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PETERSEN: KOSOVO ALBANIANS MUST PROVIDE REAL SECURITY TO SERBS

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Hina) - Although the security situation inKosovo has significantly improved since the violent riots in March, alot remains to be done to meet the standards necessary to finallydefine Kosovo's status and Kosovo Albanians must provide real securityto Serbs and other minorities, UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) chiefSoeren Jessen-Petersen said before the UN Security Council on Monday.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Hina) - Although the security situation in Kosovo has significantly improved since the violent riots in March, a lot remains to be done to meet the standards necessary to finally define Kosovo's status and Kosovo Albanians must provide real security to Serbs and other minorities, UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) chief Soeren Jessen-Petersen said before the UN Security Council on Monday.

One can expect and demand real progress in the implementation of those standards which together contribute the most to the establishment of a multiethnic Kosovo, the special representative of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for Kosovo said while presenting his report on the situation in the province and the work of the UN mission.

Freedom of movement, the rule of law, functioning local institutions, refugee return and protection of minorities, especially Serbs, are some of the most important goals which need to be worked on, Petersen said.

UNMIK and Kosovo Force (KFOR) are now in a better position to provide protection to minorities than they were in March, when 19 people were killed, almost 1,000 were injured and hundreds of houses and Serb religious facilities and cultural sites were burned or destroyed in the attacks of Albanian extremists on Serb, Roma and Ashkali communities, the UN official said.

However, it is only Kosovo Albanian leaders and society that can and have to effectively remove the need for such protection and provide real security, Petersen said, welcoming Annan's latest report on Kosovo.

He called on Kosovo Serbs to join again a joint group for security in Kosovo, which was established in an effort to rebuild trust, and a working group for decentralisation.

Petersen expressed regret at the low turnout of local Serbs in last month's elections and added that the first task of the new government would be to improve the living conditions of Kosovo Serbs.

Kosovo has been under UN administration since 1999 when NATO forced Yugoslav forces out of the province in the midst of the Serb-Albanian conflict.

Petersen said that undeveloped economy was probably the biggest threat to stability and reconciliation in Kosovo and threatened with sanctions to Kosovo officials who obstruct efforts to improve living standards.

However, he expressed hope that there was a chance of resolving the status of Kosovo. After almost five years of the UN mission in Kosovo, we are maybe moving towards talks on Kosovo's final status, he said.

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