Kosovo - Security Council, 9765th meeting

Amid growing tensions between Pristina and Belgrade, all parties must engage in “responsible leadership” to uphold human rights and freedoms and to reach constructive political dialogue, the United Nations top official in Kosovo said today, as representatives of Pristina and Belgrade spotlighted their engagements with the international community and sparred over who is responsible for the lack of political progress to normalize relations between them.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:29:06
• Production Date: 30 October 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: PASCALE BAERISWYL; ZIADE, CAROLINE
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTERIM ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO- UNMIK; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: TERRITORIAL PARTITION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; SPECIAL MISSIONS; BORDER INCIDENTS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: KOSOVO; SERBIA; BALKAN REGION
• MAMS Id: 3297927
• Parent Id: 3295090

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Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999) 

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2024/741) 

Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), reported that during her latest visit to northern Kosovo in September, civil society organizations, political actors and residents, voiced serious concerns about the adverse impact of recent unilateral actions affecting their economic, social and political rights. 

The recent closures of Post of Serbia branches and municipal offices run by the Government of Serbia, including the latest in Skënderaj/Srbica on 16 October, they said, have limited their access to key services, particularly for the Kosovo Serb community. 

Moreover, they voiced anxiety over indications that the Pristina authorities may attempt to assert control over the Serbia-funded education and health institutions, she said.

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