Srpska lista delegation meets with UN's Jenca

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A Srpska lista delegation headed by party leader Zlatan Elek met with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenca on Tuesday to point out the dramatically difficult position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, as well as the continuous institutional pressure, politically motivated arrests, ethnically motivated attacks, threats to Serbian Orthodox Church property and organised provocations by the Pristina authorities.

Elek especially noted a systemic marginalisation and threats to the collective and individual rights of the Serbs, impermissible violence committed through police and judicial institutions under Albin Kurti's direct control, politically motivated processes aimed at intimidating and demoralising the Serbs, pressure on health care professionals, teachers, clerks and political representatives, as well as the impermissible construction of new bridges on the Ibar River without consultations with the Serb community, which is perceived as a symbol of divisions and provocations, rather than integration, Srpska lista said in a statement.

The delegation urged the UN to take concrete steps to safeguard the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the Serbs and to use its authority to highlight a need to return to dialogue, legal certainty and respect for UNSCR 1244.

It issued a clear call to representatives of the international community to finally react to the institutional and political violence and not to remain silent observers as the social and security position of the Serb population in Kosovo-Metohija was being eroded before their eyes.