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Post by Fender on Apr 30, 2008 5:04:12 GMT -5
“Russia wants de Kermabon as UNMIK chief” 30 April 2008 | 09:49 | Source: Beta PRIŠTINA -- Priština daily Zeri says that Russia has proposed that the elected chief of the EU mission to Kosovo Yves de Kermabon become head of UNMIK.
Zeri wrote yesterday that the current chief of the EU mission (EULEX) Pieter Feith should be the chief of UNMIK’s pillar responsible for economic development. However, according to the daily, this proposal was unacceptable for most Western European countries.
French Lieutenant-General de Kermabon assumed command of KFOR in September 2004, replacing German Army Lieutenant General Holger Kammerhoff and becoming the 9th KFOR commander since its deployment in Kosovo in June 1999.
According to the Russian proposal, the daily states, UNMIK would continue to perform its duties and would have the same authority even after June 15, when the Kosovo constitution takes effect.
Western European countries and the U.S. do not accept this proposal, the daily writes, because it veers away too much from Washington and Brussels’ original idea of EULEX taking over UNMIK’s powers and duties.
The proposal is unacceptable for them because it would mean all issues regarding Kosovo returning to the UN Security Council, which was unable to find a solution to the status crisis because of a lack of consensus between its members.
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Post by Fender on Apr 30, 2008 5:53:46 GMT -5
Guehenno 'to Head' UN Kosovo Mission Email a friend Save article Print article Increase text size Decrease text size UN Headquarters in New York30 April 2008 Pristina _ Jean-Marie Guehenno, the chief of the UN’s peacekeeping operations may be the next head of the world body’s mission in Kosovo.
According to the Pristina daily Zeri, Guehenno, is potentially the future head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, although he will head it from New York.
Zeri cites diplomatic sources saying that “Guehenno has ambitions to be the head of the ‘reconfiguration’ process of UNMIK after June 15.”
UNMIK officials in Pristina recently say the mission is set to be adapted according to how circumstances evolve on the ground in a process known as ‘reconfiguration’ and will begin once the newly-adopted constitution of Kosovo enters into force after June 15.
Kosovo has been run by UN since the end of the 1998-1999 conflict between Serb forces and Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority. Pristina declared independence from Serbia on February 17 despite opposition from Belgrade.
Although the European Union’s new law and order mission, EULEX has started its deployment to Kosovo, there is much confusion over whether it will be fully functional or what duties it will assume if the UN is still present in Kosovo after June 15. The UN says that “it will remain in Kosovo for as long as the Resolution 1244 is in force,” referring to the UN Security Council Resolution which has regulated the UN’s mandate in Kosovo since 1999.
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Post by Novi Pazar on Apr 30, 2008 18:26:40 GMT -5
"Western European countries and the U.S. do not accept this proposal, the daily writes, because it veers away too much from Washington and Brussels’ original idea of EULEX taking over UNMIK’s powers and duties."
These nations are selfish arn't they!.
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