Thanks Burim, we can't give better proof about Albanian intentions than you gave us:

"Ex. souther MONTENEGRO, kosova and *even parts of southern* SERBIA, western MACEDONIA, nothern GREECE. these lands were once albanian land"

Anyone can see now without any doubt that Albanians want to create "Greater Albania" on territories of neighbour countries - Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Greece. This is against every single international law and *real cause of Kosovo conflict*. Kosovo independence will just encourage these militant irredentists to continue their terror campaign.

Momcilo, Nis, Serbia

Seems to me the law is the law, irrespective of history. Splitting Kosovo away from Serbia breaks the law. So either change the law or don't split Kosovo away. In either case, I don't see how the Serbian government could stand by and let the international community split them up. Perhaps Serbia couldn't stop a split - but I wonder if the international community would really be willing to fight a war if they knew the other side intended to fight back this time.

Ronnie, Houston, Texas

OK Ok. Everyone listen. Serbs look into the past to try and keep kosova only picking dates they like. Why dont we look into the past. Albanians were in kosova thousands of years before the serbs every came into the balkans. Now present day: albanians make up 90% of the population. Serbs committed major attrocities on not just the albainans but many balkan nations. So serbs have no good arguments. The only way to peace is an indenpendent kosova. Tensions will ease with time. Then kosova, serbia and other balkan nations will look to get into the EU. Kosova will never go back into the oppresive and brutal hands the serbs. Hasnt enough albanian land been given away already? Ex. souther montenegro, kosova and even parts of southern serbia, western macedonia, nothern greece. these lands were once albanian land, inhabited by albanians and for absolutly no good reason given by the great powers of the times to albanias neighbors. Looks like thats about to stop. Kosova finally....INDEPENDENT!!!

Burim Aliu, Oregon, Wi. (USA)

Kosovo is part of Serbia and everyone on Serbian territory who is not happy living there is free to go. Albanians are free to go to Albania, US or anywhere they like. They have terrorized non-albanians on Kosovo and Metohija for decades and have no right at all to ask for anything. Even if US impose independence of Kosovo, this will not last for long. Lies can't last for long. Public relations agencies can't help with that...

Momcilo, Nis, Serbia

The Ahtisaari plan is completely contrary to the basic principles of international law. It is an attack on the territorial integrity of Serbia as an UN member. I suggest that the plan be tested by the UN Security Council request to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion before any vote in SC is taken.

Goran, Belgrade, Serbia

To Blerim from London: There was no arming of the IRA from all over Europe as it was the case with the KLA. Northern Ireland is governed from London, isn't it? And, indeed, Northern Ireland was not bombed by NATO for 78 consecutive days! People flee bombardment, don't they?

Goran, Belgrade, Serbia

I would like times online to justify these numbers and its sources.It is not first time that western countries manipulate with numbers in order to form public opinion directly targeted against Serbs.Can we see the names of all these killed and fleed Albanians.There is no such a document!However there is a clear documentation about killed and fleed Serbs,that West persistantly ignores.Shell I remind you that about 4000 Serbs have been killed in Srebrenica area.How about the number of ordinary people,policeman and soldiers killed on Kosovo by Albanians in last 25years.Also please dont manipulate with word Kosovans.Thats yet another phrase invented by West to describe Albanians.Albanians are albanians,and if they claim independence as Albanians,well slim chances it will pass UN as it will be recognized as their tendency to unite with Albania,however if they claim they are Kosovans chances are much higher.I also have never heard neither know what is moral independence?God bless

S Antonijevic, Belgrade, Serbia

PRE-WAR PERIOD: Milosevic took from Kosovo the "autonomy" that theSerbian Government is offering in one day. Virtually all Albanians were thrown out of their jobs, schools and universities were closed, and more than 600,000 Kosovo Albanians were forced by the Serb regime to leave Kosovo and move to Western Europe and US.
WAR PERIOD - yes, 800,000 Albanians were thrown out of their homes in two-month period and 15,000 Albanians were killed by the Serb army and police.
So for obvious reasons Kosovars are not interested to live under Serbian rule, as they are all aware of the consequences. People want to be ruled by themselves.
To those that link Kosovo with the problem in the Northern Ireland: the British Government did not terrorise and throw out half of the population, didn't kill thousands of civilians and you don't have half population of Kosovo willing to be in a union with Serbia, as is the case in Northern Ireland. So, there is no connection or what so ever.

