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U.N. opposes Kosovo assembly

PRISTINA, KOSOVO, Serbia, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.N. Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Thursday criticized the province's parliamentary assembly for debating proposals to amend the constitution.

In a statement issued in the Kosovo capital of Pristina, UNMIK said the assembly does not have a mandate to comprehensively review the province's constitution, adding it can only propose to amend specific elements that do not fall within the reserved powers of the mission.

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"UNMIK is open to discuss such proposals, provided they are submitted in accordance with the provisions of the constitutional framework," the statement read.

Charles Brayshaw, the acting special representative of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan for Kosovo, urged the assembly's members to follow the guidelines set out in the "Standards for Kosovo" implementation plan.

Kosovo has been under U.N. administration for five years, since NATO troops pushed Yugoslav troops out amid fighting between Albanian and Serbian communities.

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