L'AMICO AMERICANO
7: Giochetti attorno al Kosovo
giocati sulla pelle di chi ci vive e di chi non puo' piu' viverci
(italiano / english)
1. Games Surrounding Kosovo
(Srdja Trifkovic)
2. Pesante scontro Europa-USA su chi sara' il prossimo Governatore
Coloniale del Kosovo
(Fonti: ANSA e Frankfurter Rundschau)
3. Kosovo ombudsman says UN violating human rights
OMBDUSMAN ACCUSA: L'UNMIK VIOLA I DIRITTI UMANI
=== 1 ===
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic/NewsViews.htm
CHRONICLES, Saturday, June 14, 2003
Games Surrounding Kosovo
by Srdja Trifkovic
If a rifle figures above a mantlepiece in Act I it is likely to fire in
Act III. Likewise, if a dozen well-known KLA apologists and
pro-Albanian lobbies parading as think-tanks start simultaneously
clamoring for Kosovo’s independence—making identical or similar
statements in a ten-day period—it is almost certain that their efforts
will be presented as a pressing policy issue before the summer is out.
The pursuit of Kosovo’s independence from Serbia provides “the only
prospect for long-term stability in the Balkans” and must not be
postponed, claim Paul Williams and Janusz Bugajski in a report
(“Achieving a Final Status Settlement for Kosovo”) published by the
Center for Strategic and
International Studies. Bugajski, until recently a lavishly
paid“consultant”for Milo Djukanovic’s kleptocratic little fiefdom,
seems to have lost some of his enthusiasm for the cause of Montenegrin
independence now that the retainer has ended; but the “analysis”
vis-ŕ-vis Kosovo is the same:“the only way” to achieve peace and
stability is to cut another slice from the
depleted Serbian salami. Until and unless this is done, the ethnic
tensions in the region and political and economic stagnation in the
Balkans will continue. The authors argue that a “freely elected”
government in Kosovo would reduce the potential for social unrest and
promote the rule of law and
pluralism.
Only days earlier, on May 21, the House of Representatives Committee on
International Relations held an open hearing (“The Future of Kosovo”)
and heard Daniel Serwer of the United States Institute of Peace declare
that the“specific problems” of today’s Kosovo “include failure of the
Serbs to participate consistently in the Kosovo Assembly and continuing
Serb
control in the north.” Among those invited to testify were spokesmen
for the Albanian-American registered lobby groups and their
congressional supporters; not one invited speaker represented the
interests of Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo, or the position
and concerns of Serbia.
James Dobbins, director of the International Security and Defense
Policy Center at the Rand Corporation and a key advocate of the war
against Serbia in the Clinton administration, joined the chorus by
saying that the unresolved nature of Kosovo’s status as potential
independent state
continues to be an obstacle to reconciliation between the ethnic groups
in the region: “I always believed that the only result that would
satisfy a majority of the people is some form of independence.”
Charles A. Kupchan, director of European studies at the Council on
Foreign Relations, bewails that “the Balkans as a whole have slipped
off the radar screen” and sees the formal separation of Kosovo from
Serbia as a welcome opportunity to put the region back on the map.
Kupchan added that the
situation in Kosovo holds important lessons for the United States’
effort at nation building in Iraq.
The billionaire “philantropist,” currency speculator George Soros, even
went to Belgrade on May 27 to tell the Serbs that it was in their
interest to support the independence of Kosovo. At a conference in
Belgrade’s Hyatt Regency, Soros said that Serbia could be put into the
“fast-lane to European integration” in exchange for Kosovo’s
independence. Only days before his
trip Soros wrote an article in London’s Financial Times (May 22) saying
that Kosovo’s independence would be the logical end of Yugoslavia’s
disintegration and that Macedonia in particular should be given some
assurance that Kosovo’s independence does not herald any further
fracturing of Balkan states.
In Washington the consensus among political analysts, including those
who oppose any change in Kosovo’s status, is that these pro-Albanian
lobbyists intend to package Kosovo’s independence in “realpolitical”
terms in their pitch to the Bush administration. They will claim that
doing a big favor
to a Muslim community—the Albanians—could be subsequently presented as
a counterweight to the coming adjustment of the “Road Map” to reflect
Mr. Sharon’s many objections, both already stated and yet pending.