Blerim, London, UK

I think multiethnic states in the Ballkans are time bombs.The fact that Serbs cant separate myth from history is one factor which is ridiculous and yet surprisingly powerful.Sure,when looking for a starting point in search of understanding a problem or history of a people,one needs to go as far back as historical records allow you.Serbs builed their national identity on a battle lost to the Turks in 1389, claiming Kosovo theirs since then. What about the Albanians?Albanians are the indigenous people of this region who populated the area before the south slavs settled there in the 7th century.Leaving history aside now,which is crucial in coming to a clear conclusion on the matter at present,Kosovars have a moral case for independence considering the events of the '90s when tens of thousands of them were killed&displaced.Kosovo's case is very specific and it shoud be imposed a specific solution.It is of no use comaparing it to other problematic regions such as Ossetia etc.

Uran, London, UK

Yesterday, explosion in Prishtina destroyed three UN cars in Prishtina, but other two explosions on Feb 16th were not reported in media. Target of terrorist attacks are obviously UN troops...

Momcilo, Nis, Serbia

If there is need for an apology from someone, than it should first come from Serbian government to the people of Kosovo.
The crimes in the two last decades of twentieth century from Serbian government towards the innocent citizens should not be justified by numbers or by saying that Kosovo is Jerusalem.
If Kosovo is Jerusalem, it is so because of the people who live here and for the people who live here both Albanian and Serb.
There is nothing more holy in this world than the place you where born and you belong to.

Met, Prishtina, Kosovo

dear xenia lynn ,by readinig your article you made me feel so sorry about your knowledge ,if you are not aware about the religion in dardania(kosova)than you have to read more or even go and visit the dardanian country in that way you d have the opportunity to meet the most generous people in this planet ,than i hoppe it would open youre eys and see a bitt clearer ,why dont you ask youreself when those servians(serbians came) on our lands (dardanian lands)and what was theyre first jobs over there ,or even where did they come from ,(it makes even me laugh when i sayed where they came from ,because they dont know themself and now they are trying to build a non existed history pretending they found muslim religion when they arrived as beggers in dardania(by the way the dardanian capital at that time was nish)

addy, leeds, uk

I was shocked to see that The Times had reported false information. One hundred thousand Albanians were not killed, nor were there one million refugees. The Times should publicly apologize for this error.
One must also not forget that Albanians and Serbs were killed by the Nato bombs and both groups were fleeing the bombings and the onset of the war, as well, Albanians were also killing Albanians which should also be mentioned in stories like these.

Sandra, Canada,

The 'killed 100 000" is obvously a typo, and should be viewed so, though to the Times shame no correction seems to have been printed. The casualty toll has been quite extensively researched and the total deaths are in the region of 10,000, which includes approximately 2000 non-Albanians, mostly Serbian. However 10,000 is a convenient figure "10,000 dead, mostly Albanian" is often slid by propagandists to "10,000 dead Albanians". Indeed, the NATO intervention is often described as 'halting' the Serb attack, when it in fact predated it. Check the BBC online news archive. It does not make any later crimes any less bad, but it is astonishing how many stories - including the Times which takes a firm anti-Serb line - include these convenient rewrites of history. Surely if their case was sound, it would stand up with the facts as they were? Indeed, is the persistent need of the NATO /Albanian side to misrepresent what happened a tacit admission of guilt and wrongdoing?

Alistair Stewart, London, UK

Hold on a second, you people are arguing whether 10.000 or 1000 albanians died? Does that matters? Crime had happened and it had to be stopped. What I don't understand is that when we lived together we had serbian neighbours and we went along very well and had been friends. But no, it took one psycho man to brainwash so many serbians and fill them with hate, and that man although dead (Milosevoc if you still didn't get it) is still haunting many serbians. I've got many serbian friends in Belgrade who are very open minded people and they believe in human rights. If Kosovo wants to be separated so be it. Would you stay with your partner if they abused you? Of course not. We were partners, but we have been abused for no reason, we need to get on with our lives. It hurts to be told I love you while being beaten in the same time.

