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UNMIK/PR/1361 PRISTINA - Yesterday, after 14 months, the KTA Board of Directors has met again in a formal meeting. All Board members were present. The meeting lasted for seven hours (it will be continued for some unfinished agenda points on Wednesday) and was successful: almost all of the proposed…

UNMIK/PR/1360 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today welcomed the inaugural meeting of the Implementing Committee for the Reconstruction of Religious Monuments which took place at the Council of Europe’s (CoE) office in Pristina this morning. The Implementing Committee’s meeting follows the…

UNMIK/PR/1359 PRISTINA _ SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi today paid a visit to Babljak/Bablak village in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality where they met Kosovo Serb returnees and community representatives at the local school. During the meeting, a Kosovo Serb community…

UNMIK/PR/1358 SRSG addresses University students and youth groups PRISTINA - this morning SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen delivered the following speech to the University students and youth groups: “Thank you for being here with me today. For a long time I wanted to meet with you to share my thoughts on…

UNMIK/PR/1357 PRISTINA – A briefing for donors was held in Mitrovica today for the purpose of raising funds for the reconstruction of Roma Mahalla, on the south bank of the Ibar River in Mitrovicë/a, that was home to about 8,000 Roma, Ashkaeli and Egyptians (RAE) prior to June 1999. Addressing the…

UNMIK/PR/1356 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy SRSG Larry Rossin today visited Skopje where he met with President Branko Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Vlado Buchkovski and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hasanovic. Addressing the media in Skopje after the meetings, the PDSRSG said, “My purpose in…

UNMIK/PR/1355 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen signed today an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) establishing a framework for the EIB to provide loans for investment projects in Kosovo. Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi initialed the document on behalf of the Provisional Institutions…

UNMIK/PR/1353 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today proposed an informal Forum for consultation between main political leaders on key issues facing Kosovo. “Kosovo should benefit from an enhanced dialogue between political leaders on issues of vital importance, such as standards implementation…

UNMIK/PR/1352 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen has promulgated today UNMIK Regulation on Pensions in Kosovo (UNMIK Regulation No. 2005/20) amending UNMIK Regulation No. 2001/35. PDSRSG Larry Rossin, who signed the regulation for the SRSG, said: “This is a positive step, because the amendments…

UNMIK/PR/1450 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today attended the “Standards-Status-Europe” townhall meeting in Klinë/Klina alongside Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi and EC Representative Giorgio Mamberto. As Kosovo moves into a new phase of its history with the beginning of the status process…

UNMIK/PR/1449 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning addressed a conference of the ‘Forum of Bosniaks of Kosovo’. Following is the text of his address: Prime Minister, Minister Idrizi, Members of Parliament, Mrs. Vllasi, President [of the Forum of Bosniaks of Kosovo] Dzogovic, ladies and…

UNMIK/PR/1448 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this afternoon chaired the second meeting of the Internal Security Sector Review (ISSR) Steering Committee at UNMIK Headquarters. The SRSG said Steering Committee members have the significant opportunity to direct and monitor the process leading to…