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DOUBLE STANDARDS OF KFOR, UNMIK AND BERNARD KOUCHNER
GENEVA - The government of FR Yugoslavia points out with regret that UN Security Council Resolution 1244 has not yet been implemented, and that the greatest responsibility for that rests with KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner.
The warning is contained in a letter of the chief of the permanent Yugoslav mission to the U.N. in Geneva Ambassador Branko Brankovic sent Monday to the director of the U.N. European office Vladimir Petrovski, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, the special rapporteur for human rights in the former Yugoslavia, Jirgi Dienstbier, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Cornelio Sommaruga, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, and other important figures.
The letter said that KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner are applying double standards in Kosovo-Metohija and cited as the latest example the isolation of Serbs in Orahovac which is going on for over one month.
"You are aware of the fact that because KLA terrorists are blocking Orahovac, Serbs from that town are denied the right to basic humanitarian aid, the residents of Orahovac are without food, water and electricity," Ambassador Brankovic said.
The activities of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNMIK undertaken with the aim of evacuating Serbs from Orahovac are absoluetly unacceptable," Ambassador Brankovic said, pointing out that such action shows that UNMIK and UNHCR are lenient towards KLA efforts to create an ethnically cleansed Kosovo-Metohija.
"By tolerating the blockade of Orahovac, KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner have placed KLA activities under the auspices of the U.N. Such behaviour is unprecedented in U.N. history and represents a flagrant violation of the Charter of the world organization and of humanitarian law," Ambassador Brankovic said.
ANNAN FOR IMMEDIATE SENDING OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO SERBIA
ROME - It is necessary as soon as possible to send humanitarian aid to Serbia, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in Rome on Monday.
The humanitarian situation in Serbia, where over 700,000 refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo and Metohija province are residing, was one of the main topics at today's talks between Annan and Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema.
It is necessary as soon as possible to define modalities for sending humanitarian aid to Serbia, Annan told a press conference.
D'Alema backed Annan's stand that aid should be sent to Serbia. He underscored he was concerned with the slow progress of the peace process in Serbia's southern province of Kosovo and Metohija, and urged the creation of conditions for a life of togetherness in the province, regardless of nationality.
Annan met Sunday night with Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini. Views were exchanged on the current situation in the Balkans and Dini reiterated that Serbia should not be isolated.
Serbia is the most important part of the Balkans, and it should be included in the Pact on stability as soon as possible, Dini said.
TOM KENIGS DOUBTS SUCCESS OF U.N. MISSION IN KOSOVO
BONN - Tom Kenigs, a German, charged by the United Nations to form a civilian administration in Kosovo is increasingly doubtful about his job, the weekly der Spiegel reported Monday from Hamburg.
Kenigs, who was one of the closest assistants and friends of the leader of the German Greens, Jozef Fischer, supported last spring NATO's aggression on Serbia, but now - Der Spiegel said, he is no longer sure whether he did the right thing.
The reason for Kenigs's doubts are the crimes committed on a daily basis by ethnic Albanian extremists and terrorists who ruthlessly burn, loot, persecute and murder all who are not Albanians, the Hamburg weekly reported.
"I often ask myself if I am on the right side," the U.N. representative was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel. Kenigs is even more doubtful about the chances for the successful completion of the job he has been charged to do.
His dream, Der Speigel said, is to see in reality the democratic order and a tolerant society in Kosovo, that Serbs who fled or were expelled return to their homes and that they all then celebrate that.
"Chances for such a society in Kosovo, however, are not at all optimistic," the weekly said, describing the atmosphere of fear in Kosovo - not only among Serbs, but also among ethnic Albanians who have different opinions from "KLA" leaders.