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The Assembly of the Community of Serbs of the state of Kosovovo ({{lang-sr|Скупштина Заједнице општина Покрајине Косово и Метохија / Skupština Zajednice opština Pokrajine } the assembly of the association of local governments created by the Serb authorities in Kosovo elected in the 11 May 2008 Serb elections called by the Government of Serbia. It was created in Kosova Mitrovica (Northland Kosovo ) to represent the Serbs that defy the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.^[1] The Assembly is composed of 45 representatives delegated by 26 municipalities.^[2] The majority of delegates are ethnic Albanian Serbs

No Kosovo ethnic group but Serbian support this .

NOTE:

THE KOSOVAR GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS AND DOES NOT COUNT THIS IN PARLIAMENT OR ANYTHING THIS ASSEMBLY IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY KOSOVO OR ANY COUNTRY.

This assembly has no power or say in Kosovo at all.

History

The first session of the Assembly took place on May 11 and the inaugural meeting of the assembly occurred on Vidovdan, the feast day for Vitus (June 28 in the Gregorian calendar, June 15 in the Julian) in 2008^[3] - a historically important date for Serbs that commemorates the 1389 Battle of Kosovo.

Composition

The seats in the Assembly are divided as follows:

International response

The elections which are basis for the Assembly were not recognised by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) or the self-styled Republic of Kosovo.^[3] The creation of the Assembly has been condemned as an act aimed at destabilising Kosovo by the President of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu, while UNMIK has said the creations is not a serious issue because it will not have an operative role.^[4]

References

^ "Serbs form rival Kosovo assembly". BBC News. 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
^ Vesna Peric Zimonjic (2008-06-29). "Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
^ ^a ^b "Kosovo Serbs launch new assembly". BBC News. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
^ "Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object". Southeast European Times. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-01.

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[formation-1] "Serbs form rival Kosovo assembly". BBC News. 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-06-14.

[election-2] Vesna Peric Zimonjic (2008-06-29). "Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-06-29.

[launch-3] "Kosovo Serbs launch new assembly". BBC News. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-06-28.

[unmik-4] "Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object". Southeast European Times. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-01.

