle Registration Resumes
UNMIK/PR/148 PRISTINA – The temporary registration of all motor vehicles in Kosovo will re-start on Tuesday, 1 February 2000. The vehicle registration office is located at the former Yugopetrol storage site and is open from…
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UNMIK Banking Representatives Meet Protestors
UNMIK/PR/147 Pristina—This morning, UNMIK representatives of the banking sector of Pillar IV met with the newly established Counsel of Protests representing employees of the former National Bank of Kosovo. The Counsel…
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Deadline for Filing Bank License Applications Approaching
UNMIK/PR/146 Pristina—The Head of Bank Supervision of the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo (BPK), Mr. Jimmy Barton, today issued a reminder to groups and organizations operating banking facilities in Kosovo of the 15…
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Background Note: The Joint Interim Administrative Structures
The Joint Interim Administrative Structures became officially operational yesterday, 31 January, 2000, with the establishment of four of 19 interim departments proposed by UNMIK and the Interim Administrative Council (IAC)…
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First Bank Opens in Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/141 Pristina—The Micro Enterprise Bank (MEB), the first private commercial bank to be licensed by the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo, opened officially on 24 January. Attending the opening yesterday at the…
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Interim Administrative Council Names Department Co-Heads
UNMIK/PR/134 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council for Kosovo today named the first co-heads for five of 19 departments by which the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Kosovar political leaders…