"UNMIK won't be main player much longer"

EULEX Chief Yves de Kermabon says that UNMIK will not be able to be “the main player” in Kosovo for much longer.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 22.05.2008.

11:46

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EULEX Chief Yves de Kermabon says that UNMIK will not be able to be “the main player” in Kosovo for much longer. De Kermabon added that he did not know what decisions the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would take in terms of structural changes to UNMIK and the transfer of powers to the new EU mission. "UNMIK won't be main player much longer" “EULEX is an EU mission approved by the Union’s 27 member-states. Thus, for me EULEX is a technical mission, whose aim is to ensure the rule of law in Kosovo,” de Kermabon told the BBC. “It has been very clearly decided that this mission will be the responsibility of the EU alone, and that it will have a clear command chain from Brussels and the EU member-states,” the EULEX chief said. He said that Ban needed to decide about changes to UNMIK and to “face up to the situation after June 15, when the Kosovo constitution comes into force.” “I don’t think UNMIK can be the main player for much longer. Let me stress one more time—I don’t know what decision the UN secretary-general will take. He needs to decide about changes to UNMIK,” de Kermabon reiterated. The EULEX chief said, however, that his mission was ready to implement its mandate, to ensure freedom of movement and the safety of all Kosovo’s citizens, irrespective of nationality. He repeated that EULEX, whose role, he repeated, was to advise the Kosovo institutions and supervise their work, would not begin to operate on June 15, though he refused to say how long the delay would be. De Kermabon admitted that EU member-states were not entirely agreed over Kosovo’s status, but that all 27 supported the EULEX mission. “I don’t wish to settle political matters as that’s not my job, and I cannot talk about the Ahtisaari Plan. I only know that I have received a mandate from the 27 states to ensure the rule of law in Kosovo and that’s what I’m working on,” the EULEX chief insisted. Yves de Kermabon (FoNet, archive)

"UNMIK won't be main player much longer"

“EULEX is an EU mission approved by the Union’s 27 member-states. Thus, for me EULEX is a technical mission, whose aim is to ensure the rule of law in Kosovo,” de Kermabon told the BBC.

“It has been very clearly decided that this mission will be the responsibility of the EU alone, and that it will have a clear command chain from Brussels and the EU member-states,” the EULEX chief said.

He said that Ban needed to decide about changes to UNMIK and to “face up to the situation after June 15, when the Kosovo constitution comes into force.”

“I don’t think UNMIK can be the main player for much longer. Let me stress one more time—I don’t know what decision the UN secretary-general will take. He needs to decide about changes to UNMIK,” de Kermabon reiterated.

The EULEX chief said, however, that his mission was ready to implement its mandate, to ensure freedom of movement and the safety of all Kosovo’s citizens, irrespective of nationality.

He repeated that EULEX, whose role, he repeated, was to advise the Kosovo institutions and supervise their work, would not begin to operate on June 15, though he refused to say how long the delay would be.

De Kermabon admitted that EU member-states were not entirely agreed over Kosovo’s status, but that all 27 supported the EULEX mission.

“I don’t wish to settle political matters as that’s not my job, and I cannot talk about the Ahtisaari Plan. I only know that I have received a mandate from the 27 states to ensure the rule of law in Kosovo and that’s what I’m working on,” the EULEX chief insisted.

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