SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 12, 2002

                      United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                 The Netherlands
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                                    000-25365
                            (Commission File Number)

                                   98-0191997
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                                Boeing Avenue 53
                             1119 PE, Schiphol Rijk
                                 The Netherlands
              (Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

                                (31) 20-778-9840
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Item 5.   Other Events

On September 12, 2002,  United  Pan-Europe  Communications  N.V. (the "Company")
confirmed  (i)  that it is  continuing  its  negotiations  with  UnitedGlobalCom
("UGC") and a bondholder  committee regarding the plan for the  recapitalisation
of the Company, (ii) that the bank lenders and UGC have extended until September
23,  2002 the  waivers  of the  defaults  arising  as a result of the  Company's
decision not to make  interest  payments  under its  outstanding  10 7/8% Senior
Notes due 2009, 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2010, 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010, 10
7/8% Senior  Notes due 2007 and 11 1/4% Senior  Notes due 2009 and (iii) that it
is  negotiating  with the bank  lenders  and UGC for a longer  extension  of the
waivers of the defaults.  The terms of the waivers  remain  unchanged from those
announced on March 4, 2002.





                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                        UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.

                                        By: /s/ ANTON A.M. TUIJTEN
                                            ----------------------
                                        Name:  Anton A.M. Tuijten
                                        Title: Member of the Board of Management
                                        and General Counsel



Dated: September 12, 2002