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SRSG surveys flood situation in Obiliq/Obilic and Kosovo B Power Plant
UNMIK/PR/1495 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen, accompanied by Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi and Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning Ardian Gjini…
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UN Secretary General appoints Larry Rossin as PDSRSG for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
UNMIK/PR/1494 PRISTINA – The UN Secretary General has appointed Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin as the PDSRSG for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in…
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UNMIK hands over Lipjan/Lipljan Prison management to Kosovo Prison Director
UNMIK/PR/1493 PRISTINA – The management of the Lipjan/Lipljan Prison was handed over by UNMIK’s Penal Management Division to the Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) today. The hand over ceremony was presided over by the Deputy…
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UNMIK and WHO call for relocation of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian residents from lead contaminated camps
UNMIK/PR/1491 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin today met with Dr. Marc Danzon, the Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organisation…
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UNMIK promulgates Regulation on the use of Socially Owned Enterprise land for public benefit purposes
UNMIK/PR/1490 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin today promulgated, on behalf of the SRSG, a Regulation that provides a legislative basis for the…
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SRSG addresses the United Nations Security Council
UNMIK/PR/1489 PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today addressed the UN Security Council meeting in New York. Following is the text of his address: Mr…
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UNMIK and Sweden sign Memorandum of Understanding on Repatriation
UNMIK/PR/1488 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Larry Rossin and the Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Barbro Holmberg, today signed a Memorandum…
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SRSG statement on the election of the President of Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/1487 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today issued the following statement on the election by the Assembly of Kosovo of Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu as President of Kosovo: “I congratulate Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu on his election…
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UNMIK, WHO and UNICEF renew call for immediate temporary relocation of Roma IDPs as an emergency health requirement
UNMIK/PR/1486 PRISTINA – UNMIK, WHO and UNICEF once again urge the Roma, Ashkaeli and Egyptian (RAE) IDPs to vacate the lead polluted camps in northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and Zvečan/Zveçan and move their families to the…
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SRSG’s statement on nomination of candidate for Kosovo President
UNMIK/PR/1484 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen issued the following statement upon being formally informed by the LDK Presidency of their nomination of Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu as candidate for the President of Kosovo: "I have…
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Kosovan Commissioner for Kosovo Correctional Service appointed
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…
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SRSG’s address to the Assembly of Kosovo on the occasion of the passing of President Rugova
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…