May 12, 2008
SERBIANNA
UN mission in Serbia's Kosovo province known as UNMIK said that Serbian
local elections held in Kosovo will be declared illegal.
"Serbian authorities conducted these elections in the full knowledge
that they were acting in defiance of UNMIK’s exclusive mandate to authorize
elections in Kosovo under UN Security Council resolution 1244," said official.
"Those ‘local elections’, their outcomes, and the Serbian municipal
institutions for which they purported to elect representatives are all
without legal standing or effect in Kosovo. Illegal elections cannot have
legal consequences," said a UN press release.
UN administrator Joachim Rücker praised Kosovo's Muslim Albanians
for not turning to violence saying that "People of Kosovo displayed their
maturity today by remaining calm and supporting the maintenance of public
order."
UNMIK spokesperson Alexander Ivanko repeated that the international
administration in Kosovo would not recognize the results of Serbian local
elections, adding that their holding is against UNSCR 1244. Ivanko said
that official Belgrade was aware with of this position but continues to
violate this resolution.
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