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PRESS RELEASES - 1999

13 June 1999 - UNMIK/PR/1- UN opens Headquarters in Kosovo
20 June 1999 - UNMIK/PR/2 - Authority of the Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
23 June 1999 - UNMIK/PR/3 - Head of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Meets with Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom
28 June 1999 - UNMIK/PR/4
- UNMIK Takes First Step in Creating New Judiciary for  Kosovo
30 JUNE 1999 - UNMIK/PR/5 - UNMIK appoints first Judges and Prosecutors for Interim Kosovo Judiciary System
2 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/6 - Joint statement of Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb leaders under the auspices of UNMIK and KFOR
4 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/7 - Statement on the right of KFOR to apprehend and detain
UNMIK/PR/8 - Not Available
14 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/9 - UNMIK Appeals for an End to Attacks on Minorities
15 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/10 - Press Advisory - Special Events
15 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/11 - Kouchner takes up post as UNMIK Head in Pristina
16 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/12 - UNMIK convenes first meeting of Kosovo Transitional Council
21 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/13 - UNMIK Sets out Plans for Revival and Development of RTP and Independent Media  in Kosovo
22 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/14 - The United Nations International Police are recruiting candidates for the new Kosovo Police Service
24 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/15 - UNMIK condemns killing in Lipljan
24 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/16 - No bank deal approved by UNMIK
24 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/17 Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of Secretary General, Condemns Murder of Defenseless Farmers. Remarks Made After the Joint Implementation Commission Meeting on the Demilitarization of the UCK at KFOR Headquarters
24 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/18 - UNMIK appoints nine new judges
28 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/19 - Radio Pristina Resumes Broadcasts Limited Programming to Begin Today Under OSCE Supervision
25 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/20 - Bernard Kouchner Issues First UNMIK Regulation in Kosovo
29 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/21 - U.S. Secretary of State Calls for International Community to Support UNMIK
31 July 1999 - UNMIK/PR/22 - Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, announced today that the UNMIK administered Customs Service had become operational
2 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/23 - UNMIK re-opens Post and Telecommunications Bulding
6 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/24 - UNMIK Pristina Regional Administration Moves to Municipal Building
14 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/25 - Statements by SRSG on missing and detained persons
16 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/26 - New inclusive approach to reviewing legal system
17 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/27 - Statements by SRSG on re-starting public services
18 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/28 - Special Joint Advisory Council meets to review laws
20 August, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/29 - Kosovo Transitional Council to meet Saturday
20 August, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/30 - SRSG briefed on Gnjilane situation
21 August, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/31 - Security, Reconstruction Discussed in Transitional Council
22 August, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/32 - SRSG marks Mitrovica hospital as neutral zone
22 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/33 - SRSG meets with health workers
27 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/34 - Statement by Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, on Missing and Detained Persons
30 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/35 - UNMIK to begin customs registration
30 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/36 - Kouchner, Holbrooke Patrol High Risk Areas with UN International Police
31 August 1999 - UNMIK/PR/37 - Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, appointed seven judges and two public prosecutors today
1 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/38 - UNMIK Launches New Customs Service
3 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/39 - The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has completed the selection process for the first class of 200 students for the Kosovo Police Service School, marking a important step for local policing in the territory
02 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/40 - Kouchner signs regulation on foreign currency
06 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/41 - Kouchner Announces Formation of Economic Policy Advisory Board
10 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/42 - First Meeting of Economic Policy Advisory Board
14 September 1999  - UNMIK/PR/43 - Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, appointed five judges to the Ad Hoc Court of Final Appeal and two prosecutors to the Ad Hoc Office of the Public Prosecutor today
September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/44 - Kouchner Meets in Moscow with Ivanov
17 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/45 - Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, has signed three new regulations to promote the establishment of an independent, professional, impartial and multi-ethnic judiciary in Kosovo
18 September, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/46 - Kosovo gets Power Plan for Winter

