Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/442 PRISTINA -- SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner has warmly welcomed the announcement of his successor, Danish Defence Minister Hans Haekkerup, named today by the Secretary General, of the United Nations. “I give him my very best wishes,” said Dr Kouchner. “I hope that my friend has a very…

UNMIK/PR/441 PRISTINA -- UNMIK’s Bureau for Detained and Missing Persons has helped organise a visit to Belgrade Central Prison, for the families of Kosovar Albanians who are being detained there. The first of what may be a series of visits was organised yesterday in association with IOM and the FRY…

UNMIK/PR/440 PRISTINA---Kosovo’s Council of JIAS Co-heads held its first meeting today since being constituted two weeks ago. As envisaged, the meeting was chaired by SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner and he briefed the Council, comprising Kosovo and international co-heads of the 20 JIAS departments about…

UNMIK/PR/439 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner yesterday re-launched unit B2 of Kosovo B power plant, which underwent major overhaul over the last five months. The refurbished plant will daily generate about 250 MW. The project, which cost 40 million Euros (approximately 80 million DM), was…

UNMIK/PR/438 PRISTINA---The Prime Minister of Albania, Mr. Ilir Meta, today told the Kosovo Transitional Council that the problem in the Presevo Valley should be solved through “dialogue and democratic means” and not violence. The dialogue should begin soon so that the Albanians are assured…

UNMIK/PR/437 PRISTINA---The LDK leader, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova today briefed IAC about the Athens conference last week. He termed the conference successful in the sense of starting a dialogue between the Albanian and the Serb leadership. However, Dr. Rugova felt that a dialogue with Belgrade could wait…

UNMIK/PR/436 Pristina--Students from 18 schools are being relocated from tents to containers as part of the winterization programme initiated by the Department of Education and Science. These students, who have been studying in tents from last year, will be temporarily located in heated containers…

UNMIK/PR/435 PRISTINA – SRSG Dr Bernard Kouchner has signed a regulation aimed at ensuring that public order and security is maintained in Kosovo. Regulation 2000/62 allows law enforcement authorities – whether they are KFOR or UNMIK police – to issue an exclusion order against an individual which…

UNMIK/PR/434 PRISTINA – An important step has been made to ensure that the needs and views of people with disabilities are taken into account by policy makers in the JIAS Departments. A Disability Task Force, set up under the auspices of the Social Welfare section of the Department of Health, met…

UNMIK/PR/433 The Housing and Property Directorate (HPD) has started serving notice on occupants of apartments, and other interested parties, in response to more than 800 claims which have already been lodged with it. Occupants of contested property will receive a notice that a claim has been filed…