Ban: Resolution 1244 still in force

The UN mission to Kosovo is still working according to Resolution 1244, says Ban Ki-moon. The UN Secretary-General said that the resolution “will stay in force until the Security Council decides otherwise.” Ban: Resolution 1244 still in force “The declaration of independence and the events that have followed in Kosovo have set important challenges for UNMIK and its capacity to implement administrative authority,” Ban said in a report sent to Security Council members on Monday. “In order to confront these challenges, with the imperative need to secure peace and security in Kosovo, UNMIK will continue to act in a realistic and practical way, in accordance with how matters unfold,” the secretary-general assured. He added that any act of violence against UNMIK and members of the Kosovo community was “unacceptable and will not be tolerated.” Ban called on all sides to “refrain from all acts and statements that could endanger peace, lead to violence or compromise security in Kosovo and the region.” UNMIK and the international KFOR forces have been in Kosovo since 1999 under Resolution 1244. Belgrade and Moscow see the Resolution as giving Kosovo “widespread autonomy” while remaining under Serbia’s sovereignty, whereas the West believes that the Resolution can serve as a basis for implementing proposals for the province’s internationally-supervised independence as envisaged by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari’s plan.

Ban: Resolution 1244 still in force

“The declaration of independence and the events that have followed in Kosovo have set important challenges for UNMIK and its capacity to implement administrative authority,” Ban said in a report sent to Security Council members on Monday.

“In order to confront these challenges, with the imperative need to secure peace and security in Kosovo, UNMIK will continue to act in a realistic and practical way, in accordance with how matters unfold,” the secretary-general assured.

He added that any act of violence against UNMIK and members of the Kosovo community was “unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”

Ban called on all sides to “refrain from all acts and statements that could endanger peace, lead to violence or compromise security in Kosovo and the region.”

UNMIK and the international KFOR forces have been in Kosovo since 1999 under Resolution 1244.

Belgrade and Moscow see the Resolution as giving Kosovo “widespread autonomy” while remaining under Serbia’s sovereignty, whereas the West believes that the Resolution can serve as a basis for implementing proposals for the province’s internationally-supervised independence as envisaged by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari’s plan.