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Gallucci leaving Mitrovica PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 20 October 2008

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Mitrovica Mayor Bajram Rexhepi has welcomed the decision of the controversial American UNMIK administrator from Mitrovica Gerard Gallucci to leave Kosovo, saying it is good news but has taken too long.

“We hope that after his departure, other UNMIK officials will be more responsible in the establishment of law and order in Mitrovica,” said Rexhepi today during the regular Committee for Security of the Mitrovica Municipality.

Rexhepi said that the regional UNMIK administrator was a devotee of status quo and an obstacle for stabilization of the situation in the north.

“He prevented projects of reconstruction and the return of the displaced from the north and reported to the representatives of the Serb parallel structures on everything.”

According to Rexhepi, the stance of Gallucci on the March events when Serb mobs attacked the court in Mitrovica killing a UN police officer and wounding many police officers and KFOR soldiers was an amnesty for those that committed these acts of violence.

Rexhepi stated: “UNMIK officials should help in the establishment of order in this part of the country and stop cooperation with Serb parallel structures which are illegal.”

Rexhepi called the situation in the municipality quiet and improving.

Gerard Gallucci confirmed last week that he has been reassigned to a new position at the UN mission in East Timor. His UNMIK superiors requested Gallucci’s resignation over the court issue, but they were turned down by New York.
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Sebaneau said:

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UNacountable Time-server.

Michael Totten wrote recently:
Kosovo is the fourth country I've visited where the UN has or has had a key role, and in only one of them – Lebanon – is the UN not despised by just about everyone.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc2m8p62_372dv64c6hp
 
October 21, 2008
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Ex-UN said:

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I hope somebody from the Timorese government is reading this so his dubious reputation precedes him. This guy is bad news for your people and I don't understand why UN keeps reshuffling failed people like him instead of taking him off payroll. He's the epitome of UN failure.
 
October 20, 2008
Votes: +6

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