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Ban Ki-moon will act in accordance with Resolution 1244 (Danas)

Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic Pristina expects admission to UNESCO, referring to the number of member states that have recognized the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, the fact that it has already entered into many financial, cultural and international organizations, as well as the legally non-binding opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Declaration of Independence.

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"No results without Haradinaj" (Danas)

Yesterday in Pristina, the main topics were “securing” of parliamentary majority for the adoption of constitutional amendments related to the establishment of the Special Court and details of Kosovo's candidacy to UNESCO. In both cases, everything revolved around the head of the Kosovo diplomacy and PDK leader Hashim Thaci, who promised the West that supposedly next week, he will ensure votes of the constitutional amendments necessary for the Special Court.

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International law, politics and panic (Danas)

Whether Kosovo will become a member of UNESCO depends on the member states of this organization. Instead of panic, Serbia should welcome entering Kosovo in UNESCO, as another mechanism for the protection of heritage of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo, said Kosovo Deputy FM Petrit Selimi, commenting the letter which Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia sent to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. UNESCO headquarters claims that they didn’t receive the request of Pristina that was sent through New York.

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Stokvis: Netherland will not be against Kosovo's admission to UNESCO (Danas)  

The outgoing Dutch Ambassador in Serbia Laurent Stokvis said in an interview for Danas that he expect opening of the first chapter in the negotiations with the EU during this year. Stokvis has indicated that, from a technical point of view "an action plan for Chapter 23 on the rule of law has not been adopted ".

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Belgrade: Everyone will be settled (Danas)

Based on the agreement reached in Brussels, Kosovo government yesterday adopted decision on ‘dissolution of the so called civil protection in municipalities in northern Kosovo and their integration into Kosovo institutions’.  This decision follows the commitments of the Kosovo government deriving from the Brussels dialogue with Serbia and serves as a legal basis for integration of 483 individuals into legitimate Kosovo institutions, reads the statement published on the web page of the Kosovo government. Belgrade-based paper Danas yesterday tried to obtain

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We will also request admission to the other organizations (Danas)

Petrit Selimi, Deputy Chief of Kosovo diplomacy Why Pristina is so sure that Kosovo will “pass” the mechanism of voting in the Executive Council and the General Assembly of UNESCO this autumn?  We have worked very closely in cooperation with all international partners and we constantly evaluated when the optimal moment for the nomination is. Already in January we decided to apply, so that our request could be discussed at the November session of the UNESCO General Conference.

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Jevtic: We are not trading with the votes (Danas)

Minister of Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic denied speculations that MPs of the Serbian List gave “the offer” in order to vote support for the announced establishment of the Kosovo Army. “The Serbian List insists on the fulfilment of the coalition agreement with PDK and LDK, but there is not a word about ‘trading with the Serbian votes for the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces.’ No one from the government or the assembly discussed with us, Serbian MPs, the issue of Kosovo Army. That issue requires broader dialogue.

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UNESCO awaits Kosovo membership application (Danas)

Although the official Pristina argues that "Serbia has no chance to hinder the entry of Kosovo to UNESCO," there is no official confirmation that the request for membership of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo arrived in the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris. In the Parisian diplomatic circles was denied that Pristina, regardless of the strong diplomatic activity, had contacts with the Secretariat of UNESCO, since the Managing Director of the organization Irina Bokova strictly adhere to the UNSC Resolution 1244.

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