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Daeic

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first: 2014-08-29
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“That calls for additional measures to improve the security of Serbs and members of non-majority communities who are, as stated in the report I mentioned, regular targets and victims of ethnically motivated attacks. The presence of terrorist elements and the activities of radicalized extremists, including returnees from conflict-ridden areas in the Middle East, give rise to particular concern. The report itself speaks of arrests and indictments of a number of Kosovo and Metohija Albanians suspected of being connected with terrorist organizations, while in the reporting period graffiti making explicit reference to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has defaced Serbian houses, the walls of Serbian Orthodox churches and road signs.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“Kosovo and Metohija's level of religious extremism is the highest in the region. Radical Islamist structures, supported by a large number of Islamic clerics - Imams - from the official Islamic community of Kosovo and Metohija, as well as international and local Islamist organizations, is proof ofa serious threat of terrorism, particularly given their associations and links with foreign terrorist fighters in Syria and Iraq who have left the region at the highest rates of any Muslim population in the Balkans. Political radicalization and the worsening of the security situation due to the escalation of political and religious extremism threaten all residents of Kosovo and Metohija, and returnees in ethnically mixed communities are generally the most threatened.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“The verdict, without foundation in justice or in law, is a far cry from contributing to the stabilization process in the province and to the building of trust in the institutions and the rule of law in Kosovo and Metohija. The absence of the rule of law, the existence of divergent interests between the Government and opposition political structures, as well as the lack of genuine will to fulfil the conditions put before the Government in Kosovo and Metohija by the international community, will be a destabilizing factor for some time to come. A negative climate for Serbs is being created because of alleged concessions made by the Pristina side during the Brussels dialogue. There is therefore a danger that violence could spill over from Pristina into Serbian enclaves in the other parts of Kosovo and Metohija.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“It is therefore of paramount importance to draft a new law using a process in which representatives of displaced persons and the Serbian Orthodox Church would also participate. The fragility of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija in various sectors is noted also in the European Commission 2015 report on Kosovo. The report notes, inter alia, that Kosovo's judicial system is in its early stages of development and is still prone to political interference. The attitude of the Pristina authorities and judiciary towards Mr. Oliver Ivanovie - the leader of the Serbian Civic Initiative "Serbia, Democracy and Justice", about which I have spoken in the Security Council on a number of occasions - led to a verdict that can be characterized only as political, proving the existence of political interference in a convincing manner.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“34) To that end, we would draw attention to the institutional measures taken by Pristina, such as the draft law on the Kosovo agency for property comparison and verification, which contravenes the 2011 technical agreement on customs stamps and cadastre. The draft law's adoption would make it possible to legalize the unlawful seizure property and would cause irreparable damage to the Serbian community in Kosovo and Metohija. The realization and protection of property rights are one of democratic society's most important achievements and represent the vital interests of a community, as also stated in the October 2014 report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe entitled An Assessment of the Voluntary Returns Process in Kosovo.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“How, then, can the Serbs believe in the rule oflaw ifup until now no one has been prosecuted and sentenced for those murders? In the light of what I have said here, I call again on the United Nations and representatives of the Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and Metohija to help overcome the problems that make the return of internally displaced persons to their homes more difficult. We should keep in mind that, beyond the lack of security, the absence of effective mechanisms for the restitution of usurped property is one of the most important factors that prevents or limits returns. The April 2015 report of the Secretary-General states that "[u]nresolved property rights remained a key impeding factor to progress in voluntary returns and intercommunity relations in Kosovo." (S/2015/303, para.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“The presentation of the response of institutions, including police investigation, prosecution and the sentencing of perpetrators, would be welcome indeed. The Council will agree that the statistics on the processing of crimes and the providing of compensation for criminal offences, including murders committed against Serbs, would make for illuminating reading. Let me remind the Council that the number of killers of over 1,000 Serbs since 1999, tried and given legally valid sentences to date continues to be zero. These things, however, are the litmus test for the achievements of a society in the area of democracy and the rule of law. One question is very pertinent in this regard, namely, whether the murder of Serbs is a criminal offence or whether that, too, can go unpunished?”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“Piecemeal data on attacks on the life and property of Serbs and other non-Albanians create a somewhat fuzzy picture of a civilizationally unacceptable phenomenon: the persecution of people only because they do not belong to a majority community. Unfortunately, there are many examples. Last October, a group of Albanian youths beat four Serbian boys younger than 15 years old in the village of Donje Kusce near anilane. Two of them sustained serious injuries: one was stabbed with a knife, the other was hit with a metal bar. At the beginning of December, a number of Serbian houses were shot at in repeated gun bursts, a car was set on fire and the memorial to the victims of the NATO bombing and the monument to children killed at the Bistrica River in 2003, whose killers were never found, were vandalized at Gorazdevac, municipality of Klina.