Kosovo newspapers report that UNMIK chief, Lamberto Zannier, announced yesterday after meeting Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu that UNMIK has received the green light from New York to start its reconfiguration.
“Reconfiguration will result in a significant reduction of UNMIK, change of role in harmony with the new reality and the new actors that will be engaged in Kosovo,” Zëri quotes Zannier saying. SRSG added that UNMIK will, however, still retain part of responsibilities it has.
Koha Ditore highlights Zannier’s quote that reconfiguration of UNMIK “starts today” and writes that Zannier has explained to President Sejdiu that the reconfiguration process is set to be completed by the end of October.
According to Express, Ban has given the approval for downsizing UNMIK which at the end of October will continue to keep only 20 per cent of its structure. In this plan, UNMIK Police will not undergo any reduction until the reconfiguration ends in October.
President Sejdiu on his part welcomed the new arrangement of the international presence in Kosovo but he also said he will need more clarifications on the reconfiguration process. He, however, reiterated that Kosovo will continue to cooperate with all international mechanisms.
Howevever, western diplomatic sources told the paper that the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made additional concessions to Russia in his latest instructions for reconfiguration of UNMIK. According to these sources, new SRSG will have more competencies than originally planned and that he will still enjoy the power to approve regulations and executive decisions which, says the paper, would be in contradiction to the new Constitution of Kosovo.
Another point that deserves more discussion is the SRSG’s capacity to talk to Serbian authorities and act as facilitator in these talks.
In the meantime, international diplomatic sources from New York reveal that President of Serbia, Boris Tadic, sent a confidential letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the paper reads.
The source say that the letter says that the stability in the region is put to risk with the declaration of independence of Kosovo, while regarding the international presence in Kosovo President of Serbia’s stance is that international presence should be only what was aloud in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution 1244.
According to Tadic, it could only take place in two ways and that is if the parties involved [Kosovo and Serbia] agree, while the second possibility is if the UN Security Council decides to reorganize international presence, both these requests were articulated by Moscow and Belgrade over the last days, the paper reads.
Koha Ditore highlights Zannier’s quote that reconfiguration of UNMIK “starts today” and writes that Zannier has explained to President Sejdiu that the reconfiguration process is set to be completed by the end of October.
According to Express, Ban has given the approval for downsizing UNMIK which at the end of October will continue to keep only 20 per cent of its structure. In this plan, UNMIK Police will not undergo any reduction until the reconfiguration ends in October.
President Sejdiu on his part welcomed the new arrangement of the international presence in Kosovo but he also said he will need more clarifications on the reconfiguration process. He, however, reiterated that Kosovo will continue to cooperate with all international mechanisms.
Howevever, western diplomatic sources told the paper that the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made additional concessions to Russia in his latest instructions for reconfiguration of UNMIK. According to these sources, new SRSG will have more competencies than originally planned and that he will still enjoy the power to approve regulations and executive decisions which, says the paper, would be in contradiction to the new Constitution of Kosovo.
Another point that deserves more discussion is the SRSG’s capacity to talk to Serbian authorities and act as facilitator in these talks.
In the meantime, international diplomatic sources from New York reveal that President of Serbia, Boris Tadic, sent a confidential letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the paper reads.
The source say that the letter says that the stability in the region is put to risk with the declaration of independence of Kosovo, while regarding the international presence in Kosovo President of Serbia’s stance is that international presence should be only what was aloud in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution 1244.
According to Tadic, it could only take place in two ways and that is if the parties involved [Kosovo and Serbia] agree, while the second possibility is if the UN Security Council decides to reorganize international presence, both these requests were articulated by Moscow and Belgrade over the last days, the paper reads.
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bluerose799
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... Using the well-known strategy of SILENCE and COMPLICITY with the Serbia, France has damaged the Kosova independence beyond repair. The Situation in the Northern Mitrovica is turned to be so dangerous that, NATO and UN forces Can’t Swallow it, but they Can’t Spit it either. There are strong evidences that prove the divertive and subversive activities of France in the Balkans. Complicity, Dereliction of Duty, and Violation of Legal Obligations: French IFOR, SFOR Contingent http://www.haverford.edu/relg/...icity.html France: Former intelligence officer Bunel jailed http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/dec2001/bun-d21.shtml “…On December 15, Pierre Henri Bunel, a former French military intelligence officer accused of passing on NATO war plans to Serbian intelligence in 1998, was found guilty of treason and sentenced by a military/civilian tribunal “Tribunal aux armees” (TPA). In court, Bunel was fervently denounced for his treachery and having disgraced France.” “…According to his lawyer, Eric Najsztat, Bunel could be released within weeks. Up until 1981 the charges he faced still carried the death penalty.” “…The case against Bunel, prepared over two years, ended in a guilty verdict after just two days. The trial had been transferred from a public to a military court to hide the proceedings from the French public.” “…It is entirely possible, therefore, that Bunel did indeed hand over documents to the Serbian authorities under instruction by the DST or some other section of the state in order to frustrate what they saw as the consolidation of US hegemony and a danger to French imperialism’s interests.” http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/dec2001/brun-d11_prn.shtml “…Chirac is the first European head of state to travel to Serbia since the Western-backed coup that led to the fall of Milosevic in October 2000. Also directing his message towards Macedonia, he insisted, “A renewal of the Yugoslav federation, with respect to its integrity, is the best solution, not only for the stability in the region, but also for a development of harmonic relations between different parts of the Yugoslav society.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/443918.stm Fear and rumors “…Nato officers have long believed that Belgrade has been steadily sending members of some of the most feared Serb paramilitary groups to Mitrovica - a development they fear could put the international peace mission there in serious jeopardy.” It took France troops, more than 9 years silence and complicity with Serbia to create, the very dangerous situation in the North Mitrovica that NATO and EU is facing now. There is no solution in Kosova. There are only two options. Send back France troops home and solve north Mitrovica problem, or give back Kosova to Serbia and face new challenges in the Balkans. |
Bekim
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... "According to these sources, new SRSG will have more competencies than originally planned and that he will still enjoy the power to approve regulations and executive decisions which, says the paper, would be in contradiction to the new Constitution of Kosovo." Pavaresia e Kosoves ashte e rrejshme per shkak te ketyre idioteve qe na qeverisin neve. |
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