promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and self-government in Kosovo;
facilitate a political process to determine Kosovo's future status;
coordinate humanitarian and disaster relief of all international agencies;
support the reconstruction of key infrastructure;
maintain civil law and order;
promote human rights; and
assure the safe and unimpeded return of all refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Kosovo.
After five years of work (As of 2004), UNMIK has failed in most of these tasks:
Establishment of substantial autonomy and self-government in Kosovo is not promoted; rather, all key political factors maintain that full independence of Kosovo as their immediate goal;[1] (http://web.archive.org/web/20020215054649/http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/kosovo011116.html)
A political process to determine Kosovo's future status is not facilitated;
Key infrastructure is not reconstructed; specifically, electric distribution is still very problematic;
Civil law and order is not maintained;
Human rights are not being promoted;
There are 260,000 refugees from Kosovo, the vast majority of whom are Serbs, who still can't return to their homes.[2] (http://web.archive.org/web/20040203102745/http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/coordination_centre/index.html)[3] (http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/+hwwBmUe+DapwwwwkwwwwwwwmFqAIRERfIRfgIhFqAIRERfIRfgItFqA5BwBo5Boq5AFqAIRERfIRfgIcFqt5nGxowDzmxwwwwwww/opendoc.pdf)
UNMIK is divided into four sections which it calls "pillars". These are:
What is more, the UNMIK information chiefs words only serve to confirm that his comprehension of reality regrettably rests on highly subjective reports and analyses, not on direct contact with flesh-and-blood representatives of the Serb people whose everyday suffering and problems are well known to Bishop Artemije as well as many well minded internationals.
The UNMIK mission has not only tarnished the moral reputation of the international community in the Balkans but is now consciously feigning blindness to the destruction of an entire people and its culture for no other reason but to rationalize its own failure.
However, if UNMIK intends to continue building a new ethnic Albanian state in which Serbs would continue to live as second-class citizens or disappear completely, it is illusory on the part of the international community to expect Serb cooperation and support for such a project.
UNMIK said in a statement it was "extremely pleased with the decision by both Serbian and Yugoslav governments to endorse Kosovo Serb participation" in the 17 November elections.
UNMIK was on the verge of moving into "a determining phase of interim administration," Mr.
UNMIK said that it had repeatedly made clear to the Committee that the Office could not be opened with the UN's authorization.
Feeds |
Contact