7.8.2008 by CrniLabudovi.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic wants former US envoy Richard Holbrooke and former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to testify at his trial.

Karadzic Calls for Holbrooke to Testify

07 August 2008 Belgrade _ The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked The Hague Tribunal to call former US diplomat Richard Holbrooke to testify at his trial.

The war-crimes indictee, who refused to enter a plea during his first appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, based in The Hague, also asked the Tribunal to call its former Chief Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, as a witness.

Serbia arrested Karadzic and extradited him to the ICTY last month, 13 years after he was indicted for genocide together with his military commander, General Ratko Mladic, who is still at large. Read more:
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Karadzic, who is defending himself before the Tribunal, maintains that his going into hiding formed part of a deal with Holbrooke, which included his withdrawal from public life in exchange for not being arrested.

Holbrooke, who brokered the 1995 Dayton agreement which ended Bosnian 1992-1995 war, has repeatedly denied any such deal, while Goldstone has denied that he was asked to withdraw Karadzic’s indictment.

“Neither the American nor any other government ever asked me to withdraw charges against Karadzic,” Goldstone told the BBC, commenting on Karadzic’s claim.

Goldstone added he would be surprised if the Tribunal called him and Holbrooke to testify.
During the trial of Serbia’s late strongman, Slobodan Milosevic, the Tribunal refused to call Holbrooke and several other Western leaders whom Milosevic wanted to question as witnesses.

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7.8.2008 by CrniLabudovi.

Die UNMIK hat sich für ein eigenes Serbisches Kontigent in der Kosovo Polizei KPS entschieden, welche dann für die Serbischen Gemeinden zuständig ist.

Und eine andere Lösung kann es auch nicht geben.

UNMIK chief proposes Serb force within KPS

07/08/2008

UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier proposed establishing an ethnic Serb force within the Kosovo Police Service, which would have autonomy in the chain of command.

By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina – 07/08/08

The Kosovo Police Service may get a Serbian contingent. [Getty Images]

An ethnic Serbian force within the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) would patrol the Serb majority areas and have autonomy in the chain of command, UNMIK head Lamberto Zannier said last week. The proposal is just one part of efforts to implement UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s planned reconfiguration of UNMIK.

Zannier’s proposals envision the customs authority in northern Kosovo resembling the Hong Kong model, where one territory has two customs areas. The same arrangement is planned for the judiciary. Zannier said the Contact Group backs the idea.

Many of the Serb officers in the KPS quit after the former province of Serbia declared independence on February 17th. In an interview with the Kosovo daily Koha Ditore, Zannier said there is no clear way to make the officers return to work.

Setimes.com

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