Participation by the Kosovo Serb representatives in the work of the Assembly remains uncertain the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija has so far boycotted it.

In the general elections of November 2001 in Kosovo, Rexhepi's party won 25.7 percent of the votes, second only to Ibrahim Rugova's Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), and Rexhepi was appointed prime minister by the Assembly of Kosovo on 4 March 2002.

Ten assembly committees (plus one standing committee) have been established by agreement between the Presidency of the Assembly and the caucus leaders including the Kosovo Serbs.

For Kosovo read Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro)

The Assembly of Kosovo has lately shown itself to be a more transparent and democratic place for debate according to the established rules.

9. Commends the role of the Council of Europe in the capacity building programme of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, especially with regard to the electoral process in preparation for the Kosovo Assembly elections on 17 November 2001

Another Kosovo Serb leader was attacked recently in the northern part of Kosovo.

In paragraph 72 (former paragraph 73), for Kosovo read Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro).

Endgame in Kosovo

Recovering from Kosovo

Other speakers addressed problems facing the Roma from Kosovo, particularly in the context of the future status of Kosovo and the Kosovo Standards Implementation Plan.

We welcome the fact that there has been strict compliance with the Constitutional Framework and the rules of the Kosovo Assembly, and we commend the ongoing efforts made by the new Government to ensure respect for the consistent implementation of standards to stabilize the political, economic and security situation in Kosovo, as well as to reinforce the multi ethnic nature of Kosovo.

The central level Kosovo Security Advisory Group remains stalled by Belgrade blocking Kosovo Serbs' participation.

A Confederation for Kosovo

Kosovo is Europe s Responsibility

The EU s Kosovo Catalyst

Kelmendi is a veteran of the Kosovo war led by the Kosovo Liberation Army, 1998 1999.

That way, Kosovo Serbs can be persuaded to participate in the institutions of Kosovo and Metohija.

There were diplomatic negotiations about the future of Kosovo going on then, and the Kosovo government, let alone the Kosovo people, were not actually participating in those talks.

In other areas, however, Belgrade continues to discourage Kosovo Serbs from returning to their seats in the Assembly and to their positions in Kosovo's institutions and political life.

Thirdly, neither Kosovo Albanians, nor the Kosovo Serbs, nor Belgrade is able to adopt more accommodating positions.

I did not say that Kosovo Serbs should play a full part in the life of Kosovo.

The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS) are fully multi ethnic (a priority).

Land for Peace in Kosovo

Russia and the Kosovo Card

The Case against Kosovo Independence

Kosovo Protection Corps key achievements

Thirdly, Kosovo Serbs need to be allowed to play a full part in the political life of Kosovo.

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo salary survey in Kosovo and new salary scale for national staff

Fourthly, Kosovo Serbs remain largely outside Kosovo politics, and we all know the background and the reasons for that.

The vacant chair policy entails major risks that the history of Kosovo will be written without the Kosovo Serbs.

Time is running out in Kosovo.

Kosovo and Iraq provide instructive examples.

Why is Kosovo being treated differently?

The example of Kosovo is revealing.

Many Kosovo Serbs are moving about.

They operate relatively freely throughout Kosovo.

Kosovo Protection Corps priority standards challenges

Kosovo has subsequently become an international experiment in society building, led by the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

In Kosovo, too, my Office encounters difficulties in accessing documents from the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

Condemning all violations of human rights in Kosovo, which have affected all ethnic groups in Kosovo, in particular the harassment and murder of ethnic Serb, Roma and other minorities of Kosovo by ethnic Albanian extremists,

This means mainly that the Kosovo Albanians and their leaders must step up their efforts to reach out to the Kosovo Serbs, while the latter must show their concrete will to integrate into Kosovo society.

He was the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and was the first President of the Republic of Kosovo.

In the same vein, we call on the Kosovo Serb representatives to assume their role in the political life in Kosovo.

We urge politicians and rival political parties in Kosovo to cooperate in consolidating progress towards unity and final status for Kosovo.