EU sources: There's legal basis for EU mission

EU sources say that Article 10 of Resolution 1244 gives Brussels a legal basis for sending its mission to Kosovo.

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EU sources say that Article 10 of Resolution 1244 gives Brussels a legal basis for sending its mission to Kosovo. B92 has learned from its diplomatic sources that they believe Article 10 of the valid UN Security Council Kosovo resolution gives the EU necessary legal grounds to deploy its civilian mission in the province, without first seeking a new UN resolution to be adopted. EU sources: There's legal basis for EU mission Article 10 "authorizes the secretary-general, with the assistance of relevant international organizations, to establish an international civil presence in Kosovo," which has prompted EU officials to deduce that it will suffice for Ban Ki-moon to call on the Union to send its mission to Kosovo, for it to be legal. If the UN secretary-general were to decide to make this invitation, the EU will formally make a decision to send the mission, the sources also said. Ban will arrive for a two day official visit to Slovenia tomorrow, for talks with top officials of the country holding the rotating EU presidency. In the meantime, the German ministry of foreign affairs has presented the findings of a report it commissioned from legal expert, that they say shows existing Resolution 1244 "neither prevents Kosovo's independence, nor countries recognizing it." This document also claims that 1244 will remain valid even after a possible unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence, "since it lists no time limitation, or conditions under which it ceases to become valid." But the text of the report, which the German media wrote about last year, is kept secret. A leftist member of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, Norman Pih, has posted what he says is the short version of this document on his website, Beta news agency reported.

EU sources: There's legal basis for EU mission

Article 10 "authorizes the secretary-general, with the assistance of relevant international organizations, to establish an international civil presence in Kosovo," which has prompted EU officials to deduce that it will suffice for Ban Ki-moon to call on the Union to send its mission to Kosovo, for it to be legal.

If the UN secretary-general were to decide to make this invitation, the EU will formally make a decision to send the mission, the sources also said.

Ban will arrive for a two day official visit to Slovenia tomorrow, for talks with top officials of the country holding the rotating EU presidency.

In the meantime, the German ministry of foreign affairs has presented the findings of a report it commissioned from legal expert, that they say shows existing Resolution 1244 "neither prevents Kosovo's independence, nor countries recognizing it."

This document also claims that 1244 will remain valid even after a possible unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence, "since it lists no time limitation, or conditions under which it ceases to become valid."

But the text of the report, which the German media wrote about last year, is kept secret.

A leftist member of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, Norman Pih, has posted what he says is the short version of this document on his website, Beta news agency reported.

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