UNMIK News

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will depart next Monday for a 10-day trip that will take him to China and South-eastern Europe. In China, Mr. Ban will take part in the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa…

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is an occasion to salute the 120,000 peacekeepers serving in 17 missions in some of the world’s most volatile and dangerous environments. This Day is also a time to mourn…

UNV participates in ‘Let’s Do it Kosovo’ clean-up day On May 24th United Nations Volunteers from UNMIK, UNDP, UNFPA, UN WOMEN and many other agencies hit the streets to pick up garbage! Their cleaning efforts were part of the…

14 May 2012 Mr. President, Excellencies, During the last briefing to the Council in February, Assistant Secretary-General Edmond Mulet urged the Council to see the year of 2012 as a year for fresh re-examination of the…

UN envoy urges Serbia and Kosovo to overcome past feuds and seek stability The United Nations envoy in Kosovo today called on both Serbia and Kosovo to put past disputes behind them and focus instead on promoting mutual…

In peacekeeping missions around the world military personnel come together from countries big and small, rich and poor, new and old to serve in the name of Peace. Each and every day they risk their lives to fulfill the goals…

PRISTINA - UNMIK welcomes the agreement reached on 30 April by which the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will facilitate voting in Kosovo for the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential…

3 May 2012 - Freedom of expression is one of our most precious rights. It underpins every other freedom and provides a foundation for human dignity. Free, pluralistic and independent media is essential for its exercise. This…

GENEVA (5 April 2012) – “The time for action is now,” said a group of seven United Nations human rights experts on International Roma Day*. “We should not accept yet another lost generation of Roma girls and boys whose only…

Transcript of SRSG interview with AP Friday 23 March 2012 The letter asked UNMIK to organize local elections in Kosovo in conformity with Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council. In my reply to the Serbian…

High resolution video from UNMIk Security

Gender equality and the empowerment of women are gaining ground worldwide. There are more women Heads of State or Government than ever, and the highest proportion of women serving as Government ministers. Women are exercising…