The best choice for reform at Turtle Bay is Serbia’s Vuk Jeremic.

There’s an election on, and the top candidates include a Vladimir Putin favorite and a lifelong socialist who mismanaged a global humanitarian organization. We speak of the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General.

The concept of the Sunny Valley returnee settlement in Kosovo has been presented a UN special rapporteur.

Chaloka Beyani, in charge of human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) learned about the project from Dusan Kozarev, deputy director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo.

Kozarev also told his about "the obstacles to a greater sustainable return of IDPs," Tanjug reported on Monday.

For the third time, members of the UN Security Council on Monday will give its opinion on candidates for the future UN Secretary General.  The candidate of Serbia Vuk Jeremić came in second place after the previous round of voting in the East River, right behind Antonio Guterres, the Portuguese.

According to Nikola Jovanović, one of the closest associates of Jeremić, and Director of CIRSD, a former chief of Serbian diplomacy awaits the next round with cautious optimism.

Kosovo, a former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008, but is still unrecognised by Belgrade, has warned against the candidacy of Vuk Jeremić, a former Serbian foreign minister, for UN Secretary General.

Protestors in Kosovo’s capital Pristina on Saturday (27 August) called Jeremić “the biggest anti-Albanian politician” and said that their country’s candidacy for UN membership would be blocked for 10 years should the Serbian politician get the job.

UN chief 'underscored his deep concern about the scope of continuing widespread arrests, detentions and suspensions'

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the ongoing wave of arrests in Turkey since the attempted coup.

Ban told Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during a telephone conversation that "credible evidence" must be presented swiftly so that the detainees' legal status can be determined by a court of law.

United Nations agencies, funds and programmes are using a new communications strategy to the detriment of Kosovo. They are proclaiming the non-recognition of [Kosovo’s] statehood everywhere.

This is being done by including an asterisk to the names of UN offices and mechanisms in Kosovo. They are also adding the footnote which is not unique in its content. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 is included in every content.

“Approval of Serbia for the admission of the self-proclaimed Kosovo in the UN is important, because Serbia is the country of origin, and as such has the right to veto any violent seizure and usurpation of part of its territory,” said a former Serbian diplomat Vladislav Jovanović. “Even if, hypothetically, Russia and China as permanent members of the UN Security Council agree that Kosovo become a member of the UN, the Council will have to propose it to the General Assembly.

Serbia's position on Kosovo-Metohija's membership in international organisations is unchanged, the head of the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said Tuesday, reiterating that only an integral Serbia can be an EU member state.

Commenting on reports by some Serbian media that Germany will not ratify the agreement on Serbia's EU accession until Kosovo becomes a full UN member, Djuric said:

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday received UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane.

During the conversation he noted that Serbia is fully committed to regional peace and stability and that it is cooperating with all despite a rise in ultra-nationalism in some countries.

Nikolic highlighted the significance of UN peacekeepers and their role in preserving peace and stability worldwide, in the region in particular.

Director of the Serbian Government office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Ɖurić will meet tomorrow at 12:30 pm, in the Palace "Serbia", with the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Ghasem El-Wane. The meeting will be attended by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin and representative of the UN Secretary General and the Director of the UN Office in Belgrade Simona - Mirela Miculesku, announced the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.