New Kosova Report

Thaçi: Support for Kosovo at the UN as never before

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi

Kosovo Prime Minister, Hashim Thaçi, in an interview to VOA, said that he spoke for the first time at the UN Security Council on behalf of institutions of the new Republic of Kosovo and added that the Security Council was not divided on the Kosovo issue.

“The Security Council has given full support to Kosovo with some exceptions on the part of Russia. I can say that even those countries that did not recognize Kosovo have commended its progress,” Thaçi said.

On Serbian local elections and the idea to have them organized in Kosovo too, Thaçi said this move would be negative and “aims at provoking the situation in Kosovo.” He however expressed confidence that in coordination with the international community “we will overcome this quite unnecessary challenge at this period in time.”

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Sam from Germany said:

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I find it hard to believe that any civilized person, let alone a nation can take Kosovo independence seriously?

The system is all WRONG!
There are so many other, far more IMPORTANT issues that Kosovo needs to address before it can even start thinking of independence.

I read that according to law enforcement agencies that are run by the UN, that Kosovo is the most important interim destination for opiates and heroin coming from Afghanistan!
It is believed that up to four or five tons of heroin is brought across Kosovo's borders every month!
The drug then reaches the EU countries through Albanian distribution rings.
(Rastislav Báchora, Notes from Southeastern Europe, 2008)
And that’s not all! According to Europol, ethnic Albanian organized crime groups now control 80 percent of heroin smuggling in some northern European countries, and 40 percent in Western Europe!!
This is INSANE!
Why has NOTHING happened to stop this illegal trade of drugs??
Why are criminals in-charge of this country???

I think it is FAR more important to stop the crime from this part of the world BEFORE you can start talking about independence.
I don’t know about you people, but as a European citizen, I don’t want my children to become innocent victims of these gangsters!

April 26, 2008
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Very SLOW Birth said:

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According to international law, Kosovo still belongs to Serbia.
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, has not said anything to the contrary.

The north of Kosovo is STILL very much Serbian in every way.
The Serbian dinar is the standard currency here, and wages, food and political directives come straight from Belgrade and, at the request of the UN Secretary General, this situation will not change.
Serbia's national borders have officially remained unchanged!!
This is a VERY GOOD THING because...

It's estimated that 20 percent of Kosovars are illiterate, while more than 90 percent have a minimal education.
Officially, close to half of Kosovo's residents live on less than 3 euros or $4.80 a day.
Kosovo's per capita gross national product is lower than that of North Korea or Papua New Guinea.
It has one of the worst balances of trade worldwide and Europe's highest fertility rate.
Youth unemployment is constant at 75 percent.
Analysts paint a picture of a clan-based society in which a handful of criminals control the population and are tolerated by bureaucrats from Europe and the rest of the world, who have come here under the guise of enlightening the poor Kosovars.
Infact, the open support for leading political and criminal figures in Kosovo is greatly harming the credibility of international institutions and is one of the main reasons why Kosovo independence is still being strongly resisted by many countries.

If the Kosovo Albanians are real about independence then they first need to act civilized.
Get rid of the criminals that are running your so called country, and place credible educated people who will steer you in the right path.
Independence needs to be earned, and so far the Albanians are far from capable of running their own house.

April 26, 2008
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JJ said:

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Michelle
Why do you think Kosova was poor?, it's because of the discriminatory values held by Serbs to keep the K- Albanians under their feet, do you think it was that difficult to invest in Kosova to build big factories like it did in other republics, to make the region prosperous? no, of course not if Kosova had only one tenth of the budget that Belgrade invested in itself it would be hundred times better, because of it's hard working youth.
As for the money you mention, I think it should be the other way round, Serbia owes Kosova money for the crimes it did in Kosova against the Albanian nation for nearly 95 years, hampering freedom, failing to protect it's then citizens, commiting genocide, just a few valid reasons for just compensation.
I can tell you have never been to Kosova as you wouldn't be stupid enough to mention the dilapidated roads built in the Yugoslav era, all of which have had to be rebuilt after the war as well as new roads in predominantly Albanian areas which were needed, but never built under the Serbian rule.
As for Gas, there is no piped supply, oh yeah some more lack of investment in the Yugoslav era, and as for Electricity it isn't supplied for free as you seem to assume, but paid for, every cent by KEK, even for the Serbs who don't pay for their electricity or telephone since 1999.
Although I personally don't buy anything made in Serbia since 1999, a suggestion I have is that Kosova stops importing all Serbian goods, then we can see who is really dependant on whom.
So I suggest you put down your Russian made binoculars and look at Kosova in the true light as it is today, independant and proud and working towards it's future not a failed state like Serbia, who can't get it's act together.