Vlora, London, UK

The Belgrade side offers a plan of autonomy, also specifically guaranteed in their recent Constitution whereby, members of the autonomous region can vote, hold elections and self-govern themselves in specified areas. A deputy member of the Serbian Assembly cannot also be an elected official in region. Citizens in the autonomous region can participate in the larger poltlical scene; that is, they can be elected to national office, which was demonstrated by the 1 seat won in the last election by the Albanian contingent in Vojvodan. Belgrade has done much to meet the demands of Autonomy. It is the Albanian Muslims (not all Albanians are Muslim and want independence) who have continuously demanded the heart of Serbia, and nothing else. Why the United States wants to establish a Rogue KLA-Muslim State with ties to Iran on Christian soil, is beyound me to understand. As a U.S. citizen, I support a principled solution, not an imposed one for Kosovo-Metohija.

xenia lynn teresa williams, Eugene, Oregon

I sent a comment regarding this article yesterday asking where the number of 100.000 Albanians killed came from. The author must have some reference to back this claim with. My comment was not published while I see you have published every single comment backing independece of Kosovo which is nothing short of a land grab. This proves yet again how biased your reporting on the situation in Serbia and former Yugoslavia is.

Branka, London, UK

Whoever killed 100,000 Kosovo Albanians? When did that happen!? Jenny does not know the history of the area well and should not forget that there is one Albanian state already. It is called The Peoples Republic of Albania. Why should there be another one on the Serbian territory? Should there be two Irish states, one of them on what is now the UK territory?

Goran, Belgrade, Serbia

Official report of the Tribunal in Hague are showing that NATO had exhumed 2,108 bodies in Kosovo. Prosecutor Karla Del Ponte was unable to say to whom these bodies belonged, what their ethnicity was, how they died or when they died. Office of the Commissioner of Human Rights for the Council of Europe reported that "some 3700 persons" have gone missing in Kosovo, of which approximately 2750 are ethnic Albanian and 850 Serb, with the remainder belonging to other minorities. If we assume that all 3.700 persons are dead, the conclusion in that 5.800 died in Kosovo conflict (both Serbs and Albanian).
In your report you are using number of 100.000 dead Albanians - fiigures used at the begging of war in propaganda purposes. If you made such a "mistake" at the begging of your article, how could be that belive the rest 99 percent of the content!

Milorad, Belgrade, Serbia

It is not the matter of numbers and manipulating them for achieving one side's ends! It is about applying same standards (of decency and civilized world) on all the parties involved. In times of conflicts (whoever is the culprit) the sides involved do play propaganda wars and games, try to manipulate both domestic and international audiences.
But if a durable, just and decent solution is to be found, both sides must agree to a compromise and come out with face, not humiliated. And honest brokering (in such situation) must be based on good will, just intentions and a vision of future. I am afraid that neither side in conflict (Albanians and Serbs), nor the UN special envoy have acted honestly so far. This is why we are still far from reaching a just and durable solution to the Kosovo problem.

Srdjan, London, UK

We have to remember that the Kosovo is serbian Jerusalem: in few years (1999-2006) the albanians distroyed 150 serbian ortodox churches and monasteries in Kosovo, someone with medieval affrescos of particular artistic value. Islam's battle against Occident do the muslim albanians in Kosovo, just help them if you are mad!

Giustizia e libertà, Rome, Italy

i believe that the author has over exgagerated somethings such as the number of serbs in kosova, that number we do know and we will never know because they have been manipulated by the serbian regime. I believe it is time for Kosova to be self ruled, as hard as it is to say the UN-MIK has failed in Kosova. First, they have been living in the air while the entire population population was down the earth. however, one thing we want to assure that the only way for peace in balkans is to grant an unconditional independence for Kosova.

Kreshnik, Dallas, Texas, USA

I'm not sure where are you getting your figures but how come 200.000serbs left Kosova/o when before the war including serb police (about 40.000) serbs constituted 10% of the population (i.e. approx. 200.000 serbs). There are about 100.000serbs left in Kosova/o today so the abovementioned figures are a bit too pumped up by Serbian government who gives UNHCR figures based on their cadastral fabrications inside Serbia (note: serbian police took all cadastral documents when they left Kosova/o). Also, thanks god (actually thanks to US & NATO), 100.000 people did not get killed in Kosova/o.

Nik, Perth, Australia

Well, it was 10.000 murderd Albanians by Serb forces. Thank God it wasn't 100.000. ! Anyway, it s the final time for our independence to come, because we waited too long. As for Serbs they can stay here if they wish, and Ahtisaari deals with them in 2/3 of the proposal, but they to look through Prishtina, not Belgrade!