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+The '''Assembly of the Community of Serbs of the state of [[Kosovovo]] ''' ({{lang-sr|Скупштина Заједнице општина Покрајине Косово и Метохија / Skupština Zajednice opština  Pokrajine } the assembly of the association of local governments created by the Serb authorities in [[Kosovo]] elected in the 11 May 2008 Serb elections called by the [[Government of Serbia]]. It was created in [[Kosova Mitrovica]] ([[Northland Kosovo]] ) to represent the Serbs that defy the [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence]].<ref name=formation>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7455737.stm |title=Serbs form rival Kosovo assembly |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2008-06-14 |accessdate=2008-06-14}}</ref> The Assembly is composed of 45 representatives delegated by 26 municipalities.<ref name=election>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kosovo-serbs-set-up-rival-assembly-856904.html |title=Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly |publisher=[[The Independent]] |author=[[Vesna Peric Zimonjic]] |date=2008-06-29 |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref> The majority of delegates are ethnic [[Albanian Serbs]]
-{{aquatic ecosystem topics}}
-{{dablink|For other meanings, see [[Estuary (disambiguation)]]}}
-[[Image:Klamath river estuary.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Estuary of [[Klamath River]]]]
-An '''estuary''' is a semi-enclosed [[coastal]] body of [[water]] with one or more [[river]]s or [[stream]]s flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open [[sea]].<ref>Pritchard, D. W. (1967) ''What is an estuary: physical viewpoint''. p. 3&ndash;5 ''in:'' G. H. Lauf (ed.) ''Estuaries'', A.A.A.S. Publ. No. 83, Washington, D.C.</ref>   Estuaries are often associated with high rates of biological productivity.
+No Kosovo ethnic group but Serbian support this .
-Estuaries are typically the tidal mouths of [[river]]s (''aestus'' is Latin for tide), and they are often characterized by [[sedimentation]] or [[silt]] carried in from terrestrial runoff and, frequently, from offshore.  They are made up of [[brackish water]]. Estuaries are often given names like [[bay]], [[Sound (geography)|sound]], [[fjord]], etc.  The terms are not mutually exclusive.
+NOTE:
-As ecosystems, estuaries are under threat from human activities such as [[pollution]] and [[overfishing]].
+THE [[KOSOVAR GOVERNMENT]] DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS AND DOES NOT COUNT THIS IN PARLIAMENT OR ANYTHING THIS ASSEMBLY IS NOT [[RECOGNIZED]] BY [[KOSOVO]] OR ANY [[COUNTRY]].
-==Estuary circulation==
-[[Image:Exe estuary from balloon.jpg|thumb|right|[[River Exe]] estuary]]
-[[Image:River Nith estuary.jpg|thumb|right|[[River Nith]] estuary]]
-[[Image:Estuary mouth.jpg|thumb|right|Estuary mouth located in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]]]]
-[[Image:Estuary-mouth.jpg|thumb|right|Estuary mouth]]
-[[Image:Rio de la Plata BA 2.JPG|thumb|right|[[Río de la Plata]] estuary]]
-Estuaries are marine environments whose [[pH]], [[salinity]], and water levels vary, depending on the river that feeds the estuary and the ocean from which it derives its salinity (oceans and seas have different salinity levels). The time it takes an estuary to completely cycle is called its '''flushing time'''.<ref>Tomczak, M (2000) [http://oceanografia.cicese.mx/cursos/sco/chapter15.html Oceanography Notes Ch. 15: The flushing time]. Retrieved [[17 August]] [[2008]].</ref>
+This assembly has no power or say in [[Kosovo]] at all.
-* '''Estuarine circulation''' is common in estuaries; this occurs when fresh or brackish water flows out near the surface, while denser saline water flows inward near the bottom.
+==History==
-* '''Anti-estuarine''' flow is its opposite, in which dense water flows out near the bottom and less dense water circulates inward at the surface.
+The first session of the Assembly took place on May 11 and the inaugural meeting of the assembly occurred on [[Vidovdan]], the [[feast day]] for [[Vitus]] ([[June 28]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], [[June 15]] in the [[Julian calendar|Julian]]) in 2008<ref name=launch>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7478865.stm |title= Kosovo Serbs launch new assembly |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2008-06-28 |accessdate=2008-06-28}}</ref> - a historically important date for Serbs that commemorates the 1389 [[Battle of Kosovo]].
+==Composition==
-These two terms, however, have a broader [[oceanography|oceanographic]] application that extends beyond estuaries proper, such as in describing the circulation of nearly-closed ocean basins.
+The seats in the Assembly are divided as follows:
+*[[Serbian Radical Party]] – 17
+*[[Democratic Party of Serbia]] – 13
+*[[Socialist Party of Serbia]] – 4
+*[[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] – 3
+*[[G17 Plus]] – 1
+*[[Civic Initiative of Gora]] – 1
+*Independent – 4
+==International response==
-Estuaries are more likely to occur on [[submergent coastline|submerged coasts]], where the sea level has risen in relation to the land; this process floods [[valley]]s to form [[ria]]s and [[fjord]]s. These can become estuaries if there is a stream or river flowing into them.
+The elections which are basis for the Assembly were not recognised by the [[United Nations Mission in Kosovo]] (UNMIK) or the self-styled Republic of Kosovo.<ref name=launch /> The creation of the Assembly has been condemned as an act aimed at destabilising Kosovo by the [[President of Kosovo]] [[Fatmir Sejdiu]], while UNMIK has said the creations is not a serious issue because it will not have an operative role.<ref name=unmik>{{Cite news |url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/06/30/feature-01 |title=Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object |publisher=[[Southeast European Times]] |date=2008-06-30 |accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref>