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“I have already lost count of how many times I have drawn the attention of the members of the Council, which represents the most important body of the international community, that, year after year, we keep repeating the data that over 220,000 Serbs were expelled from their ancestral homes in Kosovo and Metohija and that only 1.9 per cent of them realized sustainable return. Does that mean that the international community has given up on the return of 220,000 Serbs? Will it legitimize the ethnic cleansing of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija? How many more years must go by before the Serbs are able to return? Sixteen or seventeen years have already passed. Or is no one planning on their return at all? Or are they fair game indeed?”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“The quarterly reports of the Secretary-General are also indicative of the worrisome trend of declining returns, wherefore much more attention should be devoted to this problem, as well as to measures to overcome it. The worrisome statistical data should provide motivation and lead to intensive work to remove the obstacles that prevent and make it more difficult for the internally displaced persons to achieve sustainable returns in larger numbers in which, under resolution 1244 (1999), UNMIK also should play an exceptionally important role. Promises alone are not enough; effective measures and concrete results are needed.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“The answer to the question of why an ever-smaller number of people opt to return home to Kosovo and Metohija is complex: they become frustrated by administrative, security, institutional and legal barriers and decide to integrate locally not as an act of a conscious, personal choice, but rather as a consequence ofa lack of genuine possibilities to return. The OSCE Mission in Kosovo report of last November is very indicative in that regard: out of 479 incidents in Kosovo and Metohija, 310 were directed at Kosovo and Metohija Serbs, 22 per cent of them returnees. According to data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees, only 12,145 displaced Serbs and other non-Albanians returned, while just 4,000 of them realized sustainable returns.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“I therefore propose that the next report include a thorough review of the situation of the members of the communities south of the Ibar River. As I have done on previous occasions, I would like to point to the importance that Serbia attaches to the quest for solutions for internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija. The strategy of my country in that regard is to fully support the persons displaced from Kosovo and Metohija, whether they opt for a sustainable return or for integration in the place of displacement. Yet whatever support that Serbia may provide to potential returnees will be insufficient, short of adequate engagement by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina and their acceptance, or at least toleration, by local communities, coupled with the active participation of the international community.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“I expect UNMIK to continue to carry out its mandate in a status-neutral way in accordance with resolution 1244 (1999), especially in areas relevant to the survival and normal and dignified life of the Serbs and the members of other non-Albanian communities in Kosovo and Metohija. Turning to the report (S/2016/99) before us, I would like to reiterate that, in order to present a broader picture of the situation in which the Serbian and other non-Albanian populations live in the province today, the periodic reports must reflect the life ofthe communities south of the Ibar River as well. Disregard for human rights and the problems encountered by minority communities all over Kosovo and Metohija make their feelings ofisolation, neglect and hopelessness ever more intense.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“In view of its task of promoting security, stability and respect for human rights, I would like to emphasize that UNMIK's engagement, in its present scope and with undiminished budget capacities, is essential for the creation of conditions conducive to reaching a durable and sustainable solution for the question of Kosovo and Metohija. At the same time, it sends a message to Kosovo and Metohija Serbs and other non-Albanians who see in UNMIK a guarantor of their survival that they are not forgotten. In that sense, it is also important that we maintain the present Security Council reporting dynamic on the work of UNMIK.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“UNMIK's engagement is of paramount importance for the Republic of Serbia; the Serbian population trusts UNMIK the most, whereas, for its part, UNMIK is the guarantor of the status neutrality of the international presence in the province as provided for by resolution 1244 (1999). Very important also is the contribution of other international organizations whose missions, such as the European Union Rule of Law Mission, the Kosovo Force and the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), carried out under the auspices of the United Nations, are constituent parts of the international civil and security presences in Kosovo and Metohija. Serbia commends UNMIK's consistency and commitment to the realization of the priorities mandated by its mission.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“Mr. Daeic' (Serbia) (spoke in Serbian; English text provided by the delegation): 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 message that we send from here to all sides involved is exceptionally important. The force of that message is understood by all political actors and, even more important, by all communities in Kosovo and Metohija. Notwithstanding the many challenges, UNMIK's role in the process of coordinating the activities of all segments of the international presence, as well as in stabilizing the situation in the province, is irreplaceable.”
