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Decembar 15, 2003
ERP KiM Newsletter
15-12-03
Kosovo Serbs insist on
full implementation of UN SC Resolution 1244
Serb woman attacked in segregated Kosovo
town - Serbs in the ethnically mixed part of North Mitrovica complain of
insecurity
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Coalition within Kosovo Parliament wrote a letter to the UN
Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan expressing their concerns because the
most fundamental elements of UN SCR 1244 are missing in the
"Standards for Kosovo" plan. Belgrade Government and Kosovo
Serbs see the "the Standards for Kosovo" as a roadmap to
Kosovo's secession from Serbia and an attempt to make a
revision of the Resolution 1244. Serbian Patriarch Pavle and
the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church supported the
position of Dr. Covic and the Povratak Coalition on this
document which in return for short term "minority rights"
leaves only independence of Serbia's southern province as an
option for negotiations. Bishop Artemije appealed on
Belgrade and Serb MP's in Kosovo Parliament not to support a
plan with such serious deficiencies, but to request
fundamental elements of 1244 Resolution to be implemented
prior to any further discussion on Kosovo's final status -
specifically: substantial autonomy of Kosovo within
Serbia-Montenegro and the return of "Serb personnel" to
Kosovo. |
Extract from the letter to
Kofi Annan
Serb MP's indicate that they will not
participate
in institutions which are in opposition with UN Mandate
The Return Coalition reminded that, according to Resolution
1244, the status of Kosovo is defined as substantial
autonomy within Serbia and Montenegro, with respect for the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, now the state union of Serbia and
Montenegro.
"The question that must be asked is if substantial
autonomy of Kosovo and Metohija is not achieved within
Serbia and Montenegro, with respect for her sovereignty and
territorial integrity in this phase of implementation of
Resolution 1244, what can then be expected in the phase of
determining the future status of Kosovo and Metohija?" the
Return Coalition emphasizes in its letter to the UN
secretary general.
"Otherwise, political representatives of the
Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija within the provisional
institutions of self-government are not prepared to
offer by their presence the illusion of acquiescence with
what is in grave contradiction with the UN mandate,
as well as with the political and national interests of the
Serbian people and state in the region of Kosovo and
Metohija," the Coalition underlines in the letter to Kofi
Annan. More |
CONTENTS:
 "Povratak" Coalition sends (protest) letter to
Kofi Anan
The Serb
political representatives in Kosovo sent the letter to Annan yesterday
in which they stated that they are concerned by the practice of "the
imposition of the content of the document on 'Standards for Kosovo' as
the culmination of the misuse of provisional institutions of
self-government by Albanian political representatives in the parliament
and government of Kosovo and Metohija".
Serb woman attacked in segregated Kosovo town
Hospital
spokesman Marko Jaksic told media that the attack followed the beating
of two Serb teenagers in the same area less than a month ago. He said
the Kosovo police were obviously unable to protect Serbs in the area and
that UN police and KFOR troops no longer patrolled the border between
the Serb and Albanian occupied parts of the town.
Zlata
Djurovic's condition presently stable but uncertain
The
second attack in a row on Serbs in the mixed part of North Mitrovica has
caused unrest among them, and they have asked KFOR officials to either
ensure their peace and security or to return their confiscated weapons.
UNMIK police commander in North Mitrovica John Napolitano (sp?) said
that the attack on the two elderly Serb women was "a horrible act". He
informed the frightened Serbs that "there is evidence regarding the
perpetrator of the attack and that all suspects will be questioned
during the course of the day". The municipal board of the Democratic
Alternative in North Mitrovica condemned the attack on Zlata Djurovic,
emphasizing that "this is the last reminder to members of KFOR and UNMIK
police in the region to reinforce security measures and protect the
representatives of the Serbian community".
Policeman attacked in Western Kosovo
A
Kosovo Police officer was seriously injured in an armed attack on a
police patrol near Pec on Saturday evening. The attack appears to be
linked to the Kosovo Police investigation into drug smuggling and
prostitution in the west of the province.
