UN Mission

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic on Monday received Peter Due, director of the UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations for Asia, Middle East, Europe and Latin America Division, as part of his regular visit to the region.

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BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic on Monday received Peter Due, director of the UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations for Asia, Middle East, Europe and Latin America Division, as part of his regular visit to the region.

Serbia's First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has received newly-appointed UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Zahir Tanin on Tuesday for the first time.

Dacic "voiced his expectation that the mission would continue to work at full capacity, based on its mandate and in line with UNSC Resolution 1244."

A document in Cyrillic was rejected on Monday during a meeting of the Kosovo parliament's commission for legislation, with its head Albulena Haxhiu saying that the format was not "typical" and requesting a legal interpretation of the issue.

Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced on Thursday that Kosovo had applied to join the UN's culture arm, UNESCO, marking another step to achieve full recognition of its independence.

South Sudan rebels opened fire on a UN peacekeeping base sheltering 30,000 civilians, killing one and wounding six in a possible war crime, the UN said late July 1.

BELGRADE - The Republic of Serbia attaches special importance to the work of the UN as the most important international organisation in the foundation of which it took part and organisation whose goals it fully respects, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of the UN in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric urged Farid Zarif, the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), on Monday to additionally encourage Kfor, Eulex and the Pristina authorities to ensure security to Serbs in the province.