The United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has taken a major step in the
reconstruction of Kosovo with the launch of a process to
register all civilians in Kosovo over the age of 16. The
civil registration is essential for the provision of public
services to all residents and in building an accurate voters'
register in readiness for municipal elections to be held
later this year.
The civil registration process, being
run by UNMIK and the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe, is expected to last three months and will be
conducted from some 400 sites throughout Kosovo. Mobile
registration units will serve isolated communities. The
pictures below show the registration process in Mirash,
a remote village in south-east Kosovo, where registration
started on 19 April.