News from Kosovo and Metohija, 13-14 December 2003
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"Povratak"
Coalition sends (protest) letter to Kofi Anan
The Serb
political representatives in Kosovo sent the letter to Annan yesterday
in which they stated that they are concerned by the practice of "the
imposition of the content of the document on 'Standards for Kosovo' as
the culmination of the misuse of provisional institutions of
self-government by Albanian political representatives in the parliament
and government of Kosovo and Metohija".
TOP
Beta News
Agency, Belgrade
December 14, 2003
Return Coalition sends letter to Kofi Annan
PRISTNA - In a letter addressed to UN secretary general Kofi Annan, the
Return Coalition (Povratak) stressed that adopting the "Standards for
Kosovo" without participation by the Serbian side, as well as the
content of the document itself, is "a serious violation of Resolution
1244 and blazing a path to an independent Kosovo".
The Serb political representatives in Kosovo sent the letter to Annan
yesterday in which they stated that they are concerned by the practice
of "the imposition of the content of the document on 'Standards for
Kosovo' as the culmination of the misuse of provisional institutions of
self-government by Albanian political representatives in the parliament
and government of Kosovo and Metohija".
Informing Annan that they did not attend the promotion of "Standards for
Kosovo" this week in Pristina, the representatives of the Return
Coalition explained that they thus wished "to once again stress their
disagreement with the content and manner of enactment of the document
whose passage is of critical importance for the future of Kosovo and
Metohija".
"Unfortunately, this is also a consequence of the irrational insistence
of UNMIK that the participation of legitimate representatives of the
Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as of the Serbian
Government, be formal instead of substantive, that it is, that it be
reduced to being informed of the content of the document," the Return
Coalition said in the letter, a copy of which has also been sent to EU
high representative Javier Solana and officials of the Council of Europe
and the European Parliament.
The Serb political representatives point out that the majority of their
suggestions in the drafting of the document were rejected while, on the
other hand, "the key conclusions are obviously those of Albanian
political representatives".
The Return Coalition reminded that, according to Resolution 1244, the
status of Kosovo is defined as substantial autonomy within Serbia and
Montenegro, with respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, now the state union of Serbia and
Montenegro.
"The question that must be asked is if substantial autonomy of Kosovo
and Metohija is not achieved within Serbia and Montenegro, with respect
for her sovereignty and territorial integrity in this phase of
implementation of Resolution 1244, what can then be expected in the
phase of determining the future status of Kosovo and Metohija?" the
Return Coalition emphasizes in its letter to the UN secretary general.
The Return Coalition therefore energetically demands that the process of
implementation of standards be returned within the scope of the mandate
of the United Nations in Kosovo and Metohija.
"Otherwise, political representatives of the Serbian people in Kosovo
and Metohija within the provisional institutions of self-government are
not prepared to offer by their presence the illusion of acquiescence
with what is in grave contradiction with the UN mandate, as well as with
the political and national interests of the Serbian people and state in
the region of Kosovo and Metohija," the Coalition underlines in the
letter to Annan.
The Serbian deputies in the Kosovo parliament informed Annan that it is
"the last opportunity for the UN Security Council, as well as for you
personally, to become concretely engaged in the resolution of current
problems in Kosovo and Metohija, so that the entire process does not get
out of control and open a new cycle of territorial and other disputes
with unforeseeable consequences for the entire region".
The Return Coalition proposes that Annan receive a delegation of
legitimate representatives of the Serbian people in provisional
institutions in Kosovo at the upcoming UN Security Council session on
Kosovo in New York where standards of Kosovo are to be discussed in
order to present problems and proposals for a way out of the existing
crisis.
