Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/397 At today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Bernard Kouchner deplored the incident at yesterday's LDK rally in Gjakova/Djakovica in which Dr. Ibrahim Rugova was forced to leave the stage after…

UNMIK/PR/396 UNMIK’s Department of Justice both respects and supports the monitoring mandate of the OSCE and views the OSCE report “Kosovo: A Review Of The Criminal Justice System, 1 February-31 July, 2000” of 18 October as a…

UNMIK/PR/395 PRISTINA--- Today the international commissioner of the Housing and Property Claims Commission, Mr. Alan Dodson briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council on the activities of his agency. The commission’s task is to…

UNMIK/PR/394 PRISTINA---Afrim Zeqiri is currently under detention in Gnjilane under a decision by an international judge serving on the Gnjilane District Court, while the investigation continues into a possible indictment on…

UNMIK/PR/393 Pristina--The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation, which would set up the Administrative Department of Civil Security and Emergency Planning. The department has already been…

UNMIK/PR/391 On Saturday, SRSG, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, in his last “outreach initiative”, visited Prizren, a town which he noted managed to keep its long tradition of tolerance, despite the conflict. The SRSG first addressed…

UNMIK/PR/392 PRISTINA – The Interim Administrative Council today issued the following statement: “The IAC expresses its hope that the changes that are currently taking place in Belgrade will be the first step of a…

UNMIK/PR/389 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today opened the Pristina Resource Centre on Detainees and Missing Persons, an effort led by UNMIK with the participation of the OSCE and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The…

UNMIK/PR/388 PRISTINA---SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner has urged governments where Kosovo Albanian refugees are based to stop forced and induced returns until the spring because of lack of adequate accommodation in Kosovo. This…

UNMIK/PR/387 PRISTINA—The Kosovo Transitional Council today had an exhaustive discussion on the changes in Belgrade and their impact on Kosovo. While welcoming these changes, the Kosovo Albanian members strongly urged a…