COSTA RICA SUPPORTS SYG BAN'S UNMIK REORGANIZATION

UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000527 SIPDIS DEPARMENT FOR WHA/CEN, IO/UNP JMARIZ, AND EUR/SCE JBLACK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UNSC PREL UNMIK KO CS SUBJECT: COSTA RICA SUPPORTS SYG BAN'S UNMIK REORGANIZATION REF: A. STATE 64270 ¶B. SAN JOSE 186 ¶1. On June 17, we met with MFA's Juan Salas and Deyanira Ramirez, UNSC and UN Desk Officers respectively, to deliver reftel points. They had a copy of SYG Ban's UNMIK report with them, and Salas told us that concerning the reorganization initiative, the GOCR was "on the same page" as the U.S. Ramirez added that while they had not yet sent formal instructions to their mission in New York, they had no problem with the plan. ¶2. Ramirez pointed out that Costa Rica was one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo's independence (Ref B). She said that Kosovo was a sovereign nation and that its constitution, which entered into force on June 15, called for UNMIK to handle only residual matters. She indicated that Costa Rica respected that Kosovars themselves were calling for UNMIK's role to change. CIANCHETTE