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Thursday, 23 May, 2002, 15:16 GMT 16:16 UK
UN vetoes Kosovo border resolution
Ethnic Albanian MPs want Kosovo's full independence
The United Nations mission in Kosovo has taken
the unprecendented step of invalidating a resolution taken by the province's local
assembly, which was seeking to challenge a territorial settlement.
Steiner struck the motion down within minutes of its adoption
The UN administrator in
Kosovo, Michael Steiner, within minutes declared "null and void" the resolution
adopted by the ethnic Albanian- dominated assembly which rejected a border
agreement between Yugoslavia and Macedonia.
Kosovo, which borders Macedonia, legally remains part of Yugoslavia. The
unanimously passed resolution is being viewed as an attempt by the province to act
as an independent state.
The incident is also seen as the most serious rift in relations between the province's
ethnic Albanian leadership and the UN since the world body took charge of the
province in June 1999.
The vote is also likely to earn strong criticism from Belgrade - and has already
prompted a walkout from the assembly by the Serb deputies.
Warnings
Ethnic Albanian MPs - who press for Kosovo's outright independence - have been
unhappy with the border agreement between Yugoslavia and Macedonia since it was
signed last year.
Assembly powers
Economic and financial policy
Fiscal and budgetary issues
Education
Health
Social welfare
Organisation of judicial system
Transport and communications
Sport and culture
Agriculture
Tourism
They say that over 4,000 hectares of land were removed from Kosovo without any
consultation with the local population.
The BBC's Nicholas Wood in Pristina says that while some UN officials have
sympathised with the MP's grievances, the UN Security Council and the European
Union, have warned that the assembly has no rights to discuss issues affecting the
region's borders or internal security.
Letters from the Security Council and the EU not to go ahead with the vote were
presented to the assembly before the session.
They warned that Kosovo's reputation would be damaged if the motion was adopted.
Walkout
Nevertheless, the assembly went ahead with the resolution.
Rugova leads the independence-seeking assembly
This in turn prompted
the Serbian deputies to leave the parliament, saying they would no longer take part in
the assembly or the province's government unless the motion was rejected.
The 120-strong Kosovo's first multi- ethnic assembly opened its inaugural session in
December 2001, following elections the month before.
But the UN retained the final say on the most contentious policy issues, banning the
assembly to vote for the province's independence.
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