SRSG STATEMENT ON REPEAT DESECRATION OF ORTHODOX CEMETERY IN LIPJAN/LIPLJAN

18 Dec 2019

SRSG STATEMENT ON REPEAT DESECRATION OF ORTHODOX CEMETERY IN LIPJAN/LIPLJAN

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, expresses serious concern at the further desecration of gravestones at the Orthodox cemetery in Lipjan/Lipljan, after a similar incident in July. Mr. Tanin is closely monitoring the situation and calls on authorities to redouble efforts to ensure all of Kosovo's communities can live in peace, uninhibited by fear or persecution. All cemeteries should be respected and protected as sacred.