The precedent already exists in Mr. Rumsfeld’s pointed invocation,
during the war in Afghanistan, of America’s intereventions in Bosnia
and Kosovo as the conclusive proof that the United States is not a
priori anti-Muslim.
The KLA’s Washingtonian friends will claim that strip-mining Serbia
costs nothing—the heirs of Zoran Djindjic in Belgrade will do exactly
as told, whatever is demanded of them—and yields rich rewards in giving
America leverage in appeasing enraged Muslim opinion around the world.
It is to be hoped that this time the bad guys will not succeed. If the
Administration goes along with these proposals it will make a mistake
for seven main reasons:
1. It will reward mass ethnic cleansing and murder, carried out on a
massive scale by the Albanians ever since the beginning of the NATO
occupation four years ago;
2. It will condone the principle that an ethnic minority’s plurality in
a given locale or region provides grounds for that region’s secession—a
precedent that may yet come to haunt America in the increasingly
mono-ethnic and mono-lingual Southwest;
3. It will terminally alienate the Serbs, whose cooperation is crucial
to making the Balkans finally stable and peaceful, at a time when
American energy, money and manpower is more pressingly needed further
east;
4. It will create an inherently unstable polity that will be an even
safer haven for assorted criminals and Islamic extremists than it is
today;
5. It will reignite the war in neighboring Macedonia, where the current
semblance of peace is absolutely predicated upon the continuing status
quo in Kosovo;
6. It will contribute to further deterioration of relations with the
Europeans and Russians with no tangible benefit to the United States;
7. It will commit itself to continuing the Clinton-Gore
“nation-building project” in Kosovo that culminated with the bombing of
Serbia in 1999—an illogical, immoral, and utterly untenable
rearrangement of the Balkan architecture which it would be in America’s
interest to reverse, not ratify and make semi-permanent.
This time the “realists” have ample arguments against Cilnton’s model
of the new Balkan order that seeks to satisfy the aspirations of all
ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia—except the Serbs. Whatever is
imposed on them in this moment of weakness, the Serbs shall have no
stake in the ensuing order
of things. Sooner or later they will fight to recover Kosovo, whatever
its“status.” The Carthaginian peace imposed on them today will cause
chronic regional imbalance and strife for decades to come. That is not
in America’s interest, and therefore should not be condoned.
=== 2 ===
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11703
EU Observer - June 13, 2003
US opposes EU candidate for Kosovo administration
Despite unanimous support from the enlarged EU, Swedish UN ambassador
Pierre Schori is not expected to become the new chair of UNMIK, UN
Interim administration mission in Kosovo.
According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau, Mr Schori is
seen as "too critical towards the US" and would therefore face strong
opposition from Washington.
The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, needs a new
chairman from August 2003 when the mandate of the current head of the
mission, German Michael Steiner, ends.
Mr Pierre Schori has unanimous support from Russia and the enlarged EU
that is expected to have 25 members from May 2004, reports Frankfurter
Rundschau.
However, the former Swedish deputy Foreign affairs minister and leader
of social democrats in the European Parliament is seen as "too critical
towards the US" and "too sympathetic" towards such countries like Cuba
and Nicaragua.
The official reason for opposing Mr Schori's nomination is the fact
that Sweden is not a NATO member.
Another obstacle would also be the fact that Mr Schori is representing
Sweden. The US does not want another" reports the Swedish media,
referring to the UN chief weapons inspector.
The decision on the new head of UNMIK will be taken by UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan. But it is unlikely that Mr Annan would go against
the will of the US, the German newspaper wrote.
Press Articles Frankfurter Rundschau
Written by Dace Akule
Edited by Andrew Beatty
---
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml
KOSOVO: UE PROPONE ANCHE ITALIANO IN ROSA PER UNMIK
(ANSA) - LUSSEMBURGO, 16 GIU - I ministri degli esteri Ue hanno
deciso oggi di proporre all'Onu i nomi di due diplomatici europei,
l'italiano Antonio Armellini e lo svedese Peter Schoeri, quale
possibile nuovo capo dell'Unmik, l'amministrazione delle Nazioni
Unite per il Kosovo. Lo ha indicato in una conferenza stampa il
ministro degli esteri greco Ghiorgos Papandreu, presidente di turno
dei ministri Ue. Spettera' al segretario generale dell'Onu Kofi
Annan prendere una decisione circa la successione dell'attuale capo
dell'Unmik, il tedesco Michael Steiner. Tradizionalmente la carica di
capo dell'Unmik e' assegnata a un rappresentante dell'Unione europea.
Papandreu ha anche precisato che oggi i capi della diplomazia Ue
non hanno designato un successore per l'inviato speciale dell'Unione
europea in Medio Oriente, lo spagnolo Miguel Angel Moratinos. I
ministri hanno invitato Moratinos a prolungare di ''alcune
settimane'' il proprio mandato, che doveva concludersi a fine mese,
in attesa che intervenga una decisione dei paesi comunitari. (ANSA).
CEF 16/06/2003 18:52
UE: APERTO PUZZLE INVIATI SPECIALI, ITALIANI IN LIZZA
(ANSA) - LUSSEMBURGO, 16 GIU - Sono ancora aperti i giochi per la
nomina del nuovo inviato speciale Ue in Medio Oriente e del futuro
capo della missione Unmik in Kosovo, per i quali ci sono in lizza
anche candidati italiani. I capi della diplomazia Ue non hanno
trovato oggi a Lussemburgo un sostituto per lo spagnolo Miguel Angel
Moratinos, inviato in Medio oriente dal 1996, che lascia alla fine
del mese. Fra i nomi che circolano queli possibili successori, hanno
indicato fonti diplomatiche, ci sono la diplomatica italiana Laura
Mirakian, attuale ambasciatore a Damasco, l'olandese Marcel
Kupershoek, ambasciatore a Islamabad, e lo svedese Staffan De
Mistura, distaccato all'Onu. Per la successione del tedesco Michael
Steiner a capo dell'Unmik, l'amministrazione delle Nazioni Unite per
il Kosovo, i ministri Ue hanno invece proposto al segretario Onu Kofi
Annan, cui spetta la decisione, una rosa di due nomi europei:
quelli del diplomatico italiano Antonio Armellini e dello svedese
Peter Schoeri. Una decisione per l'Unmik dovrebbe intervenire nelle
prossime settimane. Sulla designazione del successore di Moratinos -
che e' stato pregato di prolungare di qualche settimane la propria
missione - in Medio Oriente non e' escluso che una decisione possa
essere presa in margine al prossimo vertice Ue di Salonicco, alla
fine della settimana.(ANSA). CEF
16/06/2003 21:17
KOSOVO: CADE IPOTESI ARMELLINI, ANNAN VUOLE UN POLITICO
(ANSA) - ROMA, 1 LUG - E' caduta l' ipotesi della designazione
dell'ambasciatore Antonio Armellini a capo dell'amministrazione
civile del Kosovo per conto delle Nazioni Unite, perche' il
segretario generale Kofi Annan, ''ritiene preferibile che in questo
momento la gestione del Kosovo sia politica e non tecnica''. Lo ha
dichiarato il ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini rispondendo a un
giornalista nella conferenza stampa di presentazione del semestre
italiano dell'Ue. Il ministro degli esteri ha spiegato che
''l'Italia non aveva alcuna intenzione di presentare una propria
candidatura per il capo dell'amministrazione civile in Kosovo'', ma
avendo ricevuto ''forti e continue sollecitazioni a presentare una
candidatura italiana'' aveva optato per l'ambasciatore Armellini.
Armellini - attualmente impegnato ''a pieno tempo'' come delegato di
Frattini in Iraq - era risultato colui che meglio incarnava le
''esigenze tecnico-professionali per l' incarico in Kosovo'', ha
spiegato il ministro. Gli scenari pero' sono ''cambiati'', ha
proseguito Frattini, e ''ad avviso di Annan, in questo momento la
gestione del Kosovo dovrebbe essere affidata a una personalita' con
profilo politico e non tecnico''. Frattini ha anche riferito di
aver scritto oggi una lettera ai quattordici partner europei e a
Javier Solana, alto rappresentante della politica estera dell'Ue, per
sollecitare una ''riflessione sulla possibilita' di esprimere
candidature di taglio politico e non tecnico''. (ANSA).
RF-TH/LP
01/07/2003 18:42
=== 3 ===
http://www.b92.net/english/news/
index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=23675&order=priority&style=headlines
B92, July 10, 2003
Kosovo ombudsman says UN violating human rights
PRISTINA -- Thursday – The United Nations mission in
Kosovo is indifferent to the rule of law and continues
to deprive the people of their basic rights and
freedoms, the province’s ombudsman said today in a
stinging report four years into the mission’s mandate.
Marek Novicki, Kosovo’s Polish ombudsman, said that
though certain functions had been devolved to local
authorities, UNMIK retained its grip on the most
important elements of government, resulting in
“continuing violations of human rights and abuses of
authority, reflecting its indifference to the rule of
law by which the rest of Europe is bound.”
According to the report, the Kosovo judiciary remains
severely understaffed and under-funded, and the courts
are unable to play a significant role in administering
justice and protecting the rights of individuals.
UNMIK consistently fails to publish new laws in
accordance with regulations, and translations are
often so poor that they cannot be accurately
interpreted.
Novicki says that the principle that the executive
should not be considered above the law is compromised
in the case of Kosovo, where the executive and the
legislative “are one and the same individual”. The
human rights situation is not helped, he says, by
placing certain categories of human rights complaints
under the control of UNMIK.
Novicki notes improvements in freedom of movement and
security for non-Albanians, but that the situation in
some parts of the province “remains very difficult.”
Despite calls from all sides for repatriation, “the
lack of province wide security, the dire economy, and
the delays in resolving the future status of Kosovo
render it unsurprising that very few [displaced
persons] have returned to Kosovo during this reporting
period.”
The report criticises UNMIK for failing to investigate
a number of serious crimes committed since their
arrival, “in particular cases involving interethnic
violence against non-Albanian communities.” It blames
in part the constant turnover of the investigative
staff of the UNMIK police.
The report concludes: “In our Second Annual Report, we
stressed that Kosovo should prepare itself to be a
‘human rights black hole’, in Europe and in the world.
This observation remains an accurate one, particularly
given that UNMIK continues to ignore any findings that
it has violated human rights guaranteed under
international human rights conventions.”
7: Giochetti attorno al Kosovo
giocati sulla pelle di chi ci vive e di chi non puo' piu' viverci
(italiano / english)
1. Games Surrounding Kosovo
(Srdja Trifkovic)
2. Pesante scontro Europa-USA su chi sara' il prossimo Governatore
Coloniale del Kosovo
(Fonti: ANSA e Frankfurter Rundschau)
3. Kosovo ombudsman says UN violating human rights
OMBDUSMAN ACCUSA: L'UNMIK VIOLA I DIRITTI UMANI
=== 1 ===
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic/NewsViews.htm
CHRONICLES, Saturday, June 14, 2003
Games Surrounding Kosovo
by Srdja Trifkovic
If a rifle figures above a mantlepiece in Act I it is likely to fire in
Act III. Likewise, if a dozen well-known KLA apologists and
pro-Albanian lobbies parading as think-tanks start simultaneously
clamoring for Kosovo’s independence—making identical or similar
statements in a ten-day period—it is almost certain that their efforts
will be presented as a pressing policy issue before the summer is out.
The pursuit of Kosovo’s independence from Serbia provides “the only
prospect for long-term stability in the Balkans” and must not be
postponed, claim Paul Williams and Janusz Bugajski in a report
(“Achieving a Final Status Settlement for Kosovo”) published by the
Center for Strategic and
International Studies. Bugajski, until recently a lavishly
paid“consultant”for Milo Djukanovic’s kleptocratic little fiefdom,
seems to have lost some of his enthusiasm for the cause of Montenegrin
independence now that the retainer has ended; but the “analysis”
vis-ŕ-vis Kosovo is the same:“the only way” to achieve peace and
stability is to cut another slice from the
depleted Serbian salami. Until and unless this is done, the ethnic
tensions in the region and political and economic stagnation in the
Balkans will continue. The authors argue that a “freely elected”
government in Kosovo would reduce the potential for social unrest and
promote the rule of law and
pluralism.
Only days earlier, on May 21, the House of Representatives Committee on
International Relations held an open hearing (“The Future of Kosovo”)
and heard Daniel Serwer of the United States Institute of Peace declare
that the“specific problems” of today’s Kosovo “include failure of the
Serbs to participate consistently in the Kosovo Assembly and continuing
Serb
control in the north.” Among those invited to testify were spokesmen
for the Albanian-American registered lobby groups and their
congressional supporters; not one invited speaker represented the
interests of Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo, or the position
and concerns of Serbia.
James Dobbins, director of the International Security and Defense
Policy Center at the Rand Corporation and a key advocate of the war
against Serbia in the Clinton administration, joined the chorus by
saying that the unresolved nature of Kosovo’s status as potential
independent state
continues to be an obstacle to reconciliation between the ethnic groups
in the region: “I always believed that the only result that would
satisfy a majority of the people is some form of independence.”
Charles A. Kupchan, director of European studies at the Council on
Foreign Relations, bewails that “the Balkans as a whole have slipped
off the radar screen” and sees the formal separation of Kosovo from
Serbia as a welcome opportunity to put the region back on the map.
Kupchan added that the
situation in Kosovo holds important lessons for the United States’
effort at nation building in Iraq.
The billionaire “philantropist,” currency speculator George Soros, even
went to Belgrade on May 27 to tell the Serbs that it was in their
interest to support the independence of Kosovo. At a conference in
Belgrade’s Hyatt Regency, Soros said that Serbia could be put into the
“fast-lane to European integration” in exchange for Kosovo’s
independence. Only days before his
trip Soros wrote an article in London’s Financial Times (May 22) saying
that Kosovo’s independence would be the logical end of Yugoslavia’s
disintegration and that Macedonia in particular should be given some
assurance that Kosovo’s independence does not herald any further
fracturing of Balkan states.
In Washington the consensus among political analysts, including those
who oppose any change in Kosovo’s status, is that these pro-Albanian
lobbyists intend to package Kosovo’s independence in “realpolitical”
terms in their pitch to the Bush administration. They will claim that
doing a big favor
to a Muslim community—the Albanians—could be subsequently presented as
a counterweight to the coming adjustment of the “Road Map” to reflect
Mr. Sharon’s many objections, both already stated and yet pending.
The precedent already exists in Mr. Rumsfeld’s pointed invocation,
during the war in Afghanistan, of America’s intereventions in Bosnia
and Kosovo as the conclusive proof that the United States is not a
priori anti-Muslim.
The KLA’s Washingtonian friends will claim that strip-mining Serbia
costs nothing—the heirs of Zoran Djindjic in Belgrade will do exactly
as told, whatever is demanded of them—and yields rich rewards in giving
America leverage in appeasing enraged Muslim opinion around the world.
It is to be hoped that this time the bad guys will not succeed. If the
Administration goes along with these proposals it will make a mistake
for seven main reasons:
1. It will reward mass ethnic cleansing and murder, carried out on a
massive scale by the Albanians ever since the beginning of the NATO
occupation four years ago;
2. It will condone the principle that an ethnic minority’s plurality in
a given locale or region provides grounds for that region’s secession—a
precedent that may yet come to haunt America in the increasingly
mono-ethnic and mono-lingual Southwest;
3. It will terminally alienate the Serbs, whose cooperation is crucial
to making the Balkans finally stable and peaceful, at a time when
American energy, money and manpower is more pressingly needed further
east;
4. It will create an inherently unstable polity that will be an even
safer haven for assorted criminals and Islamic extremists than it is
today;
5. It will reignite the war in neighboring Macedonia, where the current
semblance of peace is absolutely predicated upon the continuing status
quo in Kosovo;
6. It will contribute to further deterioration of relations with the
Europeans and Russians with no tangible benefit to the United States;
7. It will commit itself to continuing the Clinton-Gore
“nation-building project” in Kosovo that culminated with the bombing of
Serbia in 1999—an illogical, immoral, and utterly untenable
rearrangement of the Balkan architecture which it would be in America’s
interest to reverse, not ratify and make semi-permanent.
This time the “realists” have ample arguments against Cilnton’s model
of the new Balkan order that seeks to satisfy the aspirations of all
ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia—except the Serbs. Whatever is
imposed on them in this moment of weakness, the Serbs shall have no
stake in the ensuing order
of things. Sooner or later they will fight to recover Kosovo, whatever
its“status.” The Carthaginian peace imposed on them today will cause
chronic regional imbalance and strife for decades to come. That is not
in America’s interest, and therefore should not be condoned.
=== 2 ===
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11703
EU Observer - June 13, 2003
US opposes EU candidate for Kosovo administration
Despite unanimous support from the enlarged EU, Swedish UN ambassador
Pierre Schori is not expected to become the new chair of UNMIK, UN
Interim administration mission in Kosovo.
According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau, Mr Schori is
seen as "too critical towards the US" and would therefore face strong
opposition from Washington.
The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, needs a new
chairman from August 2003 when the mandate of the current head of the
mission, German Michael Steiner, ends.
Mr Pierre Schori has unanimous support from Russia and the enlarged EU
that is expected to have 25 members from May 2004, reports Frankfurter
Rundschau.
However, the former Swedish deputy Foreign affairs minister and leader
of social democrats in the European Parliament is seen as "too critical
towards the US" and "too sympathetic" towards such countries like Cuba
and Nicaragua.
The official reason for opposing Mr Schori's nomination is the fact
that Sweden is not a NATO member.
Another obstacle would also be the fact that Mr Schori is representing
Sweden. The US does not want another" reports the Swedish media,
referring to the UN chief weapons inspector.
The decision on the new head of UNMIK will be taken by UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan. But it is unlikely that Mr Annan would go against
the will of the US, the German newspaper wrote.
Press Articles Frankfurter Rundschau
Written by Dace Akule
Edited by Andrew Beatty
---
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/kosovo.shtml
KOSOVO: UE PROPONE ANCHE ITALIANO IN ROSA PER UNMIK
(ANSA) - LUSSEMBURGO, 16 GIU - I ministri degli esteri Ue hanno
deciso oggi di proporre all'Onu i nomi di due diplomatici europei,
l'italiano Antonio Armellini e lo svedese Peter Schoeri, quale
possibile nuovo capo dell'Unmik, l'amministrazione delle Nazioni
Unite per il Kosovo. Lo ha indicato in una conferenza stampa il
ministro degli esteri greco Ghiorgos Papandreu, presidente di turno
dei ministri Ue. Spettera' al segretario generale dell'Onu Kofi
Annan prendere una decisione circa la successione dell'attuale capo
dell'Unmik, il tedesco Michael Steiner. Tradizionalmente la carica di
capo dell'Unmik e' assegnata a un rappresentante dell'Unione europea.
Papandreu ha anche precisato che oggi i capi della diplomazia Ue
non hanno designato un successore per l'inviato speciale dell'Unione
europea in Medio Oriente, lo spagnolo Miguel Angel Moratinos. I
ministri hanno invitato Moratinos a prolungare di ''alcune
settimane'' il proprio mandato, che doveva concludersi a fine mese,
in attesa che intervenga una decisione dei paesi comunitari. (ANSA).