April 26, 2008
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Michelle said:

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Serbia built all the modern infrastructure in Kosovo -- roads, phones, electricity, you name it.
And further, that Kosovo, always a poor province, was heavily subsidized by the rest of Yugoslavia.
So, an independent Kosovo should owe Serbia some serious money for all that infrastructure!

Also, all the gas and electricity comes from Serbia.

Perhaps Serbia should show its support for this so called independence by cutting off the supply and letting the Kosovo albanians be TRULY independent.

April 25, 2008
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bluerose799 said:

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Kosova’s Government is still in it’s infancy, and for this short period of time they are doing a good job. Now Kosovars has their voice and the world is hearing the other side of the story. The truth. For each nation recognizing Kosova this is not only help, those nations are recognizing the truth too.
On the other hand is not Kosova’s but Serbian’s government in crisis and disarray.
I think Kossovo deserves its independence and the free world is right to recognize it. Serbs have no moral or historical right to rule this province. Albanians must be given the benefice of the doubt and held accountable by the international community to protect the rights of all minorities living in Kososvo. And this is happening now.
Serbia has a terrible record of protecting the rights of minorities, this is well known.
The day when Serbs will be able to visit Srebrenica in Bosnia, or Kosova with their kids just as Germans visit today Auschwitz, only then peace will come in this troubled region and the Serbian nation will move forward.

April 24, 2008
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igor said:

	... Haradinaj criticized the current Kosovo government for a poor result in gaining recognition for Pristina's move. "I believe they have to put more efforts for that and that we have to call for more help," said Haradinaj.
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April 24, 2008
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bluerose799 said:

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Yugoslavia was not Serbia. Serbia is not Yugoslavia.
The New Yugoslav Constitution in 1974 gave to Kosova the autonomy from Serbia.
“Following serious rioting by Kosovars in 1968 (and with the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia pushing Albania and Yugoslavia toward greater cooperation), Tito increased federal funding to Kosova. In 1974, a new Yugoslav constitution gave the Kosovo provincial assembly the right to elect its own representatives to the Chamber of Republics and Provinces of the Yugoslav federal legislature”.
All 6 Republics of the Federate of Yugoslavia recognized this new Status of Kosova.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/62/094.html
On July 5, 1990, the Serbian parliament (Illegally and Unilaterally) abolished Kosova's political autonomy and dissolved its provincial assembly and government. The only Albanian-language daily newspaper, Rilindja, was banned, as were all TV and radio broadcasts in Albanian.
The UN Resolution 1244 does not give any right to Serbia over the Kosova.
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/docu/u990610a.htm
In the contrary point Nr10, and point Nr5 of the Annex Nr 2, gave to Kosova
“Substantial autonomy within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and which will provide transitional administration while establishing and overseeing the development of provisional democratic self-governing institutions to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants of Kosovo”.
That means Recognized the Status given to Kosova by constitution of Federal Yugoslavia on 1974.
“In 1974, a new Yugoslav constitution gave the Kosovo provincial assembly the right to elect its own representatives to the Chamber of Republics and Provinces of the Yugoslav federal legislature”.
I can’t comprehend how a minority of 7% of the population, pretend to take off the land, the language, culture and the life of the rest of Kosova. Kosovars have the right to live free and independent in their land where they are born, generation after generation, live and will die.
http://www.gendercide.org/case_kosovo.html