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UNMIK/PR/1459 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today issued the following statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day tomorrow, 10 December: “Today marks an important day as the world joins together to celebrate, promote and honour human rights. This day is poignant for Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/1458 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today condemned the attack against a bus that occurred last evening in Prizren municipality. The attack fortunately failed to cause any major damage or injuries. However, the SRSG has taken serious note of the potentially lethal incident. He has…

UNMIK/PR/1457 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Larry Rossin and the Head of the Division for Humanitarian Assistance of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Mr Per Byman, today signed a Financial Agreement formalizing SIDA’s grant of three million Swedish krona (approximately 320,000 euros) to…

UNMIK/PR/1456 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today addressed a roundtable at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). Following is the text of his address: “Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you. It is a great pleasure to be back again at DCAF – an organisation with…

UNMIK/PR/1455 PRISTINA – A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between UNMIK and the British Government for provision of funding by the government of the United Kingdom to UNMIK and the PISG Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) to purchase witness protection system equipment for the…

UNMIK/PR/1453 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today expressed UNMIK’s sincere thanks to the Irish Government on the signing of a grant agreement, whereby Ireland is providing €250,000 towards the reconstruction of the Roma Mahala settlement on the south bank of the Ibar River in Mitrovicë…

UNMIK/PR/1452 PRISTINA – “Status has to go with Standards, and more concrete progress is needed in the implementation of the Standards,” said Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, the Special Envoy for the future status process for Kosovo, at the end of his first regional visit since his appointment on November…

UNMIK/PR/1451 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today visited the Decani Monastery on the occasion of St. Stefan’s Day. He stressed the importance of the Decani Monastery as a world cultural heritage site and said: “This is a site which is the common heritage of mankind, of all of us, and…

UNMIK/PR/1624 UNMIK Countdown #6 PRISTINA – UN Volunteers participation in UNMIK dates back to the beginning of the mission in June 1999 when some 200 UN Volunteers supported the mission in humanitarian work, organizing food deliveries, providing medical care and setting up temporary shelter for…

UNMIK/PR/1625 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker would like to convey the following message for the people of Kosovo on the occasion of the upcoming holiday of Kurban Bajram and the new year: “On behalf of everyone in UNMIK, I would like to…

UNMIK/PR/1623 PRISTINA – The new modernised and enlarged Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) was signed today at the South East European summit of Prime Ministers in Bucharest. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, together with Kosovo Minister…

UNMIK/PR/1622 PRISTINA – The UNMIK-PISG Svinjarë/Svinjare Decision Making Board met today in Svinjarë/Svinjare to formally determine whether the task, to repair and reconstruct properties in Svinjarë/Svinjare damaged in March 2004, as outlined by the Contact Group, has been fulfilled. The Board…