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UNMIK/PR/480 The Kosovo Transitional Council today discussed the Kosovo Consolidated Budget for 2001 as well as the Kosovo Albanian detainees held in Serbia. Also on the agenda was a review of developments at Radio-Television Kosovo. SRSG Hans Haekkerup stated that UNMIK has demanded the return of…

UNMIK/PR/478 As of January 2001, all vehicles bearing foreign plates and entering the territory of Kosovo are required to present proof of valid insurance to UNMIK Border Authorities. Consequently, border insurance is now available at offices of authorized insurance companies located at General…

UNMIK/PR/476 PRISTINA-- Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Balkans, winding up a two-day visit in Kosovo, told media that chances for stability in the region had improved greatly. Prior to his arrival to Kosovo he spent two days in Serbia in discussions with authorities on…

UNMIK/PR/475 In his first meeting with the Kosovo Transitional Council, SRSG Hans Haekkerup today pledged to work closely with the KTC in implementing UN Resolution 1244. Mr. Haekkerup stated that he intends to speed up the drafting of the legal framework, which will define the powers of the elected…

UNMIK/PR/474 SRSG Hans Haekkerup met today for the first time with the members of the Interim Administrative Council and presented the priorities for his tenure in Kosovo, the first of which would be to speed up work on establishing provisional self-government. This, he said, was the next step in…

UNMIK/PR/473 Hans Haekkerup, the third Special Representative of the Secretary General to head the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, arrived at his UNMIK Government Building office early this morning for his first day on the job. He led his first executive meeting with senior…

UNMIK/PR/471 Pristina-- SRSG Bernard Kouchner signed before he left on Saturday, a regulation on the prohibition of trials in absentia for serious violations of international humanitarian law. Regulation 2001/1 states that “no person may be tried in absentia for serious violations of international…

UNMIK/PR/470 Trafficking and exploitation of human beings in Kosovo has become a crime punishable by two to 20 years of imprisonment. The UNMIK regulation “On the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in Kosovo” (UNMIK/REG/2001/4) was signed by outgoing SRSG Bernard Kouchner before his departure…

UNMIK/PR/469 Mr. Hans Haekkerup, former Minister of Defence of Denmark, arrived in Kosovo today to take up his duties as the new Special Representative of the Secretary General. Heavy snow prevented the planned meeting with outgoing SRSG Bernard Kouchner at the airport. Mr. Haekkerup will spend his…

UNMIK/PR/468 After a series of emotional farewells with the people of Kosovo, UNMIK staff, police and KFOR troops, Dr. Bernard Kouchner flew out of Pristina’s Slatina airport at 3 p.m. today, heading for Paris aboard a French government jet, ending his 18-month posting as the Special Representative…