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To: mark502inf

Yes Mark, I saw him, but am not in any of those photos.
Just one correction. It's not Ivanovic, but Petrovic.
Ivanovic is not participating in Kosovo institutions, and Petrovic is the only one who does, as Minister for Returns.


5 posted on 02/25/2005 12:13:45 AM PST by Nennsy (www.kosovo.com/forum/)
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To: Nennsy
Thanks, Nennsy--and I meant to ask about Petrovic--whom I don't know, versus Ivanovic whom I do--but my fingers betrayed me while I was typing!

Here are excerpts from SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen's address to the UN Security Council yesterday:

Levels of serious crime are low – indeed, not higher than comparably populated areas of Europe – and the trend is positive. Crime rates are showing no evidence of ethnic bias in policing and judicial processes. ... Where additional security measures are required for particularly vulnerable areas, these are taken. Two recent trips by the Prime Minister and by the President of Serbia passed off without incident and confirmed the professionalism and good cooperation between KFOR, UNMIK Police, and the KPS. ... Members of minority communities continue to feel insecure. Kosovo’s Serb community is regrettably often the victim of misinformation that is disproportional to the facts on the ground. Fears – whether fuelled by misinformation or intimidatory acts, and even when not borne out by facts – translate into largely self-imposed limits on freedom of movement ... These perceptions of insecurity also prevent many displaced Kosovo Serbs from returning to their homes.

Later he says no Serb has been killed since June 2004. So, as a Serb living in Kosovo, what is your response to his remarks--is there a problem with ongoing ethnic violence or is the problem simply fear based on past actions and current misperceptions?

6 posted on 02/25/2005 4:19:58 AM PST by mark502inf
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