At Serbia's request, UN SC will hold emergency session over Kosovo
On the occasion of the latest situation in Kosovo, following a series of armed attacks in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, an emergency session of the UN SC will be held on Tuesday, July 6 in New York, to be attended by Serbian President Boris Tadic.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, July 05, 2010
The session was convened by the presiding country, Nigeria, at Serbia's request, and will be also attended by UNMIK Head Lamberto Zannier.
The situation in Kosovska Mitrovica was given as the reason for the decision.
The Serbian Council for National Security described the hand grenade attack in Kosovska Mitrovica as an act of terrorism perpetrated by Albanian extremists.
The body, convened in Belgrade by Serbian President Boris Tadic, also stated that EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith should be "held responsible for the consequences of the incident".
Feith is also the head of the International Civilian Office (ICO) in the province.
"By supporting and implementing an attempt to open the office of the temporary (Kosovo Albanian government) institutions, Feith has directly reached for methods that are contrary to policies and the position of the EU, and bears objective responsibility for all the consequences of tragic event," a statement issued in Belgrade after the meeting said.
In Belgrade, the council requested from the EU and NATO to thwart any possible future attempt to unilaterally change the situation on the ground in Kosovo, and to prevent the implementation of any acts that would strive to attempt to implement the illegal plan for northern Kosovo.
The plan to bring the northern, predominantly Serb areas of the province under Pristina's control was announced earlier this year by the ICO and the Kosovo Albanian government, and was rejected both by the Serbs in the north, and by official Belgrade.
The council's statement, sent to the media from the president' cabinet, also requested that the perpetrators of attack be swiftly apprehended and punished, and for any further attempts to violently open the offices of the temporary Kosovo institutions to be prevented.
The council expressed its commitment to peace and security in Kosovo, and said that the explosive device thrown at the demonstrators in Kosovska Mitrovica was yet another violent attempt to establish the so-called new reality in Kosovo.
The council also sent their deepest condolences to the family of the victim, Mesud Dzekovic. The local pediatrician died of the injuries he sustained in front of his family home, during a peaceful demonstration of in between 1,000 and 1,500 Serbs in the Bosnjacka Mahala neighborhood of Kosovska Mitrovica.
