News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/7 In accordance with United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, KFOR has the mandate and responsibility to ensure both public safety and order as well as civil law and order until the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) itself can…

UNMIK/PR/60 PRISTINA – “Blue Sky Radio,” a public radio service produced by UNMIK with funding from the Swiss Government, goes on the air tonight at 7:30 p.m. on 96 FM. BLUE SKY will transmit a non-stop daily mix of music, news and features. News bulletins will be produced entirely by local…

UNMIK/PR/61 PRISTINA--The Government of Japan today pledged to give the United Nations Mission in Kosovo a grant of US $ 7 million to assist UNMIK winterization and rehabilitation in Drenica and the neighboring region in central Kosovo. The decision was conveyed to UNMIK SRSG Bernard Kouchner today…

UNMIK/PR/62 PRISTINA-The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner today visited the Bosniak village of Vitomirica near Pec/Peja to re-assure members of the Bosniak community who have suffered from increasing levels of harassment since the war. SRSG Kouchner was accompanied by…

UNMIK/PR/63 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation on the importation, distribution and sale of petroleum products for and in Kosovo. Any person or company wishing to import, transport, distribute or sell petroleum, oil or lubricants…

UNMIK/PR/64 PRISTINA—Members of the Kosovo Transitional Council denounce the phenomenon of abuse of the freedom of speech in media and public statements through threats and incitement of violence against individuals, institutions and communities. They also condemn abuse through disinformation…

UNMIK/PR/65 PRISTINA—United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrives here on 13 October 1999 for his first visit to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. Secretary-General Annan will meet with Kosovo political parties, the heads of UNMIK and its four “pillars,” KFOR commanders, United Nations…

UNMIK/PR/66 PRISTINA—The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, expresses his outrage and strong condemnation of the murder of an UNMIK international staff member in Pristina last night. “It was a disgusting and cowardly act carried out in a…

UNMIK/PR/54 PRISTINA-Three staff members of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo have not been seen or heard from since they were detained Monday in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The UN expects them to be released today. The three, who work for the UNMIK regional office in the northern Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/55 PRISTINA – Dr. Hannu Vuori, UNMIK Head of Health and Social Services, today launched the interim administration’s official strategy for rebuilding an efficient and modern health service for Kosovo. The Interim Health Policy Guidelines and Six Month Action Plan not only provides a much…

UNMIK/PR/56 KLINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of Secretary General, today attended the reopening of a high school school refurbished by British and Italian KFOR soldiers. “I am very happy to see you in your new, rebuilt school,” Kouchner told students at the Luigi Garakuci High School…

UNMIK/PR/57 MITROVICA— For the past week, continuous incidents culminated in a blockade of the regional hospital, situated in northern Mitrovica, an area where residents are predominantly Serb. After several clashes, Albanian medical staff left the hospital on 29 September, taking with them the…