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UNMIK/PR/1315 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and COMKFOR Yves de Kermabon received Serbian President Boris Tadic this morning at UNMIK's Headquarters in Pristina, as he began a two-day visit to Kosovo. The SRSG expressed his hope that President Tadic would use his visit to obtain a complete…

UNMIK/PR/1314 PRISTINA – The Deputy SRSG for Pillar IV, Joachim Ruecker, has signed contracts for the sale of 12 companies from the third wave of privatisation in Kosovo. The total value of the contracts is nearly €10 million for the sale of the “NewCos” (new companies) created from formerly…

UNMIK/PR/1313 Pristina - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning addressed the OSCE Permanent Countil in Vienna. This is the text of his speech. “Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to address the OSCE Permanent Council. May I first thank the Slovenian Presidency for having invited me and in…

UNMIK/PR/1311 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today said that Kamenicë/Kamenica many ways represents the kind of society Kosovo should strive to be. He said that despite the perception of insecurity and lack of freedom of movement that is constantly fed to the public, “people actually do get…

UNMIK/PR/1310 PRISTINA – A conference on ‘Reorganisation of the Kosovo Justice System’ was inaugurated this morning at the Grand Hotel in Pristina with keynote speeches from Mr. Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Lawrence G. Rossin, Principal…

UNMIK/PR/1309 PRISTINA – Operational control of the Prizren and Peja/Pec Detention Centres was, for the first time, handed over to Kosovo Prison Directors by PDSRSG Larry Rossin in a ceremony held at UNMIK Mission Headquarters in Pristina this morning. Welcoming this milestone achievement for the…

UNMIK/PR/1308 First of all, sincere apologies from the SRSG that he was not able to attend this dialogue – he has regrettably had to change his plans at the last minute due to unforeseen surgery on a close family member. On his behalf, I would like to give you a brief idea not only of where we are…

UNMIK/PR/1307 PRISTINA – The PDSRSG Larry Rossin signed and promulgated last Friday UNMIK Regulation No. 2005/2 on the Establishment of the Independent Commission for Mines and Minerals and Regulation No.2005/3 on Mines and Minerals in Kosovo. A draft mining law, which had been prepared jointly by…

UNMIK/PR/1306 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen met Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO in Paris this afternoon. They discussed co-operation between UNMIK and UNESCO, the future donors’ conference, and protection of cultural heritage in Kosovo. The SRSG briefed the Director General on…

UNMIK/PR/1305 PRISTINA –SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today said that UNMIK, in continuing consultation with the PISG, is working on ways to help those who are true humanitarian or social cases and so cannot pay their electricity bills. This follows the SRSG’s meeting yesterday afternoon with KEK…

UNMIK/PR/1304 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today issued the following message on the occasion of the holiday of Kurban Bajram: “On behalf of everyone in UNMIK I would like to offer my warmest congratulations on the holiday of Kurban Bajram. Earlier today I had the opportunity of personally…

UNMIK/PR/1400 PRISTINA – The DSRSG for Civil Administration, Francesco Bastagli, has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the new head of the UN mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO), UN Headquarters in NewYork announced last week. “I am honoured by the Secretary-General’s decision and…