Pristina: The progress has been made in Kosovo; the province’s constitution will come into force on June 15, stated the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in an interview yesterday.

Ban said that the UN’s role in Kosovo this year would be to monitor the situation on the ground. He added that the UN was ready to perform its duties throughout the province.

“I’m pleased that so far there have been no ethnic clashes in Kosovo, and I call on all sides to refrain from unilateral steps that could provoke violence,” said the South Korean diplomat.

According to the reports, Jean-Marie Guehenno is expected to head the new “reconfigured” UNMIK mission after June 15. The current deputy secretary-general for peacekeeping operations would head the UN mission from New York.