U.N. Security Council to Review Draft on Kosovo Independence
11 May NY Times - U.N. Security Council to Review Draft on Kosovo Independence by Warren Hoge.
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The United States and its European allies will circulate a draft Security Council resolution Friday to endorse a plan granting Kosovo supervised independence, Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday.
The plan, brokered by Martti Ahtisaari, the United Nations mediator, is favored by the ethnic Albanians, who make up 90 percent of the population of Kosovo, but it is fiercely opposed by Serbia and its veto-bearing ally on the Council, Russia...
Kosovo Independence Measure Withdrawn From U.N. Council
20 July NY Times - Kosovo Independence Measure Withdrawn From U.N. Council by Warren Hoge.
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The sponsors of a resolution putting Kosovo on the path to independence withdrew the measure from the Security Council on Friday in the face of a promised Russian veto and said a six-nation group would now seek a way to settle the contentious question of independence...