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Efforts to alleviate March violence consequences insufficient
New York,
6 August 2004
Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Zoran Loncar, who attended the UN Security Council meeting yesterday, said that the members of the council expressed a unanimous assessment that efforts to overcome the consequences of the March pogrom against Serbs were not sufficient.
The responsibility of Kosovo political leaders for minorities’ human rights in the province was also stressed at the meeting, according to Loncar.
The notion that the decentralisation of power is essential for resolving the Kosovo issue has prevailed even in the Security Council, Loncar told the Tanjug news agency, and added that the precise form of devolution will be discussed in talks between international factors. Loncar also said that the council stressed a key role of Belgrade in upcoming political moves.
The minister said that even the report by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for yesterday’s session concluded that there has been no progress in Kosovo-Metohija since March.
According to Loncar, most members of the Security Council called on Kosovo Serbs to take part in the work of local institutions, particularly in the upcoming parliamentary elections, and they also called on Belgrade to support them.
“On behalf of the European Union, the Dutch Ambassador addressed the meeting asking whether enough has been done to prevent the March violence from happening again, and my conclusion concerning the answer given at the session was that little has been done,” said Loncar.
Because of all this, Loncar added, there is the Serbian government’s conclusion, adopted on July 29, that in current circumstances, Serbia’s state organs are not in position to invite the Kosovo Serbs to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the province.
The notion that the decentralisation of power is essential for resolving the Kosovo issue has prevailed even in the Security Council, Loncar told the Tanjug news agency, and added that the precise form of devolution will be discussed in talks between international factors. Loncar also said that the council stressed a key role of Belgrade in upcoming political moves.
The minister said that even the report by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for yesterday’s session concluded that there has been no progress in Kosovo-Metohija since March.
According to Loncar, most members of the Security Council called on Kosovo Serbs to take part in the work of local institutions, particularly in the upcoming parliamentary elections, and they also called on Belgrade to support them.
“On behalf of the European Union, the Dutch Ambassador addressed the meeting asking whether enough has been done to prevent the March violence from happening again, and my conclusion concerning the answer given at the session was that little has been done,” said Loncar.
Because of all this, Loncar added, there is the Serbian government’s conclusion, adopted on July 29, that in current circumstances, Serbia’s state organs are not in position to invite the Kosovo Serbs to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the province.
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