2016-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7637 (2016) · source
“Fourthly, the special court was established because of the suspicion that there was trafficking in human organs, those of the Serbian people in Kosovo. Please do not tell me about the crimes committed by some other side. We agreed that there should be peace. On our part, we are absolutely open to dialogue. I ask only that the process of dialogue not be abused. We want dialogue not because of the issue of Kosovo becoming an independent State; we want dialogue in order to find a permanent solution to the problem. That is why I am asking Ms. Citaku to choose her words carefully, because if she thinks that Serbia or the Security Council is scared by the possibility that she will not attend Security Council meetings any more, she lives in an entirely different world.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“All members of the European Union here know this full well, so they should not behave as if it were not true. Kosovo believes that it is an independent country, but in the United Nations it is not. We will continue to participate in these high- level meetings. Ms. Citaku did not say a word about the agenda item. That is why the Brussels agreement was suspended. How is it possible that the Brussels agreement was suspended? Which provision made this possible? That was not envisaged anywhere; it is impossible to do that. Secondly, where are the returnees in Kosovo? Of those who left after 1999, 1.5 per cent have returned. What is happening with them? Thirdly, why has tear gas become the main means of winning the political fight in Kosovo? Yes, there was tear gas in the Assembly.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“Kosovo did not want to reach agreement with us concerning UNESCO because it was convinced that it would be admitted and would obtain membership therein, because it already had an idea of how many countries would support it. Now it is making reference to certain pressures. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation exerted pressure on all its members to vote in favour of or to abstain, and many international Powers brought pressure to bear to support it in UNESCO, but not everything can be done by force. There should be a dialogue. Agreement should be reached through dialogue; that is what we want. Kosovo signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement not as a State but as a territory. The representative of Spain is here; let him tell us how Spain gave consent for the European Commission to sign that agreement.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“We are talking about the fact that this topic was not discussed within the context of the Brussels dialogue. Concerning their statement that they would not talk with Serbia about their admission into international organizations - Ms. Citaku does not know this because she has spent a great deal of time in the United States - I would note that Mr. Thaci and I signed the Brussels agreement. It was also in Brussels that Serbia allowed Kosovo to obtain an international dialing code. Why did they ask for Serbia's agreement on this if they did not want to discuss it? The International Telecommunication Union would never have given Kosovo a special dialing code had I not written to them and to the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs to ask for it. That is the result of the agreement reached in Brussels.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“Let each country do what it will, but a decision on the independence of Kosovo has not been reached here. The Council adopted resolution 1244 (1999). When that is changed, Serbia will reconsider its position. Serbia did not carry out racist policies against Kosovo. How can it be racist if we are speaking out against the number of monasteries and churches that have been destroyed, such as the Decani Monastery that was built in the fourteenth century and is under UNESCO protection and which has been defaced with graffiti by the Islamic State, a group we are all trying to combat together? What kind of racist policy is that? The entire world is calling for a fight against Islamophobia. I am calling for a fight against Christianophobia. We did not speak against Kosovo.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“Citaku is not Kosovo's Ambassador or head of its mission to the United Nations. Kosovo has no mission to the United Nations because it is not a Member of the United Nations. Every country is free to recognize Kosovo and engage in bilateral relations with it, but it is quite clear how the Organization, the Security Council and General Assembly should decide on Kosovo's membership. I would like to pose a question to countries that unilaterally recognize the independence of Kosovo. If they recognized the secession of just one part of their country, would they not face a challenge similar to ours? It is their bilateral decision to make, but I would like to ask them not to insult Serbia or its territorial integrity. Each country has its own dignity. I have repeatedly warned about that.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“Mr. Daeic' (Serbia)(spoke in Serbian; intepretation provided by the delegation): 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 in the statement made by the representative of the Interim Administration in Pristina. On the contrary, I noted an aggressive attitude towards Serbia, threats and characterizations of our efforts as being of a racist nature and belittling of the Council. I do not know if members have noticed that the representatives of Pristina to the Council have always been at the ambassadorial level. I note, however, that Ms.”
