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UNMIK/PR/1447 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen yesterday afternoon called for continued donor support for mine action in Kosovo. The SRSG was addressing a presentation on the current mine situation in Kosovo organised by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Management Section of UNMIK’s Office of…

UNMIK/PR/1446 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today met with representatives of Kosovo minorities communities and briefed them on the upcoming visit of the Secretary-General’s status envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, on status talks preparations and the process. The SRSG stressed that active…

UNMIK/PR/1445 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen has taken note of the resolution passed today by the Assembly of Kosovo providing a mandate to the Delegation of Kosovo as the basis for its platform for the upcoming status talks. As such, “the Assembly has appropriately assumed its responsibility…

UNMIK/PR/1444 PRISTINA – Today, SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi have established the Joint UNMIK-PISG Task Force on Electricity Supply, Billing and Revenue Collection. The Joint Task Force will be responsible for a coordinated implementation of the support to revenue…

UNMIK/PR/1443 PRISTINA – As part of efforts to foster open debate on the issue of missing persons, UNMIK’s Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is launching a participatory theatre project tomorrow. The project, in collaboration with the Centre for Children’s Theatre Development, will…

UNMIK/PR/1441 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this afternoon met Kosovo Serb representatives at UNMIK headquarters. SLKM representatives Goran Bogdanovic, Randjel Nojkic, Dragisa Krstovic, Snezana Milic, Vesna Jovanovic and Sladjan Ilic attended the meeting. The SRSG briefed them on the latest…

UNMIK/PR/1440 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today hosted a meeting of the Team of Unity at his residence. Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi, Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, PDK leader Hashim Thaçi, ORA leader Veton Surroi, and Team Co-ordinator Blerim Shala attended the meeting. COMKFOR Lieutenant…

UNMIK/PR/1439 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today addressed the first meeting of Internal Security Sector Review’s Consultative Group, as part of the ISSR process. The Consultative Group draws from all elements of the Kosovo society, including political parties, representatives of ethnic and…

Joint Press Release: UNMIK and PISG #1438 PRISTINA – Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi today chaired the 27th meeting of the Economic and Fiscal Council. PDSRSG Larry Rossin and senior Kosovo Government, Assembly and UNMIK officials were present at the meeting. Points of discussion were the 2006 budget…

UNMIK/PR/1437 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Larry Rossin issued the following message on the occasion of the end of the holy month of Ramadan: “On behalf of the SRSG and all of UNMIK, I wish to extend best wishes to members of the Islamic Community in Kosovo as you observe the end of the holy month of Ramadan…

UNMIK/PR/1436 PRISTINA – Today, DSRSG Joachim Ruecker has signed, for UNMIK on behalf of Kosovo, the Treaty establishing the EU/South Eastern Europe Energy Community. Deputy Minister for Energy and Mining Agron Dida was also present at the ceremony in Athens, which was attended by the Greek Prime…

UNMIK/PR/1435 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today addressed the UN Security Council meeting in New York. Following is the text of his address: Excellencies, For the past 12 months this Council has been noting positive developments in Kosovo, including improvements in security and in the…