News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

PR/No/58 It is believed that the three UNMIK staff members who went missing on 27 September in the area of Mitrovica had inadvertently crossed into Serbia while doing communications work and were detained because they lacked Yugoslav visas. Three missing staff members, who included the regional…

UNMIK/PR/59 PRISTINA- The second round of payments of stipends to civil servants and public sector employees in Kosovo has started on 29 September 1999. The 50,000 recipients of stipend payments from all over Kosovo include municipal civil servants, firemen, customs officers, public utility…

UNMIK/PR/6 Today, we have met at the headquarters of the UN Mission in Kosovo to urgently address a problem that affects all the people of Kosovo: people who want to return to their homes here, people who want to stay here, people who have returned in the past few weeks, people who have remained…

UNMIK/PR/2 Following a decision by the Secretary-General, I arrived in Pristina on 13 June 1999 and assumed my responsibilities as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, ad interim, for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). In accordance with Security…

UNMIK/PR/5 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sergio Vieira de Mello, today appointed nine judicial officials who will form the core of the interim judiciary to be established by UNMIK’s Civil Administration. Five Albanians, three Serbs and one Turk were sworn in today at…

UNMIK/PR/51 Pristina---The first meeting of the Kosovo Gender Task Force took place yesterday morning, chaired by the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Participants included leading Kosovo activists, lawyers and journalists, as well as representatives of UNMIK, other UN agencies, local and…

UNMIK/PR/52 PRISTINA--UNMIK SRSG Bernard Kouchner strongly condemned the grenade attack today in a market place in the predominantly Serb town of Bresje, close to Kosovo Polje. UNMIK police confirmed that two grenades were thrown into a marketplace, killing two people and injuring more than 35…

UNMIK/PR/53 PRISTINA—In its regular meeting today at UNMIK headquarters, the Kosovo Transitional Council strongly condemned yesterday’s grenade attack on a marketplace in Bresje near Kosovo Polje, in which two people were killed and more than 35 others injured. “This outrageous attack against…

UNMIK/PR/1 PRISTINA - The United Nations established its operational presence in Kosovo today with the arrival of the interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Sergio Vieira de Mello. Mr. Vieira de Mello is setting up the Pristina headquarters for the UN international…

UNMIK/PR/1302 PRISTINA – The SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen met Serbian President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica this morning during his one-day visit to Belgrade. The SRSG briefed the President and the Prime Minister on the progress being made on the decentralisation issue and…

UNMIK/PR/1303 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and KFOR Commander Lt. Gen. Yves de Kermabon co chaired the bi-monthly meeting of Kosovo Protection Corps Development Group (KPCDG) today at UNMIK HQ. KPC Commander Lt. Gen. Agim Çeku, representatives of the Quint, as well as other members of UNMIK…

UNMIK/PR/1301 PRISTINA – UNMIK and the PISG began the drafting of a report under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. This follows from the Technical Agreement signed last summer between the SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe…