Kosovo not admitted to UNESCO (RTS)
Kosovo failed to win needed two-third majority of votes for membership in UNESCO at organization’s general conference in Paris. 92 states voted yes and 50 voted no, out of 142 states that participated in voting, whereas 29 states abstained from voting.
Read More →No giving up from A/CSM (Vecernje Novosti)
Kosovo has signed the Stabilization Association Agreement as a status neutral territory. There is no place in the text where status of the south Serbian province is prejudged, and it remains in line with the UNSC Resolution 1244, said chairperson of the Serbian List, Slavko Simic, in an interview with Novosti, and added that Kosovo […]
Read More →Drecun: Brussels will have to react in case Pristina refuse to implement agreement on ZSO (Blic)
Chairman of the Serbian Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo Milovan Drecun has said that Brussels will have to react over Pristina’s efforts not to implement signed agreement on the formation of Community / Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO). “It is up to Brussels, as facilitator and guarantor of what was agreed, to force Pristina to begin […]
Read More →Chepurin: Admission of Kosovo in UNESCO would be contrary to Resolution 1244 (Tanjug, Politika)
Russian Federation considers that admission of Kosovo in UNESCO would constitute violation of the valid United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, said Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Chepurin. He further said that Russia considers Serbia’s stand legitimate and just and pays a lot of attention to this issue. He also added that Russia will support […]
Read More →Hodza: Kosovo police steps up security at religious sites (Tanjug, RTS)
The Kosovo Police has strengthened security at cultural heritage and religious sites to prevent possible incidents ahead of voting on Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO. Security has been stepped up at religious sites to prevent possible incidents from taking place, Kosovo Police spokesperson Daut Hodza said, adding that the measures are necessary in order to maintain […]
Read More →Former UNMIK Heads: Kosovo in UNESCO because of peace between Serbia and Kosovo (Kossev)
Before the session of the General Conference of UNESCO, in which will be decided about the membership of Kosovo in this organization, four former heads of UNMIK – Bernard Kouchner, Michael Steiner, Soren Jessen-Petersen and Joachim Ruecker, sent an explicit letter of support for Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO. Describing themselves as “independent individuals” who know […]
Read More →UNESCO Members To Vote On Kosovo’s Membership (RFE/RL)
Member countries in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are due to vote on Kosovo’s membership in the agency on November 9 during the organization’s general conference in Paris. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-unesco-membership/27353160.html
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 8 November
• Kosovo officials continue lobbying for UNESCO membership (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Opposition’s petition has not reached the Assembly (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova, KTV&TV21)
• AAK accuses PDK-LDK governance (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Ombudsperson: Violence against women present (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 9 November
• US, Germany fighting for every vote in Kosovo’s UNESCO bid (Zeri)
• Possible scenarios of UNESCO vote (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci: Serbia is running racist campaign against Kosovo in UNESCO (Zeri)
• Veseli wants special Assembly session on topics raised by opposition (Koha)
• Ban condemns violence in Kosovo Assembly (RTK)
• Opposition warns for escalation of situation (Zeri)
• AAK: We will not permit session on budget (Kosova Sot)
• Veseli: There is no petition in the Assembly (Zeri)
• MP receives threatening message after conflict with PDK in Prizren (Koha)
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