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UNMIK/PR/86 PRISTINA – A United Nations World Food Programme plane flying from Rome with 21 passengers and three crew members on board disappeared this morning shortly before it was due to land in Pristina, Kosovo, at 11:30 a.m. The last contact with the pilot was at 11:15 a.m. At 12:13 p.m. the…

UNMIK/PR/89 PRSTINA—KFOR and UNMIK Police officials, addressing the regular meeting of the Kosovo Transitional Council, reported a decrease in the levels of violence and crime across Kosovo during the past week. UN Special Representative for the Secretary General Bernard Kouchner told the KTC—the…

Statement by Sergio Vieira de Mello, UNMIK SRSG a.i. on behalf of the United Nations and all components of UNMIK – the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and the European Union (EU). UNMIK/PR/9 Pristina - My…

UNMIK/PR/79 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today ordered the establishment of a temporary separate school for Albanian children in Obilic municipality (Pristina region). The action came after weeks of confrontations and intense negotiations regarding…

UNMIK/PR/82 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNMIK, Bernard Kouchner, today condemned the attack last night on Momcilo Trajkovic, President of the Serb Resistance Movement and a member of the Kosovo Transitional Council. Mr. Trajkovic was shot at 22:30 hours in his…

UNMIK/PR/83 Pristina – The Kosovo Transitional Council strongly condemns the brutal attack on Mr. Momcilo Trajkovic on 1 November 1999. All members of the KTC wish him a speedy recovery. The KTC welcomes the detailed investigation that has been initiated by UNMIK police. The perpetrators of this…

UNMIK/PR/84 PRISTINA—Today United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner approved the Kosovo Consolidated Budget for 1999 and established the Central Fiscal Authority. The Kosovo Consolidated Budget for 1999 is 125 million DM. Nearly 70 percent of the budget is…

UNMIK/PR/74 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, has signed a regulation giving UNMIK the authority to utilize and administer the facilities of the Public Payment Service to collect and disburse public funds. The SRSG will appoint a Supervisory Board for…

UNMIK/PR/75 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, visited the newly opened Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT) today and commended the doctors for their work in helping Kosovars overcome the psychological trauma of the war. “So many people…

UNMIK/PR/76 PRISTINA—UNMIK’s Special Representative of the Secretary General, Bernard Kouchner reacted with outrage at last evening’s attack on an UNMIK local staff member in Gnjilane in southeastern Kosovo. A Serbian interpreter working in the office of UNMIK Regional Administrator for Gnjilane…

UNMIK/PR/79 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today ordered the establishment of a temporary separate school for Albanian children in Obilic municipality (Pristina region). The action came after weeks of confrontations and intense negotiations regarding…

UNMIK/PR/15 Statement by Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo