Bernard Kouchner Issues First UNMIK Regulation in Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/20 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary General Bernard Kouchner today issued the first regulation on the authority of the Interim Administration in Kosovo. Regulation No. 1999/1, introduced in a…
U.S. Secretary of State Calls for International Community to Support UNMIK
UNMIK/PR/21 Pristina - On a visit to Pristina today, United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said she was “very encouraged by the cooperation between UNMIK and KFOR—they are working very well together”. The…
SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on Temporary Vehicle Registration
UNMIK/PR/81 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation allowing for the temporary registration of all vehicles in Kosovo. All natural and legal persons in Kosovo…
Joint UNMIK-KFOR Statement on Proposed Serbian Protection Corps
UNMIK/PR/73 PRISTINA--UNMIK and KFOR can neither support nor condone the formation of a Serbian Protection Corps as announced by representatives of the Serb community in Kosovo yesterday in Gracanica. While we understand…
Secretary-General completes visit to Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/67 PRISTINA-United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan completed a two-day visit to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo today, remarking on the encouraging signs of rebuilding, and re…
Memorial Speech of Special Representative of the Secretary General Bernard Kouchner on the Occasion of the Death of UNMIK Staff Member Mr. Valentine Krumov
UNMIK/PR/68 PRISTINA – Today is a sad day for the United Nations and its mission members serving across the globe. Today we share grief for a fallen colleague -- the untimely death of Mr. Valentine Krumov, who was brutally…
Inauguration of Commercial Flights at Pristina Airport
UNMIK/PR/69 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, today opened Pristina Airport to commercial air traffic. The first commercial airplane to arrive at Pristina airport in the early…
SRSG Congratulates First Graduates of Kosovo Police Service School
UNMIK/PR/70 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the Secretary General, Bernard Kouchner, today presented certificates to the first graduating class of the Kosovo Police Service School. “This is indeed a historic day for…
SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation Repealing Discriminatory Legislation Affecting Housing and Property Rights
UNMIK/PR/71 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation repealing discriminatory legislation affecting housing and property rights in Kosovo. Legal experts of the…
SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on the Provision of Postal and Telecommunications Services in Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/72 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation giving the Post and Telecommunications Enterprise of Kosovo (PTK) the necessary authority for providing postal…
Statement on the right of KFOR to apprehend and detain
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…
BLUE SKY Radio Goes on the Air Tonight
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…