20 September, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/47 - UNMIK Customs Service Installed on Albanian Border
21 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/48 - Kouchner welcomes establishment of Kosovo Protection Corps
21 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/49 - Kouchner signs regulation on Kosovo Protection Corps
22 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/50 - Commission on Missing and Detainees meets
25 September, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/51 - Kosovo Gender Task Force Formed
28 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/52 - Kouchner Strongly Condemns Kosovo Polje Killings
29 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/53 - Kosovo Transitional Council Condemns Kosovo Polje Attack
29 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/54 - UNMIK expects quick release of Staff detained in Yugoslavia
1 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/55 - UNMIK launches blueprint for health service in Kosovo
30 September 1999 - UNMIK/PR/56 - Kouchner attends Klina School re-opening
30 September, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/57 - Mitrovica Hospital under Blockade
30 September, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/58 - Missing UN Staff Members had Strayed into Serbia
1 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/59 - UNMIK starts second round of stipenmd payments
1 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/60 - BLUE SKY Radio Goes on the Air Tonight
1 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/61 - Japan donates $7 million to Kosovo winterization
4 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/62 - Kouchner reassures Bosniak minority in Peja
06 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/63 - Kouchner signs petroleum products regulation
06 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/64 - Kosovo Transitional Council Condemns Abuse of the Freedom of Speech in Media
11 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/65 - United Nations Secretary-General Visits Kosovo
12 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/66 - SRSG Kouchner Condemns Murder of UNMIK Staff Member
14 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/67 - Secretary-General completes visit to Kosovo
15 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/68 - Memorial Speech of Special Representative of the Secretary General Bernard Kouchner
15 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/69 - Inauguration of commercial flights at Pristina airport
16 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/70 -SRSG Congratulates First Graduates of Kosovo Police Service School

20 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/71 -SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation Repealing Discriminatory Legislation Affecting Housing and Property Rights
20 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/72 - SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on the Provision of Postal and Telecommunications Services in Kosovo
19 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/73 - Joint UNMIK/KFOR Statement on Proposed Serbian Protection Corps
20 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/74 -SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on Exercising Control over Payments Facilities and Services
20 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/75 -SRSG Kouchner Visits Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims
21 October, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/76 - UNMIK Outraged at Attack on Serb Staff Member
UNMIK/PR/77 - Not Available
22 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/78 - SRSG Kouchner meets with NATO Chief
25 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/79 - SRSG orders temporary separate school for Obilic
25 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/80 - Donors’ Emergency Textbook Project for the Children of Kosovo
27 October 1999 - UNMIK/PR/81 - SRSG Kouchner Signs Regulation on Temporary Vehicle Registration

1 November  1999 - UNMIK/PR/82 - Kouchner Condemns Attack on Kosovo Serb Leader
03 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/83 - Statement of the Kosovo Transitional Council Condemning the Attack on Trajkovic
08 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/84 - UNMIK Establishes Kosovo Budget and  Central Fiscal Authority
10 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/85 - Statement by the Kosovo Transitional Council on Detained Persons
12 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/86 - UN World Food Programme plane bound for Pristina disappears
UNMIK/PR/87 - Not Available
UNMIK/PR/88 - Not Available
16 November, 1999 - UNMIK/PR/89 - Kosovo Transitional Council notes decrease in violence
17 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/90 - SRSG Signs Regulations Establishing Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo and the Bank Supervisory and Regulatory Department
17 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/91 - SRSG Signs Regulation on the Prohibition of Casino-Type Gambling in Kosovo
17 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/92 - Housing and property directorate and claims commission established
18 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/93 - UNMIK Holds Memorial Service for Air Crash Victims
18 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/94 - SRSG Signs Regulation on the Appointment of Lay-Judges
19 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/95 - NGO Registration to Begin in Kosovo 29 November
19 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/96 - UNMIK Police Arrest Three in Customs Attack Case

UNMIK/PR/97 - 102 - Not Available
30 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/103 - UNMIK Starts Temporary Vehicle Registration
30 November 1999 - UNMIK/PR/104 - Dutch Government Gives UNMIK $15 Million
1 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/105 - SRSG Visits Newly Centrally Heated School
1 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/106 - Kosovo Transitional Council condemns attack on Serb family
2 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/107 - Kouchner visits FYROM
3 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/108 - SRSG visits Albania
9 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/109 - UNMIK Begins Distribution of 2.1 Million DM of Fuel Donated by Japanese Government
8 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/110 - BPK Kosovo holds Bank Licensing Seminar
11 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/111 - Power Bills to Arrive this Week
11 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/112 - UNMIK Names Supervisory Board to Manage Power Sector
11 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/113 - SRSG visits Partes and Gnjilane
15 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/114 - SRSG Visits Prizren Prison
15 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/115 - Kosovo Political Leaders Agree to Share Administration of Kosovo with UNMIK

UNMIK/PR/116 - Not Available
28 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/117 - Press Statement on Public Funds
28 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/118 - Interim Administrative Council - Meeting of 28 December
28 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/119 - Payment of Electricity Bills
30 December 1999 - UNMIK/PR/120 - Multi-ethnic passenger train started running in Kosovo


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