Kosovo - Security Council, 10132nd meeting

While successful legislative elections in Kosovo at the close of 2025 featured broad participation, the Security Council today heard that challenges for minority communities there remain, as members discussed the future of the United Nations’ presence in the region.

“I arrived in early January at a moment of optimism that Kosovo could move forward after the political stalemate of 2025,” recalled Peter Due, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

Peaceful, inclusive legislative elections held at the end of December 2025 reflected broad participation, and the timely formation of a government pointed to a trajectory of stability and progress. “That momentum, however, was tested during the process of electing a new President of Kosovo, which has not yet been completed,” he observed.

• Briefer: Mr. Peter Due, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
• Briefer: His Excellency Marko Đurić, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Serbia
• Briefer: Mr. Glauk Konjufca
• Statements: All Council members
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
• Further statement: His Excellency Marko Đurić, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Serbia
• Further statement: Mr. Glauk Konjufca