Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/914 PRISTINA - A three-day orientation course for Municipal Gender Officers (MGOs) from all thirty municipalities of Kosovo was held from 29 to 31 January at the Grand Hotel in Pristina. The establishment of the posts of the MGOs on 1 January 2003 marks a historic milestone in civil service…

UNMIK/PR/915 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today visited Mitrovica and met leaders of the Mitrovica Municipal Assembly, including its President Faruk Spahija and deputy president Mursan Ibrahimi, and discussed with them the current situation in the region. Mr. Steiner spontaneously took all the…

UNMIK/PR/913 PRISTINA - DPI Director Mr. Simon Haselock has been completely misquoted by Java magazine on the issue of President Ibrahim Rugova’s photograph being distributed to different ministries in the Provisional government. UNMIK has no position on President Rugova’s picture being put up in…

For Example, Kosovo: Seven Principles for Building Peace Ladies and Gentlemen, We’ve come a long way since the best advice for keeping the peace was Basil Fawlty’s order to Polly and Manuel: ‘Don’t mention the war.’ The years since the end of the Cold War have not seen a general outbreak of peace…

UNMIK/PR/905 PRISTINA – An extraordinary EFC meeting today endorsed the Government’s proposal for the revised Income Tax rate structure for 2003. “This is a good proposal,” SRSG Michael Steiner said at the end of the meeting, ”I am happy to announce that I endorse this proposal and that I will amend…

UNMIK/PR/911 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today warmly welcomed the decision of Coalition Povratak members to return to the Kosovo Assembly, which was announced today by Dragisa Krstovic, head of the Coalition in the Kosovo Assembly. “We have always said that the best way for the Serbian…

UNMIK/PR/912 The Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF), with the assistance of the Missing Persons Unit of UNMIK Police, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Commission of Missing Persons (ICMP), will organize on Saturday 1 February and Sunday 2 February…

UNMIK/PR/909 ZAGREB/PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today returned from his visit to Croatia, where he met President Stjepan Mesic, Deputy Prime Minister Slavko Linic, Minister for Foreign Affairs Tonino Picula, the Minister of Economy Ljubo Jurcic and President of the Chamber of Economy, Mr…

UNMIK/PR/907 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner will deliver the following address “Taking Responsibility for 2003” at 2000 hrs on Kosovo TV stations today. Dear Kosovans, The year ahead of us will not be easy. We face three hard challenges. In the Economy - Where far too many people have no jobs. With…

UNMIK/PR/906 PRISTINA – Reacting to the formation of an assembly of Serbian municipalities, SRSG Michael Steiner today said that the “UNSCR 1244 and the Constitutional Framework do not foresee institutions based on mono-ethnicity.” The SRSG added that “this has no legal relevance for Kosovo”.