The United Nations Security Council will discuss today during a morning session in New York the quarterly report of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the developments in Kosovo. In his report, he expressed concern regarding the emigration of the population and hailed constitution of the Assembly and the government after a six-months’ vacuum and stalemate. The United Nations Secretary General’s report covers the period from 16 October to 15 January and it does not include the violent protests which led to the dismissal of one of Serb ministers from the Serbian List, part of the Kosovo’s governing coalition. According to the RTK correspondent in New York, this issue will be raised by the Representative of the Secretary General in Kosovo, UNMIK Chief, Farid Zarif, then by the Foreign Minister of Serbia, as well as the other UNSC members, especially by the representative of Russia.

Kosovo’s representative, Hashim Thaci, will be speaking for the first time to the Council as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he is expected to address the developments of the last three months, which shook the new state and its political and democratic consolidation. According to a source in New York, Thaci is expected to speak about the protests and the reasons that lead to the them, dismissal of Serb minister from the government, the reasons of the emigration of Kosovars, Trepca as Kosovo’s inalienable property and Kosovo’s pledge to be an ally in the global war against terrorism.

The Chief of Kosovo’s diplomacy, will once again request opening of a new chapter in the relations between Kosovo and the United Nations, further limitation of UNMIK’s role in Kosovo until its conclusion and he will reiterate Kosovo’s claim to take over the responsibilities of being a full member of the United Nations, with its rights and responsibilities.