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of the DES', in direct contradiction to the position taken by the SRSG in his formal response to the Report of the Ombudsperson.

The judgment has not been executed.

In connection with this case, the Ombudsperson expresses his continuing concern about the negative effects of the total immunity of UNMIK from legal process in Kosovo (see Special Report No. 1). In this regard, the Ombudsperson considers that the extension of this immunity to the recruitment of pre-school teachers, in contravention of the applicable law in Kosovo, and the refusal of UNMIK to execute valid judgments of domestic courts in public employment cases, also in contravention of the applicable law in Kosovo, cannot have been envisioned by the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 1244.

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