UN SC meets in emergency session

An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has been called to discuss the Kosovo situation.

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Monday, 18.02.2008.

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An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has been called to discuss the Kosovo situation. The meeting was called on the request of Moscow. President Boris Tadic left last night for New York, where he will address Security Council officials today. UN SC meets in emergency session Tadic earlier sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon calling on him to instruct the UN administration in Kosovo to annul the unilateral independence proclamation made by Kosovo Albanians and to dissolve the temporary Kosovo parliament. The same stance was taken by Russian UN ambassador Vitaliy Churkin last night. He told reporters last night that UN Resolution 1244 remains in force, and that Kosovo's unilateral moves are therefore unacceptable. Churkin also added that the UN will remain in Kosovo. "We'll strongly warn against any attempts at repressive measures should Serbs in Kosovo decide not to comply with this unilateral proclamation of independence," he also said. But the rift with six European countries and the United States last night was obvious as their representatives said after consultations that the Security Council could not agree on further steps in solving the Kosovo crisis and that the plan for supervised independence is the "only available solution for stability and security in the region." “We are sorry that the Security Council cannot agree on further steps, it has been clear for months that nothing will change, but we decided to take responsibility through the EU and NATO in order to secure stability and security in the region. That is the key interest of the UN,” Belgian UN ambassador Johan Verbeke said, reading a letter sent together by Belgium, France, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Croatia and the U.S. U.S. and British ambassadors said that no countries supported the demand to nullify the unilateral independence proclamation of Kosovo. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said that the UN Security Council’s resolution 1244 still represents the legal framework for Kosovo. “UNMIK will continue to consider Resolution 1244 the legal framework for its work in Kosovo in light of the new developments in the situation,” the UN secretary general said.

UN SC meets in emergency session

Tadić earlier sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon calling on him to instruct the UN administration in Kosovo to annul the unilateral independence proclamation made by Kosovo Albanians and to dissolve the temporary Kosovo parliament.

The same stance was taken by Russian UN ambassador Vitaliy Churkin last night.

He told reporters last night that UN Resolution 1244 remains in force, and that Kosovo's unilateral moves are therefore unacceptable. Churkin also added that the UN will remain in Kosovo.

"We'll strongly warn against any attempts at repressive measures should Serbs in Kosovo decide not to comply with this unilateral proclamation of independence," he also said.

But the rift with six European countries and the United States last night was obvious as their representatives said after consultations that the Security Council could not agree on further steps in solving the Kosovo crisis and that the plan for supervised independence is the "only available solution for stability and security in the region."

“We are sorry that the Security Council cannot agree on further steps, it has been clear for months that nothing will change, but we decided to take responsibility through the EU and NATO in order to secure stability and security in the region. That is the key interest of the UN,” Belgian UN ambassador Johan Verbeke said, reading a letter sent together by Belgium, France, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Croatia and the U.S.

U.S. and British ambassadors said that no countries supported the demand to nullify the unilateral independence proclamation of Kosovo.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said that the UN Security Council’s resolution 1244 still represents the legal framework for Kosovo.

“UNMIK will continue to consider Resolution 1244 the legal framework for its work in Kosovo in light of the new developments in the situation,” the UN secretary general said.

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