News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/1688 PRISTINA – After holding discussions today with Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) commanders, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker commended the KPC for “the very positive and constructive way it has been contributing and continues to…

UNMIK/PR/1687 Grand Hotel in Pristina, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 SRSG Joachim Rücker Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, ministers, representatives of international donor community, representative of international community excellencies, but most of all dear prospective investors and guests, thank you…

UNMIK/PR/1686 - UNMIK Countdown #27 PRISTINA – UNMIK’s institution-building pillar, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has played an important role in the development of Kosovo institutions that ensure respect for human rights and the rule of law. Today effective…

UNMIK/PR/1685 - UNMIK Countdown #26 PRISTINA – On 6 June 2007, at UNMIK Headquarters, the Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steven Schook hosted a closing ceremony which marked the end of the Housing and Property Claims Commission (HPCC). The…

UNMIK/PR/1684 PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker told returnees that they make Kosovo a better place in remarks today at a signing ceremony to initiate a new project to return internally-displaced persons (IDPs) to Lismir/Dobri Dub and…

UNMIK/PR/1683 PRISTINA – At the request of Peja/Peć municipality, UNMIK facilitated an agreement Thursday on the way forward in addressing concerns raised about the building of a wall around the Peć Patriarchate. At a meeting chaired by the Head of the Department of Civil Administration, Patricia…

UNMIK/PR/1682 - UNMIK Countdown #25 PRISTINA – The UNMIK Office of Gender Affairs (OGA) was established in 1999 with a mandate deriving from various international legal instruments such as the UN Charter, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms…

UNMIK/PR/1681 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker received today the 2006 Annual Report of the Kosovo Independent Oversight Board (IOB). The IOB Chairman, Mr. Sevdail Kastrati, presented the results of the activities performed in 2006…

UNMIK/PR/1680 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker met today with local residents in Osojan/e village, despite some village leaders’ boycott of a town hall meeting there which Mr.Rücker was scheduled to attend. The SRSG was accompanied by the…

UNMIK/PR/1680 PRISTINA – At a town hall meeting in Prizren, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker praised the Municipality of Prizren for the progress it has made in implementing the Standards, in particular those that promote tolerance and multi…

UNMIK/PR/1678 - UNMIK Countdown #24 PRISTINA – With 57 international security officers from 30 different countries, assisted by 250 local staff, UNMIK Security since 1999 has been able, through information and prevention campaigns, to significantly decrease the number of burglary cases, street…

UNMIK/PR/1677 - UNMIK Countdown #23 PRISTINA – Over the last five years, UNMIK's Institution-Building Pillar, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, has supported the establishment of the Assembly of Kosovo and its continued professional development. Since its inaugural session on 10 December 2001, the OSCE…