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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

UNMIK/PR/1399 PRISTINA – During a visit to Plementina camp earlier today, PDSRSG Larry Rossin announced that UNMIK would commit 200,000 euros for construction of housing facilities at the camp for families who do not own…

UNMIK/PR/1398 PRISTINA – UNMIK welcomes the initiative of the Kosovo Government, taken in the proper exercise of its competencies under the Constitutional Framework, to restore lawful governance at the University of Pristina…