Xhemajl, Prishtina, Kosova

Long time ago it was state called Yugoslavia and in that Yugoslavia lived happily all Yugoslavs until 1990.
But then those Yugoslavs did't want to live together anymore. So explain to me how can Albanians live with this Yuogo Slavs any more when their brothers seperated.
As 1+1=2 Kosovo=Independent.

Sijalica, London, UK

"This plan offers Serb communities considerable autonomy. They would be unwise to refuse. But they need better guarantees, equal citizenship and opportunities." There is 15% of Albanian population in Serbia (Kosovo included). They are getting the highest autonomy a minority could get in one sovereigh state. Now you are advising Serbs (10 to 15% of Kosovo population) to take the same (and less) in some futuristic Kosovo state, and disregarding the other side offer. Serbia is independent state and Kosovo is region inside Serbia. I can understand those politicians that have agenda to destroy other countries and so on, but I can't understand journalists who support those politicians without even knowing what they are doing, because their lack of education, their ignorance and stupidity...

John, Los Angles,

-Serbian government's plan reminds some of you of Ahmedinejad's plan for Israel??!! You are comparing a plan to wipe out one sovereign state from the face of the Earth with a plan that offers the widest territorial autonomy to an ethnic community in Europe EVER?
- 100000 Kosovo Albanians killed?! Where do you get your data from? KLA Propaganda unit? Thank god for Google.
Kosovo Albanians were slaughtered by a ruthless dictator, Kosovo Serbs are slaughtered by their Albanian neighbours - in front of the live NATO audience, after the war had ended. The rest are offered a kind advice that the author of this article duly records-"to ethnically cleanse themselves".


Serbs committed many attrocities on Kosovo, and Kosovo should, probably become an independent state. But for god's sake, stop insulting our intelligence.

Ivan, London,

The Serbian side should be more constructive and accept the Ahtisaari’s plan which gives the Serbian minority a strong protection within an independent Kosovo.

K-Albanians will never accept Serbian authority over Kosovo. Period. After what happened over the past 25 years. killings, torture, genocide, ethnic cleansing.....

Kosovo /a and Serbia can work together only when they recognise each other as independent states. The sooner this happen the better.

Kosovo /a must be recognised as an independent state NOW.

Noel, London,

I liked this article. Serbs have to understand that after what they have done against (and are capable in doing) against Albanians, independence is inevitable. Albanians after more than 100 years of Serbian systematic persecution, killings, deportation and during 90s apartheid, deserve independence.

The Serbian plan for Kosovo reminds me Ahmadinejad`s condemnd Israel plan. Serbian nationalists well represented in the Serbian cabinet (Kostunica, Draskovic) wants to wipe Albanians off the Kosovo- map.

Everyone have to understand: an independent, multiethnic and peaceful Kosovo is the only solution for Balkans.

Peace for ever in Balkans

Jenny, Pristina, Kosovo

Are you mad? I was thinking that timesonline is serious news source. When I see this figure of 100.000 dead I just laugh. I seriously think that some British 'journalists' taking cash from Shqiptars(Albanians) in order to write this kind of crap and demonize Serbia. Reality is that Kosovo is Serbia and that all UN and other relevant documents say that so any kind of independence for Kosovo without SC UN and Serbian approval is nothing more then rape of justice. It is interesting that timesonline do not mention over 250.000 Serbs who was expelled after 1999, over 3000 killed and over 2000 missing .Why you don't mention over 200 medieval orthodox churches destroyed by Albanian Muslim fanatics?
Kosovo is Serbia

Serb011, cambridge,

Not much for debating numbers of this sort, but, for the record: The Lancet (UK) estimates that there were 12,000 (95% confidence interval 5,500-18,300) war-related deaths across the population (all Kosovars -- ethnic Albanian, Serbian, Roma, etc.) between February 1998 and June 1999 . "Men of military age (15–49 years) and men 50 years and older had the highest age-specific mortality rates from war-related trauma... particularly Kosovar Albanian men of military age, [who] were systematically targeted by Serbian forces."

r. gulick, pristina, kosovo

haha ! basically these journos couldn't find a story out there so they had to find the most ludicrous figures possible, without speaking to anyone and doing any resuearh.

Oliver, london , England

also, WHY is the Times printing explanations about ten months later than every other paper?? and why is there no analysis?? extraordinary. I thought that people looked to the Times for foresight and opinion - not sensationalist text and nothing else.
Max you are absolutely right - where did these figures come from?? I would very much like to know.

