Kosovo: Security Council calls on all voters to take part in tomorrow’s elections

Welcoming the progress in preparing for tomorrow’s municipal elections in Kosovo, the Security Council today called on province’s eligible voters, including those from minority communities, to take part in the polls and seize the chance to have their interests properly represented.

“The Council expresses its firm belief that wide participation in the voting is essential to provide the best opportunity for future progress towards the building of a multi-ethnic and tolerant society,” the Council President, Ambassador Martin Belinga-Eboutou of Cameroon, said in a statement during a formal meeting of the 15-member body.

The statement also called on the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government, local leaders and all others concerned to cooperate fully with Michael Steiner, Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative for Kosovo, as well as the commander of the international security force (KFOR) towards the full implementation of the Council resolution that authorized the UN presence in the province.