Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1196 The Office of Gender Affairs in UNMIK’s Civil Administration, has published the first complete survey of all available gender statistics, “Women and Men in Kosovo”, which will contribute to redressing the lack of gender disaggregated data at the disposal of Kosovar institutions. The…

UNMIK/PR/1195 PRISTINA - SRSG Harri Holkeri today met with EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, to discuss the developments and the progress made since the riots of March 2004. The SRSG and the High Representative strongly condemned Saturday’s drive-by…

UNMIK/PR/1193 PRISTINA - UNMIK objects to the public statements made by a Kosovo lawyer on 2 June 2004 with reference to the investigations into the tragic incident of 16 March 2004 when three children from Cabra village drowned in the Ibar river in Mitrovica. After the investigations into the…

UNMIK/PR/1192 PRISTINA - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw today chaired the 19th Economic and Fiscal Council meeting which at the same time marked the two-year anniversary since its establishment. The EFC discussed the regulation on reduction of customs tariffs for capital goods and intermediate goods, the…

UNMIK/PR/1191 PRISTINA - UNMIK expresses its dismay at the report in the Serbian weekly Zona Sumraka, which Epoka e Re obediently republished today. The report, entitled “Holkeri, A Light-Minded ‘Agent’ ”, is utterly false and defamatory. This deplorable fabrication slanders an international civil…

UNMIK/PR/1190 PRISTINA - SRSG releases the External Audit Report of the Kosovo Consolidated Budget (KCB) and the Consolidated Responses document for the 15 months period ending 31 December 2000. Under the relevant UNMIK Regulation the SRSG is required to ensure that appropriate independent audit…

UNMIK/PR/1189 PRISTINA - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF), in cooperation with the UNMIK CIVPOL Missing Persons Unit (MPU) will hold a Clothing Exhibition to assist families in the identification processes on Sunday and Monday, 30 and 31 May 2004. The exhibition relates to cases…

UNMIK/PR/1188 PRISTINA - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF), in cooperation with the UNMIK CIVPOL Missing Persons Unit (MPU) and the Serbian authorities, transferred approximately 30 mortal remains identified by DNA from Serbia proper to Kosovo today. The transfer between the Serbian…

UNMIK/PR/1187 PRISTINA - SRSG Harri Holkeri announced his intention to resign from his post at a press conference in Helsinki today. He said he had taken the decision on medical advice and in consultation with Secretary-General Kofi Annan. SRSG Holkeri is expected to return to Pristina soon to…

UNMIK/PR/1186 PRISTINA – In December last year, more than 120 governments met in Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention against Corruption, which is the first legally binding international agreement to fight corruption. Under the terms of this convention, ratifying countries have a legal…