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Registration site opens on the boundary between Kosovo and Serbia
PRISTINA 29 May 2000
PRISTINA, 29 May 2000 - The first registration site on the boundary between Kosovo and Serbia proper has opened. It is part of an effort to make it easier for Kosovars who have left Kosovo to register as voters.
The site is just north of Lake Gazivode, at a KFOR border checkpoint. Plans are under way to open other registration sites on the eastern boundary between Kosovo and Serbia.
It provides an opportunity for Kosovars residing in Serbia proper to register. They have been prevented from registering because the Belgrade authorities have not agreed to allow voter registration within Serbia to take place.
By registering, people can prove they are Kosovars and have equal rights in living in Kosovo. It shows a commitment to the community and to the future of Kosovo. Only by registering can people get their names on the electoral lists which will be used in the upcoming municipal elections.
More than 300,000 people have registered in Kosovo since registration began in mid-April. There is a deadline of mid-July for everyone over 16 years old to register.
More information on the civil and voter registration process in Kosovo, can be found of the OSCE Mission to Kosovo website, http://www.osce/org/kosovo
For further information, contact Press and Public Information of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, tel.: +381 38 500 162 ext. 118, 218, 260, 342. Satphone: 871 762 009 948. Fax: +381 38 500 188. Satfax: 871 382 425 022. Roland Bless, Spokesperson, mobile + 389 70 250 576. By e-mail: press@omik.org. Website: //www.osce.org/kosovo
The site is just north of Lake Gazivode, at a KFOR border checkpoint. Plans are under way to open other registration sites on the eastern boundary between Kosovo and Serbia.
It provides an opportunity for Kosovars residing in Serbia proper to register. They have been prevented from registering because the Belgrade authorities have not agreed to allow voter registration within Serbia to take place.
By registering, people can prove they are Kosovars and have equal rights in living in Kosovo. It shows a commitment to the community and to the future of Kosovo. Only by registering can people get their names on the electoral lists which will be used in the upcoming municipal elections.
More than 300,000 people have registered in Kosovo since registration began in mid-April. There is a deadline of mid-July for everyone over 16 years old to register.
More information on the civil and voter registration process in Kosovo, can be found of the OSCE Mission to Kosovo website, http://www.osce/org/kosovo
For further information, contact Press and Public Information of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, tel.: +381 38 500 162 ext. 118, 218, 260, 342. Satphone: 871 762 009 948. Fax: +381 38 500 188. Satfax: 871 382 425 022. Roland Bless, Spokesperson, mobile + 389 70 250 576. By e-mail: press@omik.org. Website: //www.osce.org/kosovo