CEF 16/06/2003 18:52
UE: APERTO PUZZLE INVIATI SPECIALI, ITALIANI IN LIZZA
(ANSA) - LUSSEMBURGO, 16 GIU - Sono ancora aperti i giochi per la
nomina del nuovo inviato speciale Ue in Medio Oriente e del futuro
capo della missione Unmik in Kosovo, per i quali ci sono in lizza
anche candidati italiani. I capi della diplomazia Ue non hanno
trovato oggi a Lussemburgo un sostituto per lo spagnolo Miguel Angel
Moratinos, inviato in Medio oriente dal 1996, che lascia alla fine
del mese. Fra i nomi che circolano queli possibili successori, hanno
indicato fonti diplomatiche, ci sono la diplomatica italiana Laura
Mirakian, attuale ambasciatore a Damasco, l'olandese Marcel
Kupershoek, ambasciatore a Islamabad, e lo svedese Staffan De
Mistura, distaccato all'Onu. Per la successione del tedesco Michael
Steiner a capo dell'Unmik, l'amministrazione delle Nazioni Unite per
il Kosovo, i ministri Ue hanno invece proposto al segretario Onu Kofi
Annan, cui spetta la decisione, una rosa di due nomi europei:
quelli del diplomatico italiano Antonio Armellini e dello svedese
Peter Schoeri. Una decisione per l'Unmik dovrebbe intervenire nelle
prossime settimane. Sulla designazione del successore di Moratinos -
che e' stato pregato di prolungare di qualche settimane la propria
missione - in Medio Oriente non e' escluso che una decisione possa
essere presa in margine al prossimo vertice Ue di Salonicco, alla
fine della settimana.(ANSA). CEF
16/06/2003 21:17
KOSOVO: CADE IPOTESI ARMELLINI, ANNAN VUOLE UN POLITICO
(ANSA) - ROMA, 1 LUG - E' caduta l' ipotesi della designazione
dell'ambasciatore Antonio Armellini a capo dell'amministrazione
civile del Kosovo per conto delle Nazioni Unite, perche' il
segretario generale Kofi Annan, ''ritiene preferibile che in questo
momento la gestione del Kosovo sia politica e non tecnica''. Lo ha
dichiarato il ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini rispondendo a un
giornalista nella conferenza stampa di presentazione del semestre
italiano dell'Ue. Il ministro degli esteri ha spiegato che
''l'Italia non aveva alcuna intenzione di presentare una propria
candidatura per il capo dell'amministrazione civile in Kosovo'', ma
avendo ricevuto ''forti e continue sollecitazioni a presentare una
candidatura italiana'' aveva optato per l'ambasciatore Armellini.
Armellini - attualmente impegnato ''a pieno tempo'' come delegato di
Frattini in Iraq - era risultato colui che meglio incarnava le
''esigenze tecnico-professionali per l' incarico in Kosovo'', ha
spiegato il ministro. Gli scenari pero' sono ''cambiati'', ha
proseguito Frattini, e ''ad avviso di Annan, in questo momento la
gestione del Kosovo dovrebbe essere affidata a una personalita' con
profilo politico e non tecnico''. Frattini ha anche riferito di
aver scritto oggi una lettera ai quattordici partner europei e a
Javier Solana, alto rappresentante della politica estera dell'Ue, per
sollecitare una ''riflessione sulla possibilita' di esprimere
candidature di taglio politico e non tecnico''. (ANSA).
RF-TH/LP
01/07/2003 18:42
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B92, July 10, 2003
Kosovo ombudsman says UN violating human rights
PRISTINA -- Thursday – The United Nations mission in
Kosovo is indifferent to the rule of law and continues
to deprive the people of their basic rights and
freedoms, the province’s ombudsman said today in a
stinging report four years into the mission’s mandate.
Marek Novicki, Kosovo’s Polish ombudsman, said that
though certain functions had been devolved to local
authorities, UNMIK retained its grip on the most
important elements of government, resulting in
“continuing violations of human rights and abuses of
authority, reflecting its indifference to the rule of
law by which the rest of Europe is bound.”
According to the report, the Kosovo judiciary remains
severely understaffed and under-funded, and the courts
are unable to play a significant role in administering
justice and protecting the rights of individuals.
UNMIK consistently fails to publish new laws in
accordance with regulations, and translations are
often so poor that they cannot be accurately
interpreted.
Novicki says that the principle that the executive
should not be considered above the law is compromised
in the case of Kosovo, where the executive and the
legislative “are one and the same individual”. The
human rights situation is not helped, he says, by
placing certain categories of human rights complaints
under the control of UNMIK.
Novicki notes improvements in freedom of movement and
security for non-Albanians, but that the situation in
some parts of the province “remains very difficult.”
Despite calls from all sides for repatriation, “the
lack of province wide security, the dire economy, and
the delays in resolving the future status of Kosovo
render it unsurprising that very few [displaced
persons] have returned to Kosovo during this reporting
period.”
The report criticises UNMIK for failing to investigate
a number of serious crimes committed since their
arrival, “in particular cases involving interethnic
violence against non-Albanian communities.” It blames
in part the constant turnover of the investigative
staff of the UNMIK police.
The report concludes: “In our Second Annual Report, we
stressed that Kosovo should prepare itself to be a
‘human rights black hole’, in Europe and in the world.
This observation remains an accurate one, particularly
given that UNMIK continues to ignore any findings that
it has violated human rights guaranteed under
international human rights conventions.”