Let me, first of all, welcome His Excellency Mr. Valentin lnzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the outset, I would like to reiterate the resolve of the Republic of Serbia to fully honour the Dayton Peace Agreement as a basis for stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the entir…
I would like to thank you very much, Madame President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council on Kosovo pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999).
I welcome the presence of Special Representative Lamberto Zannier. The United Nations remains a crucial actor in the province. We believe it is cri…
At the outset, allow me to express the satisfaction of the Republic of Serbia with all the efforts of the President and the Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Patrick Robinson and Mr. Serge Brammertz, related to the cooperation of Serbia with the Tribuna…
This afternoon, we meet again for a regular meeting of the Security Council on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMMIK) pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999). I welcome the presence of Special Representative Lamberto Zannier.
The United Nations remains an indispensable acto…
Let me, first of all, warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Nebojša Radmanović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and His Excellency Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As on all previous occasions, the delegation of Serbia has read the report on impl…
My delegation would like to exercise its right of reply in response to the statement that has just been made by the representative of the United Kingdom and other remarks and comments on the Court’s advisory opinion
on Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence …
Let me begin by welcoming the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Patrick Robinson, and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Mr. Dennis Byron, and thanking them for their presentation of the annual reports of the…
Serbia aligns itself with the statements made by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Portugal on behalf of the informal group of observer States to the Conference on Disarmament. I would like, however, to make a few additional remarks on this matter from my country’s perspec…
Allow me to introduce draft resolution A/64/L.65/Rev.1, proposed by the Republic of Serbia, which is co-sponsored by the 27 countries of the European Union.
My presence here today as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Serbia signifies the paramount importance that my country assigns to the issue t…
I have a point of order. We see representatives of Pristina in the Hall. They do not represent an independent, sovereign United Nations Member State, so could you please explain to us, Mr. President, their presence in the Hall?
At the outset let me express, on behalf of my Government and the people of Serbia, our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan and our friendship and solidarity with the Government and the people of Pakistan. The scale of a disaster that has caused …
I would just like very briefly to make a clarification about the Court’s ruling.
A few members of the Council have said today that the advisory opinion of the Court stated that the unilateral declaration of independence was in accordance with international law. That was not actually the case. If on…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this regular meeting of the Security Council on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999).
I welcome the presence of Special Representative Lamberto Zannier. The United Nations continues to be an indispens…
I, too, should like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month.
At the outset, I wish to congratulate the President and the Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Patrick Robinson and Mr. Serge Brammertz, on all …
I am going to be very brief. I just want to reflect on a few thoughts that I heard this afternoon.
I cannot agree with some of the speakers’ assessments that Serbia is exercising irresponsible interference in other countries’ regional affairs. When it comes to Serbia’s regional outlook and the way …
In 1947, then-President of the General Assembly Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil eloquently defined what he termed the principal mission of the United Nations — to unveil the truth and to face reality in all its complexity, enabling our actions to be properly guided in the maintenance of peace and security …
This year, the international community observes the sixty-fifth anniversary of the historic victory in the Second World War. The date of 9 May marks the victory of the anti- fascist alliance over a horrible regime that wrought terror and destruction all over Europe and other regions of the world.
T…
First of all, let me express the gratitude of Serbia to Judge Patrick Robinson and Mr. Serge Brammertz, respectively the President and Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, (ICTY), for all the
effort and professionalism they have invested in presenting their r…
At the outset, I should like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As a neighbouring country that desires sincere, good-neighbourly and friendly relations w…
I am going to just briefly address some of the notions presented here related to the distortion of reality.
What is true is that Kosovo is a very difficult place to live right now, and not exactly the kind of place that Mr. Hyseni and a few other participants in today’s discussion were attempting t…
