News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/1483 PRISTINA – The Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) now has a Kosovan Commissioner, Xhevat Mexhuani, who was appointed yesterday by the Penal Management Division (PMD) of the Department of Justice. KCS Commissioner Mexhuani joined the Kosovo Correctional Service in June 2000 and performed…

UNMIK/PR/1481 “Dear family of President Rugova; dear President and members of the Assembly; dear Prime Minister and representatives of the Government, COMKFOR, Ambassador Goldberg, dear Friends and Guests, It is with profound sadness that I stand before you today – a sadness which I know is shared…

UNMIK/PR/1480 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen, Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi, PDK leader Hashim Thaci, ORA leader Veton Surroi, and Co-ordinator of Status Working Groups Blerim Shala met early this evening at UNMIK’s Headquarters in Pristina. Afterwards, they…

UNMIK/PR/1479 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen issued the following statement upon learning of the passing of President Ibrahim Rugova: “This is a moment of profound sorrow for Kosovo and I share your sadness and grief. I wish first of all to extend my heartfelt condolences, in my own name and…

UNMIK/PR/1478 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen issued the statement below, following the crash of the Slovak military plane last night in north-eastern Hungary on its way back from Kosovo to Slovakia, which caused the deaths of 42 Slovak KFOR soldiers and civilians: “It was with shock and…

UNMIK/PR/1477 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen expressed his sadness at the sudden passing of His Grace Bishop Mark Sopi, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kosovo. The SRSG extends his condolences, in his own name and on behalf of UNMIK, to Bishop Sopi’s family and the Roman Catholic community in Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/1476 PRISTINA – On Tuesday SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen urged Roma to take advantage of the better conditions offered by the temporary Camp Osterode facilities. His meeting with Roma leaders followed a visit to the Cesmin Lug Roma camp, where he met residents and Roma leaders, who…

UNMIK/PR/1474 PRISTINA – Camp Osterode in Northern Mitrovica/Mitrovicë is now ready for temporary relocation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the Roma-Ashkali-Egyptian (RAE) communities currently living in the camps of Žitkovac/Zitkovc, Kablare/Kablar and Cesmin Lug/Llugë. This is a…

UNMIK/PR/1473 PRISTINA – The Department of Justice has opened a new Court Liaison Office (CLO) in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and has moved the Court Liaison Office in Graçanice/Gracanica to a new location. The new Court Liaison Office in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica is one of a series of new offices planned to be…

UNMIK/PR/1726 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker condemned in the strongest possible terms this morning’s attack on the UNMIK District Court building in North Mitrovica. A large mob used force against UNMIK Police to enter the building…

UNMIK/PR/1717 - UNMIK Countdown #33 PRISTINA - UNMIK Civil Administration has been instrumental in organizing, supervising and monitoring activities pertaining to civil registration (habitual resident registration), in accordance with UNMIK Regulation 2000/13 on the Central Civil Registry. In May…

UNMIK/PR/1715 - UNMIK Countdown #32 PRISTINA – In line with UNMIK’s policy of transfer of competencies to the PISG, most of the competencies in voluntary returns have been transitioned by UNMIK’s Office of Communities, Returns and Minorities Affairs (OCRM) to the Government, primarily to the…