2015-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7563 (2015) · source
“In that context, it is clear that we need concerted international efforts, especially efforts aimed at encouraging dialogue and solving political and security crises. Without the dialogue and the support of the international community, we cannot expect to find a proper answer to the deepening and complex crisis that we are being faced with. Stepping up activities to promote the culture of peace, mutual understanding and confidence in the region must be done alongside the efforts to encourage readiness to concessions and compromise. By its own example, my country has demonstrated very clearly what results can be achieved with hard work and dedication to strengthening regional confidence and tolerance. We are ready to make a contribution in that regard on a broader international plan. Peace cannot be achieved by force.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“There are evidently systemic problems that cause people to leave their homes in these numbers and in this way. In the process of solving these problems, the support of all of us, the Member States of the most important multilateral global Organization, is of paramount importance. We ought to use our meeting today to exchange views and define the next steps in our efforts to render full support to the stabilization of the conditions in the region in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law. Also, this meeting provides yet another opportunity for all of us to underscore our commitment to helping the countries of the region find ways and means to respond to the current security and other challenges and arrive at a solution jointly and by building mutual confidence.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“Yet it has demonstrated its readiness to address the situation, within its powers and possibilities, and do responsibly what it should and could do every step of the way. We have received recognition and acclaim from throughout the world for the manner in which we treated these men and women. However, Serbia cannot bear the burden all by itself. We are short of capacities and accommodation, human and financial. Since the beginning of the year more than 170,000 registered migrants have entered Serbia, and somewhat more than 500 have submitted requests for asylum. I agree with those who qualify these developments as yet another mass migration of peoples. They leave States weakened by protracted political instability, conflicts, bad economies and activities of terrorist groups.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“The migrant crisis bursting through and over the political, cultural and administrative borders of States speaks tellingly ofthe interrelatedness offaraway countries and peoples and highlights the consequent need for a responsible and energetic approach to the quest for a lasting and comprehensive solution to this burning issue. Partial and limited local steps are not a solution; cooperation and coordination of our efforts internationally and stabilization of crisis areas, the Middle East and North Africa in particular, are. Independent of the new wave, Serbia has been home to 44,000 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia for two decades now, as well as to 204,000 internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohij a.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“We have friends of many decades in the Middle East and North Africa - no small reason for our determination to make a constructive contribution alongside our partners the world over to the suppression of terrorist threats and all types of extremism and to dialogue aimed at finding political, sustainable solutions for the current crises in the Middle East and North Africa. We strongly support concerted actions to be taken through the institutions of the United Nations system, the indisputable world leader in this regard. We are all experiencing the consequences of these crises. The migrant wave from the conflict-ridden areas flooding many European countries has not by-passed my country either, which has found itself in the path of the wave.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“The lack of serious dialogue, based on genuine readiness to compromise, serves only to exacerbate and radicalize the situation, increase tensions and intensify extremisms of each and every stripe. Serbia is firmly committed to addressing present- day security challenges. Aware of the complexity and interrelatedness of internal crises and their effect on and potential to spawn terrorism, we have coordinated our efforts internationally in an effort to find a comprehensive response.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“The current situation in the Middle East and North Africa makes it incumbent upon us to intensify our common efforts to solve this crisis and bring about long- term stabilization in the region. For some time now, the region of the Middle East and North Africa has been the epicentre of instability, characterized by political, social, economic, inter-ethnic and ideological tensions. Many of its countries are increasingly becoming breeding grounds for terrorist groups that practice violent extremism. Evidently, these developments present a challenge not only for the region but also for the entire international community, both with respect to peace and weapons proliferation and in the humanitarian field.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“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 meeting is amplified by the consideration of some of the most challenging issues of the present-day world that are closely connected with the migrant wave that we are currently facing. I take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to the Russian Federation, and Foreign Minister Lavrov in particular, for organizing this important meeting, the holding of which highlights the need for the continued attention and commitment by United Nations States Members to questions of regional and global security in a world ofincreasing global interdependence.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“However, if our future is to be determined only by what happened in the past, it is useless to talk about the future. We respect everything that Mr. Hoxhaj said. I think that he is just trying to provoke a discussion about something that does not really have to do with our mutual relations. I do not want to give myself too much historical importance by saying that my decision is crucial for the resolution of international crises.”
