Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1119 Mr. President, The week before last, I met with a delegation of families of missing Kosovo Albanians as many more stood vigil in the snow in front of UNMIK headquarters. They told me of their frustration at the slow progress on the return of the mortal remains of their loved ones from…

UNMIK/PR/1118 PRISTINA - On behalf of the SRSG, the Acting Head of Mission and DSRSG, Pillar I, Jean-Christian Cady, today promulgated a regulation on deterrence of money laundering in Kosovo and providing additional tools to combat it. The regulation will deter money laundering by enhancing…

UNMIK/PR/1116 PRISTINA - The Director-General of UNMIK Customs is concerned and disappointed with the misleading and factually incorrect article published in Koha Ditore on 5 February 2004 regarding the excise tax on banderols. He further takes great exception to the tone and allegations in the…

UNMIK/PR/1117 PRISTINA – This evening, the Head of Pillar I DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady and PISG Minister of Public Services Jakup Krasniqi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of security services for Buildings of the Kosovo Government. Welcoming the agreement, DSRSG Jean-Christian…

UNMIK/PR/1115 PRISTINA – Further to the UNMIK Police Press Release titled ‘KPS Secondary Employment’ dated 2 February 2004. The Head of Pillar I DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady today announced that the UNMIK Police Commissioner had agreed to reinstate the Kosovo Police Service static guards in the…

UNMIK/PR/1114 PRISTINA - On 30 January, SRSG Harri Holkeri promulgated Regulation 2004/1 on the Customs Code of Kosovo. The new Code will become effective on 1 March 2004 to allow for necessary administrative and operational arrangements for its implementation. It replaces the old Customs Code and…

UNMIK/PR/1113 “On behalf of UNMIK staff members I would like to congratulate all Kosovo’s Muslims on the occasion of Kurban Bajram. Kurban Bajram celebrates the day when God forbade his prophet Ibrahim to slay his son Isaac and by doing so, showed Mankind that human life is more valuable than…

UNMIK/PR/1112 “Kosovo is a good example of what the international community and the United Nations can achieve to stop ethnic cleansing and build policy instruments that will prevent it from occurring again. “To be able to achieve success in that domain, there is a prerequisite: a clear and common…

UNMIK/PR/1111 PRISTINA – The SRSG Harri Holkeri has written to the President of the Assembly, Nexhat Daci, to inform him that he has determined that the decision taken by the Assembly regarding the appointment of an Other Communities representative in the Presidency was without validity. In his…

UNMIK/PR/1109 PRISTINA – Some media reports have quoted a senior Belgrade official as stating that there are 198 mass graves in Kosovo. The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) would like to categorically state that no evidence has been provided to OMPF regarding existence of any mass…