News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/1577 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today welcomed the commencement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of specialized medical treatment for lead toxicity for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the Roma-Ashkali-Egyptian…

UNMIK/PR/1576 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steven Schook today visited Janjevë/Janjevo, a small town in Lipjan/Lipljan Municipality of Central Kosovo where Kosovo Croats and Kosovo Albanians are living together. The ASRSG was accompanied by…

UNMIK/PR/1575 PRISTINA – UNMIK Director of Civil Administration Patricia Waring and Kosovo Minister of Transport and Communications Qemajl Ahmeti today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) governing the transfer of UNMIK’s competency to provide humanitarian transportation for the minorities in…

UNMIK/PR/1574 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steven Schook, on the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, today called upon all concerned to join together in efforts to determine the fate of persons still missing from the…

UNMIK/PR/1573 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steve Schook strongly condemned the grenade attack of Saturday night in North Mitrovica in which 9 civilian were injured when an explosive device was thrown at a local café bar. “I am outraged and…

UNMIK/PR/1571 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steven Schook yesterday undertook an impromptu tour of the northern municipalities of Mitrovica to meet the people ‘in the streets and cafes’ of Zvecan/Zvečan and Leposavic. “I was there…

UNMIK/PR/1570 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG), Steven Schook, today visited Peja/Pec where he had meetings with the municipal leadership including the Municipal Assembly President, Mr. Ali Lajçi, the Deputy President Mr. Smajl Shala…

UNMIK/PR/1569 PRISTINA - As part of ongoing efforts to ensure the fair resolution of property rights UNMIK inaugurated the Supervisory Board of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA). The meeting was chaired by Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steve…

UNMIK/PR/1567 PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today signed a Determination on the Postponement of the Municipal Elections in Kosovo. The Determination foresees that Municipal Elections scheduled to be held in 2006 shall be…

UNMIK/PR/1566 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steven Schook today visited Belgrade. The PDSRSG had meetings with the President of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo (CCK) Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk…

UNMIK/PR/1564 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen, on the request of Prime Minister Agim Çeku, today decided to assign the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) a major role in completing the reconstruction work in Svinjarë/Svinjare and in…

UNMIK/PR/1562 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today visited Skopje where he met the Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Bučkovski. He later travelled to Tetovo to meet the President of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) and…