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UN:
SENIOR UN ENVOY CERTIFIES ELECTION RESULTS IN KOSOVO: 05/12/2007
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 05 December 2007 --The
top United Nations envoy to Kosovo today certified election results for the
Assembly of the Serbian province where ethnic Albanians outnumber Serbs and
other minorities by about nine to one.
“I am pleased that the process is
moving forward in a peaceful atmosphere which shows the maturity of the Kosovo
people and the political parties,” the Secretary-General’s Special
Representative Joachim Rücker said.
The elections were held on 17
November, when voters also participated in municipal ballots and – for the
first time – directly elected a mayor for each of Kosovo’s 30
municipalities.
Mr. Rücker also announced that 8
December will be the date for mayoral run-off elections.
Earlier this year Belgrade and
Pristina held direct negotiations on the future status of Kosovo. This followed
a report from the UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari in which he proposed a
phased process of independence for Kosovo.
The UN Interim Administration in
Kosovo (UNMIK), which Mr. Rücker heads, has administered the province since
1999, when Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops amid inter-ethnic fighting.
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