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PRESS RELEASES - 2003

31 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1094 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Promulgates Regulation Approving Kosovo Consolidated Budget 2004
12 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1084 - First Batch of 20 Probation Officers Graduate
11 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1083 - UNMIK Considers the decision of the Assembly as invalid
11 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1082 - Donor Briefing on Returns
10 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1081 - SRSG’s Speech at the Launch of the “Standards for Kosovo” delivered on 10 December 2003 at the City Hall Pristina
10 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1080 - DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady Signs Statement on ‘Commitments on Victim/Witness Protection and Child Trafficking’
10 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1079 - SRSG and PM Launch the “Standards for Kosovo”
10 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1078 - STANDARDS for KOSOVO
09 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1077 - The Special Panel on the Law on the Census of the Population, Households and Housing in Kosovo issues a unanimous decision
08 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1076 - UNMIK Statement on the violent attack in Mitrovica on 6 December
05 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1075 - Office on missing persons and forensics department of justice Forensic Inspections of Mortal Remains at the Rahovec/Orahovac Mortuary
5 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1074 - Correction in Press Release #1073 issued on 4 Dec’03
4 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1073 - PDSRSG Swears in 26 Kosovo Judges and Prosecutors
03 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1072 - OFFICE ON MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Transfer of Mortal Remains fromSerbia Proper to Kosovo at Gate Three
03 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1071 - Task Force on returns meets for the third time
03 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1070 - Joint Statement by UNMIK, KFOR and the Quint
01 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1069 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw visits return site Suvi Lukovac
01 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1068 - Kosovo to uphold the law on names of towns and villages
30 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1067 - SRSG attends the funeral of Officer Isuf Haklaj
29 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1066 - SRSG Visits Viti/Vitina Municipality and Return Sites
28 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1065 - UNMIK on Recent Security Measures
28 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1064 - “Privatisation can only continue in a workable and legal way”
26 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1063 - UNMIK Signs Memorandum of Understanding with ICMP
25 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1062 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Meets Mufti Naim Tërnava on the Occasion of Eid al-Fitr 25 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1061 - SRSG Harri Holkeri's Message on the Occasion of Eid al-Fitr
24 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1060 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Visits Prizren: Stresses Importance of strengthening Rule of Law
22 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1059 - Sixteenth EFC discusses Budget and FTA with Albania
21 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1058 - Cooperation agreements signed between UNMIK and Albania on Public Veterinary Services and Plant Protection
18 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1057 - SRSG Harri Holkeri's statement at the handover ceremony of the report on reform of local self-government
17 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1056 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Announces Agreement to Restart Privatisation
8 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1055 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Speaks to Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic on Telephone
7 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1054 - Dubrava Commission Submits its Report
4 November 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1053 - UNMIK Establishes Investigation Task Force Against Corruption
31 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1052 - UNMIK and Montenegro Sign Agreement on Police Cooperation
31 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1051 - EFC holds its fifteenth session
31 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1050 - Reburial of 36 Mortal Remains from Meja
30 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1049 - SRSG Harri Holkeri’s Presentation to the United Nations Security Council
15 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1048 - Transfer of Mortal Remains from Serbia to Kosovo at Gate Three
12 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1047 - President Rugova to represent Kosovo at Vienna talks
10 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1046 - SRSG Holkeri Welcomes President Rugova's Statement
9 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1045 - Statement of SRSG Holkeri
8 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1044 - SRSG Harri Holkeri's Televised Statement on Direct Dialogue
7 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1043 - SRSG Invites Leaders in Pristina and Belgrade to Participate in Direct Dialogue
2 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1042 - Administrative Direction signed on temporary exemption from Customs Duty of wheat, wheat flour and wheat seeds
2 October 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1040 - SRSG Holkeri Meets German Foreign Minister Fischer
30 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1040 - SRSG Harri Holkeri announces start of dialogue
25 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1039 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw visits Grapc/Grapac community and Dubravë/Dubrava prison
24 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1038 - SRSG Harri Holkeri meets Contact Group in New York
23 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1037 - SRSG Harri Holkeri designates Mr. Peter Pavlin as the Presiding Member of the Special Panel on the Law on Access to Official Documents
20 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1036 - SRSG Harri Holkeri meets with local leaders on the dialogue before leaving for New York
19 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1035 - SRSG Harri Holkeri holds private meeting with Bill Clinton
18 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1034 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw visits Magurë/Magura and Lipjan/Lipljan
18 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1033 - SRSG meets with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini
17 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1032 - DSRSG for Civil Administration visits Peja/Pec Municipality
10 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1031 - DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady addresses security concerns of Kosovo Serb Community in Cernica
5 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1030 - Statement by Paul Coffey, Director of Department of Justice, on the Dubrava prison incident
