Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1587 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Steven Schook visited local leaders in Mitrovica, Istog/Istok and Klina today to urge them to work more actively with their communities at this crucial time in Kosovo’s status process. Together with Police Commissioner Stephen Curtis and KFOR Deputy Commander Gen…

UNMIK/PR/1586 PRISTINA – SRSG Joachim Rücker issued the following message on the occasion of the start of the holy month of Ramadan: “I would like to congratulate the members of the Islamic Community in Kosovo on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. “This is a special month for Muslims…

UNMIK/PR/1584 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Steven Schook expressed outrage at the attack in Klina last night, in which four members of a Kosovo Serb family were wounded in an explosion at their home. “We condemn this act of violence directed at innocent people,” the PDSRSG said. “Violence cannot be a means to…

UNMIK/PR/1583 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Steven Schook condemned two explosive attacks targeting parked vehicles in Gjilan/Gnjilane and Ferizaj/Uroševac on Friday and Saturday nights. The explosions were apparently caused by bombs placed under the vehicles, heavily damaging them and also nearby vehicles but…

UNMIK/PR/1582 PRISTINA – UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Stephen J. Curtis of the United Kingdom as UNMIK Police Commissioner. Mr. Curtis replaces Kai Vittrup, who recently left the mission. Mr. Curtis has been serving with UNMIK since July of this year as Deputy Commissioner with…

UNMIK/PR/1580 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG), Steven Schook, today visited Peja/Pec where he met the municipal leadership including the Municipal Assembly President, Mr. Ali Lajçi, and the Deputy President Mr. Smajl Shala. Addressing…

UNMIK/PR/1577 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today welcomed the commencement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of specialized medical treatment for lead toxicity for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the Roma-Ashkali-Egyptian…

UNMIK/PR/1576 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steven Schook today visited Janjevë/Janjevo, a small town in Lipjan/Lipljan Municipality of Central Kosovo where Kosovo Croats and Kosovo Albanians are living together. The ASRSG was accompanied by…

UNMIK/PR/1575 PRISTINA – UNMIK Director of Civil Administration Patricia Waring and Kosovo Minister of Transport and Communications Qemajl Ahmeti today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) governing the transfer of UNMIK’s competency to provide humanitarian transportation for the minorities in…

UNMIK/PR/1574 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (ASRSG) Steven Schook, on the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, today called upon all concerned to join together in efforts to determine the fate of persons still missing from the…