Rachel, london , England

100,000 killed?? Where on earth did the author get this figure from? How on earth this article even saw the light of day is beyond me. How about checking facts before posting such ludicrous articles. Absolute garbage

Max, parra,

While Times is wrong at quoting the number of 100.000 dead in Kosovo from the MIlosevic-driven war, the intent of the comment is correct. Serbia suspended the autonomy of Kosovo in 1991, and launched appartheid-like policies, as observed by AI and Helsinki Watch throughout 1990'ies. Eventually, war was ignited and 1 million refugees were chased from Kosovo by Milosevic henchmen. One of the most notorious, Commander Legija, later went to kill Serbian PM Djindjic. 7 Years afto NATO intervention, no other solution seems possible bar independence. Keeping Kosovo in Serbia will always be a powder keg, while Kosovo independence will ultimatelly meen very little to Serbia who is looking westwards for EU membership.

Dejan Peskirov, Oslo, Norway

Good article. It is very balanced. No more than 7% of the Kosovar population are Serbs though.
I think that the people of Kosova should have a referendum and decide their own fate. You can't impose or force a solution to a group of people.

Festimus, Los Angeles, California

Very few people understand the intricacies of the Kosovo problem. This article is a fair attempt at explaining it in a brief article (in spite of the horrible exaggeration of 100,000 killed). However, to allow NATO & the U.N., under the U.S.'s instigation, to intervene in a sovereign nation's internal affairs, rip off a part of its territory, and then help it to become independent, sets a very dangerous precedent. I have lived in Kosovo for 5 years. I know the situation on the ground. Serbia has its hands tied. The international community will have its way, either through threatening Serbia regarding EU accession, or offering them the carrot if they will comply.

Andrew Servant, Oulu, Finland

100,000 dead??????? the level of anti-serb propaganda has reached a new level.

jo, nyc,

Why should we read the article written by someone who so obviously demonstrates the lack of knowledge about Kosovo? 100.000 killed? Not even the most biased media outlets ever reported such a huge figure.

Argyrios, Toronto, Canada

Serbia is the victim here.
It fell foul of the Clinton Doctrine for the Balkans where support was given to all independence movements within the old Yugoslavia because Serbia and Milosovic in particular were deemed beyond the pale.
Those evil Albanian terrorists who now, incidentally seem to infest London's streets, were and are the same as the IRA's gunmen.
The solution is to let Serbia back into its own territory and handle the problem directly. Albania is no friend of the west and only intends to add Kosovo to a Greater Albania. The Balkans is one of the fringes of Europe where Muslims encroach, settle and expand their population as part of their asymmetric conflict with Christendom.

J.G.Flinn, Bealencourt, France, France

The comment represents a paradigm for cynicism covered-up in a highly professional journalism of The Times; provided one agrees that selective morality is part and parcel of being a professional journalist. The lightness of simplifications and arrogance is impressive indeed! Two quotations would suffice: "The idea was reasonable" (For whom and under what terms?); but because compromise is not a word in the Albanian and Serbian vocabularies" (!), "it was not feasible". In fact, the comment very well unveils the "reasonableness of the idea" when rightly admitting that much of Western Europe quietly hopes the remaining Serbs will ethnically clean themslevs". In view of this sentence, the under-title of the comment is a cynicism pure.

Lidija Basta Fleiner, Fribourg, Switzerland

I'm confused. Wasn't the previous policy "Standards before Status"??? Now we have "Status before Standards". Why is this? Well, the West has really dug itself a hole. Independence won't solve anything as it doesn't feed people or give them jobs. No one has made a convincing argument as to how 'Kosovo' could survive. So, massive subsidies in perpetuity from the EU are the only solution (Tito tried the same, it failed).

P.S. 100,000 killed? I really don't think so. I think the latest figures is that the number of bodies recovered so far is about 3,000 on all sides in all conditions.

Aleks, Bruxelles, Belgium

How can The Times make such a serious mistake? There was never any report by the UN or otherwise of 100,000 people being killed. It was between 5,000 - 10,000 Albanians (including combatants) and since 1999 there have been around 3,000 people, mostly Serbian but also Albanian, who have been murdered or kidnapped. These are UN figures - shame on such a prominent publication to make such a glaring error in facts, especially while assessing what should be done with 15% of Serbia's legal territory. That is extremely careless.