2014-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7257 (2014) · source
“We will not resolve the crises in Syria, Ukraine or in Iraq. However, let us resolve our own crisis. I advise the representative of Kosovo to devote himself to that endeavour. I have never exercised the right of reply in the past. It was not until now, when the representative of Kosovo did so, that I, too, am now replying. I think we should be careful about what words we utter in this Chamber. I did not want to insult any member of the Security Council. I wanted to be nice and polite to my colleagues with whom I participated in the Brussels negotiation process. I had several meetings with Prime Minister Thaci. Together we signed the Brussels Agreement. Yesterday we were in Berlin, where we discussed the future with Angela Merkel and the representatives of all of the countries of the Western Balkans.”
2014-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7257 (2014) · source
“Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, which some other countries now support. The President of the Security Council invited all members to recognize the independence of Kosovo, and I did not react, although I believe that it is very much in contravention of international law. Yesterday, Council members discussed the issue of declarations of independence in other parts of the world without the agreement of the country that is being divided. Today, however, we talked about the fact that Serbia has really paid a lot for its mistakes. Are we going to continue to live in the past, or does the representative of Kosovo want to move forward? Otherwise I do not see the reason for this discussion. I believe that the representative of Kosovo and I will not resolve the world's problems.”
2014-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7257 (2014) · source
“We are discussing the commitments that Kosovo has made under the Brussels Agreement that I myself signed, together with Hashim Thaci. What about the Agreement's stipulations on an amnesty law and on the creation of a community of Serbian municipalities? What is going on with that? I am trying to arrive at agreements and an understanding so that we can move forward and make progress. I think the representative of France put it best when he spoke to Mr. Hoxhaj in Pristina, but I agree that what he said also applies to Belgrade. He said that we cannot face our future if we do not shine a light on our past - but do we want to continue to live in the past? We want to reach a political solution with Kosovo. Does the representative of Kosovo believe that the solution has already been found?”
2014-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7257 (2014) · source
“In the more than 10 times I have been here with Prime Minister Thaci I have never discussed such things with him. I would therefore like to ask every other member of the Government of Kosovo to try not to be more Catholic than the Pope. I want our relations to be normalized. Serbia does not participate in any acts of aggression anywhere in the world. If our citizens go to Syria and Iraq or our Islamist citizens participate in jihadist activities, we would condemn that most strongly, and the same goes for those who volunteer to be on the side of pro-Russian forces in Ukraine. But I believe that what Mr. Hoxhaj is doing in using this Security Council meeting to lecture others, including Serbia, is a classic example of abuse of that privilege. Today we are discussing Kosovo and the situation of human rights there.”
2014-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7257 (2014) · source
“Mr. Daeic' (Serbia) (spoke in Serbian; interpretation providedby the delegation): Iam surprisedatMr. Hoxhaj's words. Kosovo is not in a position to lecture anyone about international law, considering that it unilaterally declared independence from our country without any kind of agreement. Do we want to re-examine the past or talk about the future? I do not know why Mr. Hoxhaj is involving Serbia in his discussion with Russia. If he has something to say against Russia, what kind of joint Russian-Serbian activity is he talking about? He is misusing this meeting of the Security Council for the purposes of purveying classic propaganda. When we were in Berlin two years ago, we talked about peace and security and about consolidating and normalizing the situation. Does Mr. Hoxhaj think this is his contribution to that?”
2014-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7257 (2014) · source