Priština protest against UN plan over

Around 5,000 Albanians have protested today in Priština against the six-point plan for UNMIK reconfiguration.

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Wednesday, 19.11.2008.

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Around 5,000 Albanians have protested today in Pristina against the six-point plan for UNMIK reconfiguration. Carrying Albanian and Kosovo flags, and chanting a range of pro-Kosovo Liberation Army and anti-UNMIK slogans, around 5,000 Albanians began their protest at midday against the proposed six-point plan for the reconfiguration of the international presence in Kosovo, where UNMIK would retain control of the police and customs in northern Kosovo, and in the other majority-Serb enclaves south of the Ibar . Pristina protest against UN plan over A network of 30 non-governmental organizations in Kosovo, led by the Self-Determination movement, organized the protest “against the imposition of conditions for the EULEX deployment.“ Demonstrators carried banners reading “No to the Ban Ki-moon Six-Point Plan“, “Sovereignty, Independence, Freedom“, “KLA“ and others. The protest’s motto was “Everyone against the Ban Ki-moon Six-Point Kosovo Plan”. The protestors said that the plan compromised their sovereignty and territorial integrity, as it paved the way for a partition of Kosovo, whereby, stressed Igbala Rugova, the president of the Kosovo Women’s Network, one-third of the province’s territory would be under the control of parallel Serb structures and Serbia. “We no longer wish to be an experiment. Kosovo is no longer an experiment, Kosovo is a state,“ said Rugova. The other speakers echoed these views, stating that the protest had been organized to give a resounding “no“ to the six-point plan. Addressing protestors at the end of the protest, Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti announced a series of demonstrations against the disputed plan. The protest passed peacefully and without incident. Kosovo Police spokesman Veton Elshani said earlier that the police had not been officially notified of the protest and that the KPS had found out about the rally through local media reports. Leader of the Self-Determination Movement Albin Kurti, one of the organizers of the protest, said that Kosovo did not need the EU mission, rather the government should have jurisdiction over the entire province. “The international presence in Kosovo should not carry with it executive power, change laws or ministers. The presence should be of an advisory nature,” Kurti said. “It is unacceptable for the UN and Serbia not to recognize Kosovo but negotiate over Kosovo. So we have a problem of principles here. All the issues in the six-point document are the concern of the Kosovo government and institutions,” he underlined.

Priština protest against UN plan over

A network of 30 non-governmental organizations in Kosovo, led by the Self-Determination movement, organized the protest “against the imposition of conditions for the EULEX deployment.“

Demonstrators carried banners reading “No to the Ban Ki-moon Six-Point Plan“, “Sovereignty, Independence, Freedom“, “KLA“ and others. The protest’s motto was “Everyone against the Ban Ki-moon Six-Point Kosovo Plan”.

The protestors said that the plan compromised their sovereignty and territorial integrity, as it paved the way for a partition of Kosovo, whereby, stressed Igbala Rugova, the president of the Kosovo Women’s Network, one-third of the province’s territory would be under the control of parallel Serb structures and Serbia.

“We no longer wish to be an experiment. Kosovo is no longer an experiment, Kosovo is a state,“ said Rugova.

The other speakers echoed these views, stating that the protest had been organized to give a resounding “no“ to the six-point plan.

Addressing protestors at the end of the protest, Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti announced a series of demonstrations against the disputed plan.

The protest passed peacefully and without incident.

Kosovo Police spokesman Veton Elshani said earlier that the police had not been officially notified of the protest and that the KPS had found out about the rally through local media reports.

Leader of the Self-Determination Movement Albin Kurti, one of the organizers of the protest, said that Kosovo did not need the EU mission, rather the government should have jurisdiction over the entire province.

“The international presence in Kosovo should not carry with it executive power, change laws or ministers. The presence should be of an advisory nature,” Kurti said.

“It is unacceptable for the UN and Serbia not to recognize Kosovo but negotiate over Kosovo. So we have a problem of principles here. All the issues in the six-point document are the concern of the Kosovo government and institutions,” he underlined.

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