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): July 28, 2003

                      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 and Required FD Disclosure

     In furtherance of the  announcement by UPC Polska,  Inc. ("UPC Polska"),  a
subsidiary  of United  Pan-Europe  Communications  N.V., on July 8, 2003 that it
filed a voluntary  petition  for relief  under  Chapter 11 of the United  States
Bankruptcy  Code  on  July  7,  2003,  and  filed  a   pre-negotiated   plan  of
reorganization  on July 8, 2003, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York (the "U.S. Bankruptcy Court") (Case No. 03-14358),
a copy of the proposed disclosure statement ("Disclosure  Statement") filed with
the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court on July 28, 2003 is  incorporated  by  reference  as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.


Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

     (a) Not applicable.

     (b) Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits

     Exhibit Number                      Description

          99.1                   Disclosure Statement jointly proposed by UPC
                                 Polska and UPC Polska Finance, Inc., dated
                                 July 28, 2003 (incorporated by reference to
                                 Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form
                                 8-K filed by UPC Polska with the SEC on July
                                 29, 2003).





                                    SIGNATURE

         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/ Jeremy Evans
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                 Name:  Jeremy Evans
                                 Title: Attorney in Fact




Dated:  July 29, 2003