19.08.08: UN begins Kosovo handover to EU - The Diigo Meta page

• 19 Aug 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

  eu-policies cfsp UN kosovo serbia

  • The UN has begun the handover of office space and vehicles to the EU's "EULEX" police and civilian administration team in Kosovo, amid Serbian and Russian complaints that the move does not have a legal mandate.

      

    "The technical agreement gives UNMIK [the United Nations Mission in Kosovo]...the green light for transferring assets to us," EULEX spokeswoman Karin Limdal told AFP, after the two sides signed a memorandum on the transfer on Monday (18 August).
  • "As with every similar provocation, this technical move cannot be ignored, and the government will submit a protest to the UN security council. You can't go about it [the EULEX transfer] this way," Serbia's Kosovo minister, Oliver Ivanovic, told the B92 news agency.

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