Louise, Newcastle, UK

It is quite simply illegal to make Kosovo independent. It is 15% of Serbia's land, and can not be handed over to any group even if they are a majority. The precedent of such an action would have ramifications around the globe.
An even worse scenario is if the UN Security council disallow this prising away of territory (which of course it should) and then countries such as the UK and US start unilaterally recognising Kosovo as an independent state. This could lead to the danger of a world war.
Quite simply, the US and UK can't deliver on their promise of independence which was made when the KLA was being used as ground troops during the war against Serbia.
The international community needs to put political agendas to one side, and start working with Serbia to create a peaceful autonomous province.

Kate Thomas, London, UK

The number of Albanians killed during the Kosovo war is between 5000 and 10,000, not 100,000 as the article states.

Autonomy for Kosovo's Serbs should have been implemented immediately after the war. Given that the level of violence and discrimination makes it impossible for most of them to earn money and makes them regular targets for robberies it is essential for the survival of the Serb commiunities. I find it utterly shameless that the Ahtisaari making such basic human rights a matter of negotiation

If we find that the the ethnic relations have worsened too much for keeping Kosovo with Serbia we should do the only thing honorable: drawing ethnic borders. The present international policy of "inviolable borders" is ethnic cleansing in expensive suits.

Wim Roffel, Leiden, Netherlands

The only lasting solution for kosovo is Independent. But miningfull independent accepted by all natonalities living in Kosovo. That will put a stop to Belgrade politicians manipulating with a serbs in Kosovo as they did for the past 17 years for their political and personal gains. I am sure that the if the serbs accept Kosovo as their country they will start filling safe themsefs and live their lifes with Albanians as they did for centuries.

Sijalica, London, UK

I think that you must back up your claim of 100.000 killed in Kosovo. This is the first time that I have seen this figure quoted. You say that your Leading Comment is in Defence of Kosovo's Serbs while the contents of the Comment is exactly the opposite. If Kosovo is taken by force from Serbia this will be a signal to all terrorists that violence pays. The Albanians in Kosovo fully expect that UNMIK and all the other foreigners will leave but financially keep Kosovo viable. It will be a terrible shock for both parties when reality dawns on them. Firstly that the US has no intention of leaving Bondsteel (the biggest US military base outside the US) and secondly for UNMIK and the US when they find out that they will be fair game for the Albanians who will turn on them once they have cleansed all the remaining minorities there.

Branka, London, UK

not much to back up of the headline there. also wondering where the author got the figure of 100,000 killed (in NATO's onslaught?). the number most used is an estimate of UP TO 10,000 killed in the two years until the end of NATO air raids. of the one million mostly ethnic Albanians who fled, some were forced into leaving by their own Albanian extremist forces (was this systematic for the cameras?). the number of Serbs to have left since the start of the conflict is more than 220,000, according to the United Nations.

dingdong, Belgrade,

Another example of Blairs failed illegal (bypassing UN) foreign policy intervention. Surprisingly he is very quiet regarding this topic and it is ironic that the FCO are promoting the independence of a ethnic group because they threaten violence - this is like the US sticking their nose into the Northern Ireland conflict and promoting independence for the Republicans.

Princip, London,

I cannot understand why the Serbian dominated part of Kosovo should not be added to Serbia and the Albanian part to Albnia or simply become an independant Kosovo. To incorporate the religious center of the Serbian Orthodox Church with all its deep sentimental attachments to Serbia is a recipe to ongoing conflict. It is also another act of cruelty in a region that has seen too much of it.

michaelpalmer, Addis Ababa,

I don't like the decentralisation which according to the Ahtisaari would possibly give more protection to the Serbs community.
What if in the future they would like to live somewhere else?
The albanians then have the rights to say to them go back you belong!

What is important UNMIK needs to help the kosovars to strengthen the the judiciary – or to build confidence in the judicial system by members of minority communities.

UNMIK before leaves has to implement the legal and other reforms recommended by the Human Rights Committee to strengthen human rights protections in Kosovo.

Fatmire, London,

I do not think the west quietly hopes Serbs ethnically cleanse themselves. That former KLA serb killers like Agim Ceku and Hashim Thaci can be prominent politicians and prime Minister says loud and clear that the UN does want Serbs to leave and certainly no Serbs to return.

Brian , Valley Stream,