SRSG ZAHIR TANIN MEETS WITH REGISTRAR OF THE KOSOVO SPECIALIST CHAMBERS, FIDELMA DONLON
On 27 April 2017, the Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Fidelma Donlon, visited the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, for a meeting at UNMIK headquarters in Pristina…
UNMIK HOSTS GJILAN/GNJILANE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE SESSION
27 April 2017, Pristina. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the Gjilan/Gnjilane Communities Committee (CC) to UNMIK headquarters on 27 April. dsc_7622.jpg SRSG…
SRSG Tanin meets with Foreign Affairs Committee of Assembly of Kosovo
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, today met with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Assembly of Kosovo, discussing and exchanging views on a wide range of issues…
SRSG Zahir Tanin visits officials in North and South Mitrovica
The UNMIK senior leadership team walk across the Mitrovica bridge from South Mitrovica to North Mitrovica. srsgmitro-17.jpg SRSG Zahir Tanin (left) with South Mitrovica mayor Agim Bahtiri. On 11 April, Special Representative…
Statement by SRSG Zahir Tanin, Head of UNMIK, Condemning Recent Threats of Ethnic Cleansing
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, Condemning Recent Threats of Ethnic Cleansing This weekend’s statement by a senior Kosovo Parliamentarian, using hate speech to…
UNIFIL Head of Mission Major General Beary meets with Foreign Minister Bassil
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon, Gebran Bassil, in Beirut. The UNIFIL Head of Mission expressed…
Dramatic boarding exercise with the Lebanese Navy and UNIFIL MTF
During the training exercise LAF Navy soldiers apprehend sailors of the intercepted boat. Out at sea a crackle comes over the radio: “Motor Vessel Sam, this is the Lebanese Navy. You cannot enter the Lebanese territorial…
UNIFIL-supported wall paintings inaugurated in Chaqra
UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) Commander and the Mayor of Chaqra inaugurated a series of wall paintings by local students in the south-eastern Lebanese village earlier this week. The paintings depicting Lebanese…
MONUSCO continues to support and protect Dr. Mukwege
Kinshasa, 15 May 2017: Following the statement made at its press conference on 10 May regarding the protection of Dr Mukwege, MONUSCO wishes to clarify that it does not provide 24H protection to Panzi hospital and that this…
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Mechanical ground preparation for clearance using a minewolf in Abyei On 8 December 2005, the UN General Assembly declared 4 April of each year as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. In a…
New UNISFA Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander arrives in Abyei
Mr. Elijah Karambizi, Chief Mission Support, welcomes the new Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael. The new United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Acting Head of…
UNSG appoints Maj Gen Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael of Ethiopia as Force Commander for UNISFA
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Major General Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael of Ethiopia as Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). He…