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2004-06-29
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2005-12-15
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  1. “In that respect, we will do our utmost to ensure that the deadlines envisaged in the Tribunal's completion strategy are met. I would like to stress once again that it is, above all, in our national interest to honour our international obligations. That is why we will do everything in our power to ensure that our cooperation with the ICTY is fully and efficiently completed.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  2. “The ability of witnesses to give testimony without fearing for their safety or for that of their families is particularly important in trials of persons accused of war crimes. Once their status has been determined by a body composed of representatives of the police, the prosecutor's office and the court, they are protected by a special police unit designed to provide effective protection in complex cases such as those involving war crimes. The 2006 budget of the Republic of Serbia has allocated resources for protection programmes and for a special police unit. Although we have already completed the larger part of our cooperation with the ICTY, the authorities of Serbia and Montenegro are fully aware that a small but extremely important part of that cooperation must still be completed.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  3. “Although that has been possible in the past through the implementation of international conventions - which, under our laws, take precedence over domestic legislation - the introduction of the concept of command responsibility into the domestic legal system would serve as an additional factor in favour of transferring cases from the ICTY to domestic jurisdiction. We steadfastly believe that, in order to ensure the administration of international justice and the achievement of reconciliation among the peoples and States in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, it is best that our nationals be tried by domestic courts. The Republic of Serbia has amended its legislation to provide for witness protection by adopting a special law.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  4. “The judicial proceedings for the Zvornik case against six indictees opened recently, while the case against the members of the notorious Scorpions group is set to begin on 20 December 2005. The special department of the Belgrade District Prosecutor's Office for the prosecution of war criminals has undertaken investigations and investigation procedures against some 40 persons suspected of war crimes. In the field of normative improvements to legislation aimed at ensuring successful trials involving transferred cases, I would like to inform the Council that a new criminal code has been adopted by the National Assembly of Serbia. It is of particular significance that the law fully regulates objective and command responsibility, making it possible for persons indicted for war crimes to be properly tried in domestic courts.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  5. “In order to contribute to the Tribunal's completion strategy, the State Union and its member States stand ready to enable their domestic courts to take over cases from the Tribunal and from the Office of the Prosecutor. In that regard, several days ago, on 12 December 2005, the Belgrade District Court's special department for war crimes completed court proceedings for the war crimes committed in 1991 at the Ovcara farm, near the town of Vukovar. Eight persons were sentenced to maximum 20-year prison terms, while six persons were handed lesser prison terms ranging from five to 15 years. Collectively, they were sentenced to 231 years in prison. Three additional proceedings in the same court are currently under way or should start soon.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  6. “The Council is aware of the fact that the Tribunal's Trial Chambers, in line with the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure, honoured some of our requests for them to observe protection measures concerning certain documents containing information of vital national interest. This is a generally recognized practice under the international law, and we shall, in good faith, limit it to exceptional cases in order not to impede the establishment of individual responsibility for war crimes. The State Union is fully committed to the area of cooperation with the ICTY and the Office of the Prosecutor, which should build our national capacity to take over the criminal prosecution of and proceedings against persons who, under Security Council resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004), do not fall into the category of highest-ranking officials.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  7. “Serbia and Montenegro has no interest in hiding anything of the recent tragic history surrounding the bloody break-up of the former Yugoslavia and the ensuing civil wars. Admittedly, our peoples suffered enormously in those wars, and it is essentially in our national interest to bring those responsible to justice by establishing individual responsibility and thus contribute to reconciliation among peoples that used to live together, side by side, despite their differences, and setting an example for others. Consequently, officials from the Prosecutor's Office will be given access to the requested documents needed for the ongoing proceedings. For our part, we shall create the necessary technical conditions for archival access.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  8. “At the same time, we would like to emphasize that it is of utmost importance to expand and step up international cooperation in those cases, since it has turned out that some indictees, such as Lukic' and Zelenovic, were located in States far away from Serbia and Montenegro. For our part, we shall undertake additional measures and activities to bring our cooperation with The Hague Tribunal to a fully successful result. On this occasion, I would particularly like to point out that we are absolutely resolved to fully cooperate with the ICTY in terms of granting access to documents and archives. A decision has been made to take this question off the agenda finally by enabling full access to documents and archives.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  9. “I would also like to thank the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Mose, and that Tribunal's Prosecutor, Mr. Hassan Bubacar J allow, for their comprehensive briefings. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and its member States would like to express their firm commitment to the successful and full completion of cooperation with the ICTY, in particular the Prosecutor's Office. The Council is aware of the readiness and the full political will of the highest authorities of Serbia and Montenegro to do all in their power so that the remaining indictees can be transferred to the custody of The Hague Tribunal. As is known, the main obstacle is that those persons are not within the reach of our law enforcement authorities.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  10. “Let me, first of all, thank the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Judge Fausto Pocar, for his report and congratulate him on his appointment as President of the Tribunal. I wish him every success in his future work and hope that the Tribunal's completion strategy will be brought to a close during his mandate, to which we will make our full contribution. Let me also express our gratitude to Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte for her briefing, as well as for her engagement and tireless efforts in bringing those responsible for war crimes to justice. We in Serbia and Montenegro appreciate those efforts very much, despite the occasional strong assessments critical of my country, as demonstrated in her briefing today.”

