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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 Top of page