Xharra Attends New York Kosovo Event

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Jeta Xharra, BIRN Kosovo Director participated in a conference entitled “Ready to Govern: Developing a Strategy for Kosovo’s First 120 Days” .

 

The conference was organised by Rockefeller Brothers Fund, East West Management Institute, Justice in Transition and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

 

Kosovo leaders, negotiating Kosovo’s political status, and members of civil society discussed a road map for the most urgent issues that need to be addressed in the first 120 days when UN Security Council approves a new resolution for Kosovo, which will give Kosovo supervised independence.

US diplomats such as former US president Bill Clinton, US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, former secretary of state Madeline Allbright and Richard Holbrooke addressed the conference. US Envoy for Kosovo Frank Wisner and ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch chaired the event.