IVIC ALSO SAID SECURITY IN KOSOVO REMAINED "EXTREMELY PRECARIOUS," WHILE THE UN REPORTED THE SITUATION WAS STABLE WITH ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF ETHNIC INCIDENTS. RASKOVIC-IVIC ALSO DENOUNCED ATTACKS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE SERB MINORITY. KOSOVO ALBANIANS FORM AT LEAST 95 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION, WHILE THE REST ARE OF SERBIAN AND ROMA ETHNICITY. JESSEN-PETERSEN SAID THE STATUS TALKS IN VIENNA HAD REINVIGORATED THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN KOSOVO, BUT WARNED THE COUNCIL THAT TENSIONS IN THE REGION ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS THE VIENNA TALKS MOVE TOWARDS A CONCLUSION. "IT IS IMPORTANT AT THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT THAT NO MEASURES ARE TAKEN BY ANY POLITICAL ACTORS IN THE REGION, WHICH MAY FOMENT INSTABILITY," HE SAID, ADDING THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE ALL SECURITY INCIDENTS IN A VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS KOSOVO. UNMIK HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE 1999 ON ESTABLISHING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN KOSOVO, AS WELL AS TRAINING A NEW POLICE FORCE. JESSEN-PETERSEN SAID THE RULE OF LAW REMAINS AN ISSUE OF "PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE" IN KOSOVO BECAUSE JUDICIAL REFORM HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED, THOUGH POLICE COVERAGE HAS IMPROVED. MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES HAVE SENT ABOUT 2,000 POLICE TRAINERS TO HELP FORM THE 6,800-STRONG KOSOVO POLICE FORCE. RASKOVIC-IVIC ALSO QUESTIONED JESSEN-PETERSEN'S POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTING DEMOCRACY IN KOSOVO, ACCUSING THE UN MISSION OF FAILING TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF CORRUPTION AND FRAUD, WHICH THE UN OVERSIGHT OFFICE UNCOVERED AT THE PRISTINA AIRPORT INVOLVING UN PERSONNEL. UNMIK ARRIVED IN KOSOVO IN JUNE 1999, DAYS AFTER NATO EXPELLED BELGRADE'S SECURITY FORCES FROM THE PROVINCE IN ORDER TO END ETHNIC REPRESSION TARGETING THE VASTLY DOMINANT ETHNIC ALBANIAN POPULATION.
