Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/598 Pristina – The United Nations World Food Programme is tapping contingency stockpiles and mobilising extra staff to assist a fresh wave of ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing into Kosovo from the conflict in the…

UNMIK/PR/597 Representatives of Kosovo women’s NGOs and civil society met last night with the President of the UN Security Council, Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh, along with the ambassadors of Colombia, Jamaica…

UNMIK/PR/596 PRISTINA -- The Security Council - on the first-ever mission of all 15 members - completed a two-day visit to Kosovo with an appeal to both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb leaders to shun extremism and commit all…

UNMIK/PR/596 NEW YORK - All 15 members of the Security Council will travel to Kosovo and Belgrade from June 15-18 to see first-hand the political and security challenges faced by the United Nations in the province, as well as…

UNMIK/PR/593 DSRSG Daan Everts and OSCE Director of Elections Peter Urben made presentations on the upcoming elections in today's session of the Interim Administrative Council. Mr. Everts reiterated the importance of the…

UNMIK/PR/592 PRISTINA - Following a recent review of the activities and functions of judicial support staff throughout Kosovo, the Department of Justice has announced an increase in the salary of some support staff working in…

UNMIK/PR/588 PRISTINA – The UNMIK NGO Liaison and Registration Unit has issued notices to 272 non-governmental organizations in Kosovo which enjoyed Public Benefit Status in year 2000 for failing to submit an annual report…

UNMIK/PR/587 The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed the UNMIK regulation which, when signed by the SRSG, will establish Radio Television Kosovo as an independent broadcasting organization. However most of today’s…

UNMIK/PR/586 In an effort to thwart the movement of extremists into and out of Kosovo, UNMIK has recently promulgated a regulation which limits the legal boundary and border crossing points to 19 designated sites, and makes…

UNMIK/PR/583 PRISTINA -- UNMIK announced today the formation of a new structure that will join the UNMIK departments of law enforcement and judicial affairs in order to strengthen the fight against crime. The two departments…