OSCE Mission in Kosovo, together with UNHCR, will organize on 21 September in Budva Technical Meeting and Forum on the highest level about sustainable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo.
The working group for technical issues will finalize proposals on 21 September related to priority areas such as property issues, civil documentation, data management and cooperation.
Pristina said that it will lobby for the entry to the OSCE with the help of US and Albania, but it was in vain because the consensus of 57 member states is required for the entry into the organization.
Although on paper membership in the United Nations is not a precondition for admission, it is an unwritten rule, because all current members of the OSCE have a seat in the UN.
Special, sustainable measures for displaced persons from Kosovo were discussed at a meeting of the technical working groups in Pristina yesterday. The meeting, organised by the OSCE and supported by the UNHCR, brought together representatives from Pristina, Belgrade, Podgorica, and Skopje who spoke about issues relating to property rights, personal documents, security, and data management. The groups are expected to meet by the end of this month in Montenegro to further discuss measures to support sustainable return of displaced persons.
Representatives of Kosovo's neighboring countries met in Pristina to coordinate efforts on returning around 20,000 persons displaced from the Kosovo war who are willing to return.
Representatives from Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo, dealing with the issue of displaced persons from the 1999 conflict, met in Pristina on Wednesday to discuss regional solutions to a problem persisting 16 years since the war in Kosovo ended.
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, with the help of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is organizing a preparatory meeting today in Pristina for the technical working group to find sustainable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo. Representatives of the governments in Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and Skopje will present the priorities and action plans for sustainable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo and together with representatives of international organizations shall agree on the next steps in the context of this initiative.
At a joint press conference of the newly-elected president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva and the outgoing Secretary General Spencer Oliver at the closing of the Assembly’s 2015 Annual Session, a journalist asked when would Kosovo be allowed to participate in OSCE forums to which the speakers replied, “Kosovo will be accepted to OSCE in a not so distant future”.
Kosovo Police and OSCE mission in Kosovo are hosts to a regional conference in Pristina that is to take place today. The conference is about community policing and efficient use of security forums in communities. International community policing and public safety experts will share their experiences with representatives from Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina, Skopje, Tirana and Zagreb as well as representatives of institutions and civil society.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo organised a regional conference on challenges and best practices in implementation of the non-discrimination law.
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli met today with the Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for South East Europe, Roberto Battelli, and head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Veseli and Batelli discussed current developments in Kosovo, the role and contribution of the OSCE in building democratic institutions in Kosovo, the mutual cooperation and the possibilities for Kosovo’s further advancement.
The Municipalities of Ferizaj/Urosevac, Strpce/Shterpce and Klokot will sign a declaration for dialogue and cooperation between communities. The ceremony will be held in Ferizaj and supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The declaration is an expression of goodwill from the mayors to increase interaction and dialogue between the different communities residing in their municipalities through joint projects and activities.