4 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1029 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Meets Contact Group and Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow
1 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1028 - SRSG Condemns Killing of Kosovo Serb in Cernicë/Cernica
1 September 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1027 - SRSG Opens Refurbished Elementary School in Kosovo Polje/Fushe Kosove Municipality
29 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1026 - Call to Action on the International Day of the Disappeared
28 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1025 - SRSG visits Mitrovica, condemns Bica/Binxhe attack
21 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1024 - EFC holds its Fourteenth Session
15 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1023 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw attends funerals in Gorazdevac
14 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1022 - DSRSG Cady and DCOMKFOR General de Kemabon visit scene of Gorazdevac shooting and KFOR Hospital in Mitrovica
13 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1021 - SRSG Harri Holkeri Strongly Condemns Killing of Children near Gorazdevac
12 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1020 - Third Weapons Amnesty Program in September 2003
7 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1019 - New Lipjan Detention Centre inaugurated
6 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1018 - DSRSG Cady’s Statement for the Memorial Service of Police Officer Satish Menon
4 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1017 - Murder a setback to peace-building, says DSRSG Jean Christian Cady
4 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1016 - Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw Condemns Killing of UNMIK Police Officer
1 August 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1015 - Group Handover of 43 Mortal Remains from Meja
31 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1014 - Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw visits Pristina municipality
29 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1013 - Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw visits Peja/Pec municipality
24 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1012 - ‘Status Issue of Kosovo open’, Says Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw
23 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1011 - Transfer of mortal remains from Serbia proper to Kosovo at Gate 3
15 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1010 - I Am Kosovo campaign launched with endorsement of President Clinton and other top US and international officials
11 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1009 - Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw Meets Municipal Officials in Dragash
10 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1008 - EFC holds its Thirteenth Session
8 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1007 - Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) Launches Inaugural Diploma in Forensic Medicine
8 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1006 - Exhibition of clothing and personal effects at the Rahavec/Orahovac mortuary
7 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1005 - Free Trade Agreement Between Kosovo and Albania Signed
6 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1004 - SRSG Michael Steiner Promulgates the Criminal Code of Kosovo and Criminal Procedure Code of Kosovo
3 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR/1003 - Address by SRSG Michael Steiner to the Security Council
2 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR 1002 - Debelldeh/Debelde-Tanusevci Temporary Border Crossing Point Between Kosovo & FYROM to Open from 7th July 2003
2 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR 1001 - SRSG Michael Steiner warmly welcomes Kosovo leaders’ appeal to displaced persons
2 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR1000 - SRSG ready to use contingency fund to ensure FIU stays in Kosovo
2 July 2003 - UNMIK/PR999 - Merger of UNMIK Regional Headquarters Prizren and Peja/Pec
25 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR998 - Special Chamber on KTA Matters Inaugurated
24 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/997 - First Anniversary of the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF)
24 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/995 - SRSG Opens Police Service Office in Cernicë/Cernica
21 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/994 - SRSG: "This delegation is ready for dialogue on practical issues"
21 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/993 - Intervention by SRSG Michael Steiner at the European Union Western Balkans Summit Thesseloniki 21 June 2003
20 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/992 - EFC holds its Twelfth Session
17 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/991 -SRSG Michael Steiner Announces the Names of Delegation Members to Thessaloniki Summit
17 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/990 - Special Chamber of Supreme Court on KTA Matters Formed
12 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/988 - SRSG Michael Steiner’s speech on the 4th anniversary of KFOR’s arrival in Kosovo
11 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/987 - Transfer of mortal remains from Serbia proper to Kosovo at Gate 3
10 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/986 - Tanjug Fabricates Telephone Interview with SRSG Michael Steiner
10 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/985 - SRSG Michael Steiner’s Intervention in the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
9 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/984 - DSRSG Jean Christian Cady delivers a speech to the law faculty students at the University of Pristina
5 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/983 - SRSG Michael Steiner Announces 50,000 Euro Reward
4 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/982 - SRSG Michael Steiner Expresses Outrage at Killing of a Serbian family in Obilic
3 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/981 - SRSG Michael Steiner visits Tirana
3 June 2003 - UNMIK/PR/980 - UNMIK and UNDP launch the Rapid Response Returns Facility
30 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/979 - Inaugural Meeting of the Advisory Board to the UNMIK Administration Mitrovica
30 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/978 - New Screening Procedure for Documentary Evidence presented by Applicants when they Register as Habitual Residents of Kosovo
29 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/977 - SRSG Appoints Multiethnic Advisory Board for UNMIK Administration Mitrovica
29 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/976 - SRSG celebrates International Peacekeepers Day
29 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/975 - Second meeting of the Transfer Council
27 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/973 - International Peacekeepers Day 2003 (PDF format)
27 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/972 - Civil Registration of Children under the age of 16 years begins June 2
27 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/971 - Joint UNMIK– KFOR Press Release - Meeting of Civil Protection Development Group
23 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/970 - Address by SRSG Michael Steiner to The Regional Conference on Border Security and Management in Ohrid, 22 May 2003