TOP
Serb
woman attacked in segregated Kosovo town
Hospital spokesman Marko Jaksic told media that the attack followed the
beating of two Serb teenagers in the same area less than a month ago. He
said the Kosovo police were obviously unable to protect Serbs in the
area and that UN police and KFOR troops no longer patrolled the border
between the Serb and Albanian occupied parts of the town.
TOP
www.b92.net
SRNA News Agency
December 14, 2003
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Sunday - A Serb women was beaten in the northern
part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica late on Saturday evening.
Zlata Djurovic suffered serious head injuries in the attack and was
admitted to hospital where she is reported to be in a satisfactory
condition.
Hospital spokesman Marko Jaksic told media that the attack followed the
beating of two Serb teenagers in the same area less than a month ago.
He said the Kosovo police were obviously unable to protect Serbs in the
area and that UN police and KFOR troops no longer patrolled the border
between the Serb and Albanian occupied parts of the town.
TOP
Zlata
Djurovic's condition presently stable but uncertain
The
second attack in a row on Serbs in the mixed part of North Mitrovica has
caused unrest among them, and they have asked KFOR officials to either
ensure their peace and security or to return their confiscated weapons.
UNMIK police commander in North Mitrovica John Napolitano (sp?) said
that the attack on the two elderly Serb women was "a horrible act". He
informed the frightened Serbs that "there is evidence regarding the
perpetrator of the attack and that all suspects will be questioned
during the course of the day". The municipal board of the Democratic
Alternative in North Mitrovica condemned the attack on Zlata Djurovic,
emphasizing that "this is the last reminder to members of KFOR and UNMIK
police in the region to reinforce security measures and protect the
representatives of the Serbian community".
TOP
Beta News
Agency, Belgrade
December 14, 2003
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The medical condition of Zlata Djurovic (52), the
Serb woman beaten last night in her home in Northern Mitrovica, is
stable but the further course of treatment is uncertain, Mitrovica
Hospital physician Dr. Trajko Bogeski told Beta news agency today.
The uncertainty in the treatment of Zlata Djurovic is a result of the
fact that she sustained serious injuries to the head, which were
inflicted upon her by a yet unidentified attacker.
Dr. Bogeski said that the woman had a broken bone in the region of the
nape of the neck, as well as multiple wounds to the head, adding that
the injuries have been treated but that does not exclude the possibility
of further complications.
Zlata Djurovic conveyed to a Beta reporter that she was attacked while
she was getting ready to go to sleep.
"Suddenly an unknown man flew through the door of the house. His head
was covered by a black cloth. He said nothing; he immediately began to
hit me in the head. After the third blow, I fell," said Djurovic.
Her 80 year-old mother cried for help and a few minutes later their
neighbors in the Microsettlement (Mikronaselje), a nationally mixed
quarter in North Mitrovica, ran to their assistance.
Zlata Djurovic said that she had offended no one, that she and her
mother lived on social assistance, and that she knows no reason why she
would be a target of attack.
The second attack in a row on Serbs in the mixed part of North Mitrovica
has caused unrest among them, and they have asked KFOR officials to
either ensure their peace and security or to return their confiscated
weapons.
UNMIK police commander in North Mitrovica John Napolitano (sp?) said
that the attack on the two elderly Serb women was "a horrible act". He
informed the frightened Serbs that "there is evidence regarding the
perpetrator of the attack and that all suspects will be questioned
during the course of the day".
The municipal board of the Democratic Alternative in North Mitrovica
condemned the attack on Zlata Djurovic, emphasizing that "this is the
last reminder to members of KFOR and UNMIK police in the region to
reinforce security measures and protect the representatives of the
Serbian community".
TOP
Policeman attacked in western Kosovo
A Kosovo
Police officer was seriously injured in an armed attack on a police
patrol near Pec on Saturday evening.
TOP
www.b92.net
SRNA News Agency, Bijeljina
December 14, 2003
PEC -- Sunday - A Kosovo Police officer was seriously injured in an
armed attack on a police patrol near Pec on Saturday evening.
