Post by Novi Pazar on Aug 14, 2008 22:01:15 GMT -5
Serbian FM to present at UN draft resolution on ICJ opinion
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic left for New York on Thursday where he should present at the United Nations Headquarters a draft resolution in which Serbia is asking the UN General Assembly to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legality of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, August 14, 2008
Serbia will open the official procedure of the UN General Assembly with the official presenting of the draft resolution. The regular session will be held in mid-September.
Ahead of his departure for New York, Jeremic said Serbia's immediate objective at the UN is that the International Court of Justice should provide its stand on the legality of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo and to stop the recognition of this act, and the long-term objective is that the two involved sides should go back to the negotiating table.
"We believe that our arguments in the area of international law are superior and we hope that we will succeed in moving the resolving of this problem into that area with the adoption of this resolution" at the United Nations, Jeremic said.
When asked about a possible link between the present crisis in Georgia and the Kosovo problem, Jeremic said that Serbia had always been underscoring that the unilateral declaration of independence was a dangerous precedent for other countries.
"In the Caucasus region, it was demonstrated how dangerous a militaristic approach to such a problem could be. On the other side there is a legalistic approach of Serbia. We believe that our arguments are superior in the international law scope and we hope that we will manage to transfer the issue resolution to that field by the adoption of a UNresolution," said Jeremic.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic left for New York on Thursday where he should present at the United Nations Headquarters a draft resolution in which Serbia is asking the UN General Assembly to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legality of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, August 14, 2008
Serbia will open the official procedure of the UN General Assembly with the official presenting of the draft resolution. The regular session will be held in mid-September.
Ahead of his departure for New York, Jeremic said Serbia's immediate objective at the UN is that the International Court of Justice should provide its stand on the legality of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo and to stop the recognition of this act, and the long-term objective is that the two involved sides should go back to the negotiating table.
"We believe that our arguments in the area of international law are superior and we hope that we will succeed in moving the resolving of this problem into that area with the adoption of this resolution" at the United Nations, Jeremic said.
When asked about a possible link between the present crisis in Georgia and the Kosovo problem, Jeremic said that Serbia had always been underscoring that the unilateral declaration of independence was a dangerous precedent for other countries.
"In the Caucasus region, it was demonstrated how dangerous a militaristic approach to such a problem could be. On the other side there is a legalistic approach of Serbia. We believe that our arguments are superior in the international law scope and we hope that we will manage to transfer the issue resolution to that field by the adoption of a UNresolution," said Jeremic.