'Time to learn our own stories': young photographers ready to leave parents' stories in the past
“We have all been told stories from our parents but it’s very good to learn from our own stories,” says 22-year-old photography enthusiast Fjolla Aliu. Aliu is one of 18 young people from across Kosovo who have transcended…
DSRSG / OIC of UNMIK Milbert Dongjoon Shin Security Council Briefing on UNMIK
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, It is my honour to brief the Council on developments in Kosovo, since the latest report of the Secretary-General covering…
DSRSG Shin to UN Security Council : We welcome peaceful and inclusive municipal elections and encourage the same spirit as process continues
21 October, 2025 – The peaceful and inclusive atmosphere of recent local elections was commended by Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Officer-in-Charge of UNMIK Milbert Dongjoon Shin in his briefing…
Agron Shllaku stands in an UNMIK-sponsored playground built in 2018 in the multiethnic village of Vidaje/Vidanje. Shllaku says: “The United Nations has brought the children together. This is where they meet and hang out. The situation is far better since the playground was built.”
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UN Turns 80: “Reaffirming the UN commitment to serve all communities in Kosovo”
Press Release (UNMIK/UNKT) PRISTINA – Today, as the world marks 80 years of the United Nations, we reflect on its crucial role - improving and saving lives around the world, advancing peace, protecting human rights, fostering…
Security Council establishes UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic
10 April 2014 – Deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation and ongoing human rights abuses in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today approved the establishment of a nearly 12,000…
Calling for end to violence, Secretary-General welcomes new mission in Central African Republic
10 April 2014 - The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption today of Security Council resolution 2149, establishing the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA…
UN chief uses Central African Republic visit to spotlight ongoing crisis, urge end to violence
5 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday to focus the world's attention on a crisis that has been marked by widespread atrocities and suffering, and to call…
MINUSCA follows with interest the ex-Séléka discussions in Ndele
Bangui, 12 May 2014 – The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) followed with interest the ex-Séléka discussions held in Ndele (North), which included the…
Central African Republic’s children witnessing ‘sheer brutality,’ says senior UN official
13 May 2014 – The children of the Central African Republic are witnessing terrible violence in what has become a forgotten crisis, a senior United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official today said, urging the international…
New fighting in northern Central African Republic displaces thousands – UN
16 May 2014 – As fighting worsens in northern Central African Republic, United Nations humanitarian agencies and partners are working to protect displaced people and children, and to support conflict-hit farmers, it was…
At Brussels conference, Ban spotlights crisis in Central African Republic
4 April 2014 – Stating that the world failed to stop the Central African Republic’s slide “into a grave political, economic and humanitarian crisis,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged African and…
Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the CAR
The Secretary-General is concerne! d by the latest upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic. This further deterioration of the security situation in the country has resulted in additional fatalities, a high number…