The policeman was admitted to hospital in Pec with several gunshot
wounds.
The incident came only fifteen days after an attack in which two police
were killed on the Pec-Decani road.
Both attacks are being linked to the Kosovo Police investigation into
drug smuggling and prostitution in the west of the province.
TOP
News
from Kosovo and Metohija, 13-14 December 2003
TOP
www.inet.co.yu
I*Net News, Belgrade
Sunday 14 December 2003
23:00 Serbian deputy prime minister responsible for Kosovo and Metohija
Nebojsa Covic called on UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri to stop the process of
privatization of socially owned companies in the Province or Serbia will
be forced to lodge a complaint with the International Court of Justice.
22:00 A member of the Kosovo Police Service was wounded on Saturday
evening during an armed attack in Vitomirica near Pec. Immediately after
the incident, the wounded policeman was transferred to the hospital in
Pec where he underwent surgery, reported Kosovo Television. According to
doctors the policeman, whose name was not released pending
investigation, is not in life threatening danger. According to police
sources, the attacker has been arrested but his name has not been
released, either, nor his reasons for attacking members of the KPS.
20:20 In a letter addressed to UN secretary general Kofi Annan, the
Return Coalition (Povratak) stressed that adopting the "Standards for
Kosovo" without participation by the Serbian side, as well as the
content of the document itself, is "a serious violation of Resolution
1244 and blazing a path to an independent Kosovo". The letter points out
that the "Standards for Kosovo" have been rejected both by Serb
representatives in Kosovo provisional institutions and by the Serbian
Government.
20:00 Commenting on an incident last night in which Zlata Djurovic, a
Serb woman, was injured, Union of Serb Municipalities of Kosovo and
Metohija president Marko Jaksic stated that the ethnically mixed quarter
called the Microsettlement (Mikronaselje) in North Mitrovica is a
permanent flashpoint and that neither the UNMIK police nor the Kosovo
Police Service are able to protect the Serbs. "The UNMIK police never
showed any willingness to do something and ever since mixed patrols of
the Kosovo Police Service went into force two or three months ago, the
Serbs are even worse off," assessed Jaksic.
18:40 Zlata Djurovic, a Serb woman who was attacked last night by
unidentified persons in an ethnically mixed quarter of North Mitrovica,
remains in intensive care but is now in stable condition, hospital
director Dr. Vladimir Adjic confirmed for Tanjug news agency. She is
conscious but is suffering from head injuries; therefore, complications
are possible and prognosis is uncertain, said Dr. Adjic.
17:00 Last night unidentified attackers beat up Zlata Djurovic (52), a
Serb woman from an ethnically mixed quarter of Northern Mitrovica
inhabited by Serbs and Albanians called the Microsettlement. According
to Dr. Trajce Bogeski, the physician on duty at Mitrovica Hospital, the
injured woman is in bad condition and has been placed in intensive care.
Her recovery is uncertain.
Saturday 13 December 2003
21:00 A strong explosion occurred last night near the Orthodox Church in
Urosevac in southeast Kosovo and Metohija. No one was injured and minor
material damage resulted. The surrounding windows shattered as a result
of the explosion. KFOR and UNMIK conducted an on-the-scene investigation
and further investigation is in progress.
20:40 The Serbian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Raska and Prizren advised
that it is necessary to undertake urgent diplomatic action of the
broadest scope in order to prevent the further Albanization of the
southern Serbian province and insist that the UN mission and KFOR remain
within the scope of their mandate in Kosovo and Metohija, as defined by
UNSC Resolution 1244.
20:20 Democratic Alliance of Kosovo official Haki Satri assessed in
Vienna that the time has come for full transfer of powers from the
international community to Kosovo institutions of self-government.
19:40 On Friday the UN Security Council expressed strong support for the
document of UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri on the implementation of the
policy of "standards before status" for Kosovo.
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