UNMIK Launches New Customs Service
UNMIK/PR/38 PRISTINA—The UNMIK Customs Service will begin collecting duties on goods imported into Kosovo on 3 September, under a new regulation signed into law yesterday by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner. Dr. Kouchner, will officially open the UNMIK Customs…
UNMIK Introduces Customs
UNMIK/PR/22 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, announced today that the UNMIK administered Customs Service had become operational. Customs control is an essential part in the economic recovery process of…
UNMIK Re-Opens Post and Telecommunications (PTT) Building
UNMIK/PR/23 PRISTINA—Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today re-opened the main post and telecommunications building in Pristina, in a major step toward restoring Kosovo’s telephone and postal services, largely dysfunctional since the beginning of the conflict in…
UNMIK Pristina Regional Administration Moves to Municipal Building
UNMIK/PR/24 PRISTINA -- UNMIK's Pristina Regional Civil Administration moved its offices today to the Municipal Building joining Kosovar employees who have been reporting for duty under UNMIK and KFOR supervision. The move demonstrated UNMIK's partnership with Kosovar workers who perform essential…
Statement by the SRSG on missing and detained persons
UNMIK/PR/25 PRISTINA—The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) yesterday received a delegation of representatives from the “Organizative Council of the Protest” comprising members from the Association of Political Prisoners, the Council for the Defence of Human Rights…
New inclusive approach to reviewing legal system
UNMIK/PR/26 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, yesterday announced an all-new inclusive approach to reviewing the existing legal framework and the laws applicable in Kosovo with a view to purging it of all provisions which are…
Statement by the SRSG on re-starting public services
UNMIK/PR/27 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Dr. Bernard Kouchner launched two important initiatives this morning from Pristina Hospital aimed at supporting the people in building better public services and a better Kosovo. Public health workers in Pristina are being…
Special Joint Advisory Council Meets To Review Laws
UNMIK/PR/28 PRISTINA—A special Joint Advisory Council on Legislative Matters set up by UNMIK and Kosovar legal representatives to review existing legislation in Kosovo and to draft new laws, which would eliminate all elements of discrimination, will meet today for the first time. The membership of…
Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) Second Meeting
UNMIK/PR/29 PRISTINA—The Kosovo Transitional Council will hold its second meeting on Saturday, 21 August, at 1500 hours at UNMIK HQ. Chaired by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, the KTC is the highest political consultative body under the United Nations Interim…
SRSG briefed on Gnjilane situation
UNMIK/PR/30 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr Bernard Kouchner, met with the US military top commander, General Peterson, and his team at the US military basis of Gnjilane for an hour’s briefing about the situation in the region and KFOR’s actions to create a safe and…
Security, Reconstruction Discussed in Transitional Council
UNMIK/PR/31 PRISTINA -- The Kosovo Transitional Council considered issues of security, economics, reconstruction and its future work during its second meeting held today at UNMIK Headquarters. The Group also decided to increase the frequency of its meetings to once a week. "It was a very interesting…
Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of Secretary General, Condemns Murder of Defenseless Farmers
UNMIK/PR/17 - Remarks Made After the Joint Implementation Commission Meeting on the Demilitarization of the UCK at KFOR Headquarters