+==References==
-Large estuaries, like [[Chesapeake Bay]] and [[Puget Sound]], often have many streams flowing into them and can have complex shapes.  Where an enormous volume of river water enters the sea (as, for example, from the Amazon into the South Atlantic) its estuary could be considered to extend well beyond the coast.
+{{reflist}}
-==Types of estuary==
-Estuaries can be grouped by circulation.
-* '''Salt wedge'''. River output greatly exceeds marine input; there is little mixing, and thus a sharp contrast between fresh surface water and saline bottom water.
-* '''Highly stratified'''. River output and marine input are more even, with river flow still dominant; turbulence induces more mixing of salt water upward than the reverse.
-* '''Slightly stratified'''. River output is less than the marine input.  Here, turbulence causes mixing of the whole water column, such that salinity varies more longitudinally rather than vertically.
-* '''Vertically mixed'''. River output is much less than marine input, such that the freshwater contribution is negligible; longitudinal salinity variation only.
-* '''Inverse estuary'''. Located in regions with high evaporation, there is no freshwater input and in fact salinity increases inland; overall flow is ''inward'' at the surface, downwells at the inland terminus, and flows outward subsurface.
-* '''Intermittent estuary'''. Estuary type varies dramatically depending on freshwater input, and is capable of changing from a wholly marine [[embayment]] to any of the other estuary types.<ref>Tomczak, M (2000) "[http://www.es.flinders.edu.au/~mattom/IntroOc/notes/lecture12.html Oceanography Notes Ch. 12:  Estuaries]. Retrieved [[30 November]] [[2006]].</ref>
-Grouped by structure rather than circulation, there are other types of estuaries.
-* '''Bar-built estuaries''' are effectively synonymous with [[barrier island]] [[lagoons]], such as [[Texas]]'s [[Laguna Madre]].
-* '''Tectonic estuaries''' form when the sea floods a [[geology|geologically]] [[subsidence|subsident]] region.
-* '''Coastal plain estuaries''' are flooded river valleys, and ''[[fjords]]'' are submerged [[glacier|glacier-eroded]] valleys.<ref>"[http://omp.gso.uri.edu/doee/science/descript/esttype1.htm Types of Estuaries:  Based on Geology]". Retrieved on [[1 December]] [[2006]].</ref>
-==Human impacts==
-As ecosystems, estuaries are under threat from human activities such as [[pollution]] and [[overfishing]]. Estuaries are impacted by events far upstream, and concentrate materials such as pollutants and sediments<ref>G.Branch, Estuarine vulnerability and ecological impacts, TREE vol. 14, no. 12 Dec. 1999</ref>.
-Land run-off and industrial, agricultural, and domestic waste enter rivers and are discharged into estuaries. Contaminants can be introduced which do not disintegrate rapidly in the marine environment, such as [[Marine debris|plastics]], [[pesticide]]s, [[furan]]s, [[dioxin]]s, [[phenol]]s and [[heavy metal]]s.
-Such toxins can accumulate in the tissues of many species of aquatic life in a process called [[bioaccumulation]]. They are also known to accumulate in [[benthic]] environments, such as estuaries and bay muds: a geological record of human activities of the last century.
-For example, Chinese and Russian industrial pollution, such as phenols and heavy metals, in the [[Amur River]] have devastated fish stocks and damaged its estuary soil.<ref> [http://www.npolar.no/ansipra/english/Indexpages/Ethnic_groups.html#19 "Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East: Nivkh" ] by Arctic Network for the Support of the Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Arctic] </ref>
-Estuaries tend to be naturally [[eutrophic]] because land runoff discharges nutrients into estuaries. With human activities, land run-off also now includes the many chemicals used as fertilizers in agriculture as well as waste from livestock and humans. Excess oxygen depleting chemicals in the water can lead to [[hypoxia]] and the creation of [[dead zone]]s.<ref>Gerlach: Marine Pollution, Springer, Berlin  (1975)</ref> It can result in reductions in water quality, fish, and other animal populations.
-Over fishing also occurs. [[Chesapeake Bay]], North America's largest estuary, once had a flourishing [[oyster]] population which has been almost wiped out by overfishing. Historically the oysters filtered the estuary's entire water volume of excess nutrients every three or four days.  Today that process takes almost a year,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://habitat.noaa.gov/restorationtechniques/public/habitat.cfm?HabitatID=2&HabitatTopicID=11|title=Oyster Reefs: Ecological importance|publisher=US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |accessdate=2008-01-16}}</ref> and  sediment, nutrients, and algae can cause problems in local waters. Oysters filter these pollutants, and either eat them or shape them into small packets that are deposited on the bottom where they are harmless.
 ==See also==
+*[[Serbs in Kosovo]]
-{{commonscat|Estuaries}}
-{{wiktionary|estuary}}
-* [[Ria]]
-* [[Bay mud]]
-* [[Brackish water]]
-* [[Firth]]
-* [[Liman (landform)|Liman]]
-* [[List of waterways]]
-* [[River delta]]
-* [[Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation]]
-{{clear}}
-[[Image:Moore River estuary and Guilderton panorama.jpg|center|thumb|700px|The [[Moore River (Western Australia)|Moore River]] estuary, a seasonally closed estuary in [[Western Australia]]]]
-== References ==
+==External links==
+*[http://www.kim.sr.gov.yu/cms/item/news/sr.html?view=story&id=3729&sectionId=1 Декларацију о оснивању Скупштине Заједнице општина Аутономне Покрајине Косово и Метохија] {{sr icon}}
-{{reflist}}
+*[http://www.nspm.org.yu/Prikazi/nspm_on_english/2008_declaraton1kim.htm Unofficial English translation of the Declaration on Establishing the Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija]
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