The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to hold its first briefing of the year on the situation in Kosovo.
During the session, Special Representative and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Peter Due, is expected to present the latest Secretary-General report on UNMIK, which was circulated to Council members on March 31. The report covers developments from September 16, 2025, to March 15, 2026. Both Kosovo and Serbia are expected to participate, according to online outlet Reporter.net.
Due will highlight key political and security developments in Kosovo during the reporting period. While the situation in northern Kosovo remained calm, it was described as fragile. The EU-facilitated dialogue achieved some progress, but political uncertainty in Kosovo persisted.
The report references the local elections held in October and November 2025, noting broad participation across all communities and a peaceful transfer of authority, including in northern Kosovo, where Serbian municipal leaders assumed office for the first time since their withdrawal from Kosovo institutions in 2022.
National elections held on December 28, 2025, also proceeded peacefully, although the Assembly remained deadlocked for nearly a year. “On February 11, the Assembly elected Prime Minister Albin Kurti as the leader of the new government with 66 votes in favor, temporarily resolving a near-year-long political stalemate,” the report states.
The issue of the presidency has created renewed political uncertainty. On March 5, the constitutional deadline to elect a new President of Kosovo passed without agreement among political parties, prompting Acting President Vjosa Osmani to issue a decree dissolving the Assembly, arguing that political actors had failed to meet the constitutional deadline. Vetëvendosje challenged the decree in the Constitutional Court, claiming dissolution could only occur after three unsuccessful rounds of presidential voting. On March 9, the Court issued a temporary measure blocking Osmani from acting on her decree and later, on March 25, ruled the decree legally ineffective, granting the Assembly 34 days to elect a president.
According to the report, “there has been no significant progress in the EU-facilitated dialogue on normalizing relations” between Kosovo and Serbia. To revive the process, EU Special Envoy for the Dialogue, Peter Sorensen, held separate meetings with senior officials in Prishtina and Belgrade during January and February, including meetings with Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
On January 22, Sorensen convened the first meeting of the Joint Committee on Missing Persons in Brussels, a trilateral body overseeing implementation of the 2023 Declaration on Missing Persons. The report also references the Law on Foreigners and agreements reached on its implementation, including additional measures related to residence permits and identification documents.
In today’s session, Due and several Council members are expected to urge Belgrade and Prishtina to reaffirm their commitment to the EU-facilitated dialogue and fully implement existing agreements.