22 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/969 - Group Handover of 29 Mortal Remains from Meja at Rahovec/Orahovac
16 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/968 - SRSG visits SOE Termosistemi
15 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/967 - SRSG Issues Declaration on Kosovo Assembly Resolution on War Values
14 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/966 - SRSG Promulgates Four Laws
14 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/965 - Factual Position on ‘Land Use Rights’ Regulation
14 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/964 - SRSG Expresses Disappointment at Covic’s departure from meeting of High Ranking Working Group
12 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/963 - SRSG Promulgates ‘Land Use Rights’ Regulation
8 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/962 - SRSG highlights UNMIK’s Success in press conference following meeting of OSCE Permanent Council
8 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/961 - SRSG Michael Steiner delivered the following address to the OSCE Permanent Council
7 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/960 - Background to the Transfer of Mortal Remains and Personal Effects from Serbia proper to Kosovo at Gate Three
7 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/959 - Transfer of mortal remains and personal effects from Serbia proper to Kosovo at Gate Three
06 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/958 - SRSG Michael Steiner Visits Cernicë/Cernica
06 May 2003 - UNMIK/PR/957 - UNMIK Customs Statement on Confiscation of 2.5 Million Yugoslav Dinars at Gate 5 30 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/956 - EFC holds its eleventh session
29 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/954 - SRSG Addresses Suhareka Municipal Assembly
27 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/953 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw's Message on the Occasion of Orthodox Easter
25 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/952 - Security Council’s Reaction to Kofi Annan’s Report on Kosovo
24 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/951 - Assembly oversteps its competencies
18 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/949 - SRSG Visits IDP Camp, Returns Site and Roma Mahalla in Mitrovica
18 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/948 - SRSG Announces Emergency Energy Measures
16 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/947 - SRSG Visits Railway Bridge, Calls Bomb Blast a Terrorist Act
9 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/946 - Statement by Trial Panel Concerning the Case of Latif Gashi and Others
9 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/945 - SRSG visits Family Health Center in Pristina
8 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/944 - Transfer Council Meets, Forms Three Working Groups
5 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/943 - SRSG meets new Serbian PM for the first time
3 April 2003 - UNMIK/PR/942 - Assembly Position on unpromulgated draft legislation on higher education
28 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/941 - SRSG Sends Criminal Law to Prime Minister for Review by Government and Assembly
27 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/940 - EFC holds its tenth regular session
25 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/939 - Civil Protection Development Group Has First Meeting
24 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/938 - SRSG Visits Dragas Municipality
21 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/937 - SRSG Addresses Klina Municipal Assembly
20 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/936 - UNMIK denies the existence of uniformed Serbian Gendarmerie in Northern Kosovo
18 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/935 - SRSG Michael Steiner visits Strpce
12March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/934 - SRSG Michael Steiner expresses shock over the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic
10 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/932 - SRSG, Japanese Ambassador inaugurate electricity substation in North Mitrovica
8 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/931 - Happy INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY from UNMIK’s Office of Gender Affairs !
7 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/930 - SRSG announces transfer of responsibilities to government through Transfer Council
6 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/929 - SRSG’s Statement on Mr Balic
4 March 2003 - UNMIK/PR/928 - SRSG and Prime Minister Visit Returns Site
26 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/927 - SRSG on yesterday’s meeting in Zvecan
20 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/926 - Llapi Group Indictment read
19 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/925 - SRSG welcomes Council of Europe to Kosovo
18 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/924 - SRSG Michael Steiner formally transfers the Tax Administration from the CFA to the MFE
18 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/923 - EFC holds its ninth session
18 February 2003 - UNMIK PR922 - Police arrest suspect perpetrator of the attack on Judge Ceta, President of the District Court in Prizren
17 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/921 - UNMIK, UNHCR and PISG launch the Manual for Sustainable Return
10 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/920 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw’s Message on the Occasion of Bajram
06 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/919 - Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General - Address to the Security Council
04 February 2002 - UNMIK/PR/918 - Unfounded Allegations by Bota Sot
03 February 2002 - UNMIK/PR/917 - Office of Missing Persons and Forensics gives latest missing statistics
02 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/916 - Responsibility for security in Kosovo
01 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/915 - SRSG Michael Steiner Visits Mitrovica
01 February 2003 - UNMIK/PR/914 - Orientation Course on Gender Held
30 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/913 - Simon Haselock Misquoted by ‘Java’ on President Rugova’s Picture Issue
24 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/912 - Exhibition of victim's clothing and personal effects to take place at Gate 3
24 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/911 - SRSG Michael Steiner Welcomes Coalition Povratak Decision
24 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/910 - EFC endorses new Income Tax rates at extraordinary session
22 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/909 - SRSG Michael Steiner visits Croatia
20 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/908 - Unprofessionalism on the part of RTS
20 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/907 - SRSG Michael Steiner’s TV Address to Kosovo
20 December 2003 - UNMIK/PR/906 - SRSG Michael Steiner says UNSC 1244 does not foresee mono-ethnic institutions in Kosovo
17 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/905 - EFC holds first meeting of the year
09 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/904 - SRSG Michael Steiner condemns Zemaj murders during visit with President Rugova
07 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/903 - SRSG Michael Steiner attends Christmas morning ceremony in Gracanica
06 January 2003 - UNMIK/PR/902 - PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw signed Budget 2003