UN Kosovo mission not popular

THE popularity of the United Nations mission running Kosovo has fallen to its lowest level in two years, a UN development agency poll showed yesterday, as Kosovo nears a decision on the province’s future that could see it become independent.

The UN mission, which has run Kosovo since mid-1999, “has again surpassed most ranked institutions as the institution with lowest approval rating and has reached its worst performance rating for the past two years,” said the Early Warning report, conducted by the UN Development Program quarterly.

Only 26% of the 1,250 people interviewed in the poll said they approved of the UN mission’s work, while only slightly more — 30% — approved of Kosovo’s government.