At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for presenting the report (S/2016/666) of the Secretary-General and to congratulate the President of the Security Council for his successful stewardship of the affairs of the …
First of all, I wish to express our condolences and sympathies to the families and nations of the victims of the latest terrorist attacks. I also wish to thank the two co-facilitators and their teams for their outstanding work and tremendous efforts in negotiating resolution 70/291.
The Republic of…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to speak to the Council again. Before I proceed to address the important topic on the Council’s agenda today, I would like to welcome our esteemed guests from The Hague, the Presidents and Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugosla…
As the representative of the Republic of Serbia, I am persistently trying not to bring up this subject — and only discuss the reporting period covered in the report (S/2016/407) — but, sadly, Ms. Çitaku consistently held forth and delivered a political speech that had nothing to do with the report o…
I thank you, Sir, for the attention you have accorded to the question of Kosovo and Metohija through the regular exchange of views in Security Council meetings convened to discuss this topic pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999).
The status-neutral role of the United Nations Interim Administration Mis…
First of all, allow me to wish Egypt a very successful presidency and to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I willl High Representative Inzko back to the United Nations. Since I am speaking last, I thank all previous speakers for their statements.
The Republic of Serbia is firmly committed…
I wish to react to statement made by the representative of the provisional institutions of Kosovo and Metohija.
Before every Security Council meeting, the representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States give us suggestions on how to act in the spirit of reconciliatio…
I would like to thank thank the Security Council for the attention is accords the question of Kosovo and Metohija via a regular exchange of views on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
and the Security Council meeting convened every three months. The mess…
Serbia aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European
Union (see A/70/PV.84). I would like, however, to make a number of remarks from my national perspective.
Over a number of years, terrorism has posed one of the greatest challenges to the present-day world. It has bec…
It is my great privilege and distinct honour to speak to the Council as the representative of the Republic of Serbia today.
Before I proceed to make my statement, allow me to welcome Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and congratulate him o…
Mr. President, you have noted the very constructive statements made here today. Speaking with you and representatives of other Western countries just before the meeting, I accepted your suggestion about adopting a constructive approach to this debate, but I failed to detected such constructiveness i…
At the outset, I would like to most strongly condemn the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, the downing of the Russian passenger plane over the Sinai and last night’s murder in Sarajevo of two soldiers of the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I take this opportunity to express my deepest co…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as today’s adoption of resolution 2247 (2015).
Bosnia and Herzegovina is not only a next-door neighbour, but also one of the key partners o…
I am very privileged and honoured to speak here today as the representative of the Republic of Serbia. Before I proceed, I should like to welcome Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribun…
I will take further time at this late hour only to set the facts straight. Kosovo is neither an independent State nor a Member of the United Nations. The Prime Minister of Albania is the only speaker in the General Assembly who has called for the recognition of part of a sovereign country. That is a…
My delegation would like to exercise its right of reply in response to the statement that was made today by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Edi Rama,
At this historic seventieth session of the General Assembly, as the States Members of the United Nations invest maximum efforts in…
I am honoured to participate in today’s meeting of the Security Council convened to discuss the maintenance of international peace and security, and specifically the settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and the struggle against terrorism in the region. The importance of this m…
Please allow me briefly to respond to several statements we heard in various interventions. I am very surprised that some of the participants of at this meeting have said that we inserted nationalist rhetoric into the discussion. I simply raised the issue of Serbian cultural heritage, its protection…
I am honoured
on this occasion to address the Security Council, convened to consider the report of the Secretary- General (S/2015/579) on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) from 16 April to 15 July 2015. I take this opportunity to thank the members of th…
It is an honour and a privilege to speak to the Security Council, and to be doing it for the first time only magnifies that. Before making my statement, I would like to welcome the esteemed Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International C…