    2005-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5328 (2005) · source

  11. “Given that over the past few years we have summoned the will to hand over or assist the transfer to the Tribunal of the highest ranking former political and military leadership, including Slobodan Milosevic, Milan Milutinovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic and others, unprecedented in the recent history of any State, the Council may rest assured that in the near future we shall continue to cooperate with the Tribunal along the same lines.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  12. “Now that, in Sunday's elections, the citizens of Serbia have strongly reaffirmed their commitment to democracy, internal political conditions have been created for the Government of Serbia to honour its obligations to the ICTY as soon as possible. I assure the Council that cooperation with the Tribunal, primarily with the Prosecutor's Office, will be one of our foreign policy priorities. My Government is aware of the fact that cooperation with the ICTY is its obligation and that still more needs to be done in that respect. Cooperation with the Tribunal is a process my Government will continue, maintaining efforts to improve that cooperation as part of its fulfilment of Serbia and Montenegro's goal of taking further steps towards Euro-Atlantic integration.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  13. “Even in the face of such difficulties, at a time when the new National Council for Cooperation with the Tribunal had not yet been constituted, efforts were made to sustain a basic level of cooperation with the Tribunal. Regular, almost daily contacts at the working level were maintained between the Office of the Prosecutor and Belgrade. More than 50 requests by the Prosecutor's Office were responded to by providing the requested documents, granting waivers and by providing relevant information. An investigative team is expected to come to Belgrade in the next few days, and it will be granted access to the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  14. “We have given particular consideration to the assessments of the cooperation of Serbia and Montenegro with the ICTY and the criticism advanced by the Prosecutor's Office regarding insufficient cooperation with the Tribunal. In that connection, I would like to highlight some important points. Cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office was of somewhat lower intensity due to circumstances stemming from the political situation of the country - the protracted process of setting up the new Serbian Government and appointing the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro, as well as the presidential elections in Serbia. At the time, all energies were focused on ensuring the country's political stability, preserving and building institutions and continuing the initiated reform processes.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  15. “In proceedings before the national courts of Serbia and Montenegro as many as 17 persons have been convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison terms ranging from eight years to the maximum penalty of 20 years. The Council for War Crimes of the District Court in Belgrade is currently investigating the cases of Hladnjaca, Petrovo Selo, Batajnica and Perucica, with international assistance in exhuming the bodies and providing forensic analysis. While reaffirming that we are fully aware of our obligations to the ICTY, we feel it necessary to repeat that any evaluation of cooperation must be based on facts, not on preconceived political perceptions. My Government has carefully studied the report before the Council today.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  16. “My Government appreciates the efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in organizing a visit to the Tribunal by judges from the Department for War Crimes at the Belgrade District Court, with the aim of transferring knowledge and experience from the practice of the Tribunal, as well as establishing channels of communication between the Special Court and the ICTY. We also welcome the stated commitment of the ICTY to support the holding of credible war crimes trials that meet international norms of due process in all States of the former Yugoslavia. My country has independently initiated a number of proceedings against perpetrators of war crimes.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  17. “Moreover, we consider that the establishment of the truth in the proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal as well as of national courts will contribute to the promotion of mutual trust and reconciliation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Resolution 1503 (2003) endorsed a completion strategy for the Tribunal, and Serbia and Montenegro joins others in supporting the envisaged timetable for the completion of the ICTY's work. Strengthening national legal systems, as emphasized in Security Council resolution 1503 (2003), will contribute significantly to the Tribunal's completion strategy.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  18. “The truth that has been established in the proceedings of the International Tribunal is of pivotal importance for achieving a historical perspective on the tragic events that afflicted all of the peoples of the former Yugoslavia as well as for finally ending the legacy of the Milosevic regime. Therefore, we consider our cooperation with The Hague Tribunal to be both our domestic and international obligation. Most of the persons indicted by the Tribunal committed, first and foremost, a crime against their own people. The Serbian people have never before been accused of genocide or ethnic cleansing.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  19. “At the outset, I should like to express my condolences to the United Nations and to the families of the victims of the tragic incident that took place this morning in Sierra Leone. Allow me, Sir, to thank you for this opportunity to state my Government's position on the question under consideration. I would also like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their comprehensive briefings. Serbia and Montenegro is committed to the administration of international justice through the establishment of individual criminal responsibility for all those who perpetrated crimes throughout the wartime conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source