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Loncar

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2004-08-05
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  1. “The draft text on the reform of local self- government prepared by the group does not address the essential and current problems faced by the Serbs. The draft may represent a good long-term basis for the reform of the entire local self-government of the province. However, it does not address the urgent needs of the Serbs, since it does not contain meaningful solutions for their survival and return, as are offered in the Government of Serbia's plan. Under such circumstances, the State authorities of Serbia are not in a position to call upon the Kosovo and Metohija Serbs to take part in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  2. “We have noted that international factors, in the weeks following the presentation of the plan, have accepted this proposed method of solving the problems in the province. International circles showed great interest in the plan, which was accepted as a good basis on which to start talks on resolving the difficult position of the Serbs. Some international factors initiated the establishment of a working group within the provisional Government of Kosovo and Metohija to formulate decentralization proposals. The activities of the working group took place as pressure was brought to bear on Kosovo and Metohija Serbs to participate in its work, although they had, in all forms of their political engagement, embraced the Government of Serbia's plan as their own.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  3. “It is our profound belief that a Kosovo and Metohija without Serbs, and one in which a cultural heritage more than six centuries old continues to be torched and desecrated with impunity, would not only represent the failure of the international policy embodied in UNMIK, it would be a defeat of the fundamental values of dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all people, on which freedom, justice and world peace are based, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. In past political activities concerning Kosovo and Metohija, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro has steadfastly adhered to the goals specified in the aforementioned plan and the resolution adopted by the National Assembly of Serbia.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  4. “Autonomy and institutional guarantees for the Serbs and other communities in Kosovo and Metohija are the only way to preserve the preconditions for a future multi-ethnic and multicultural society. The international community's mission will avoid failure only if institutions are created in which the majority - specifically a majority that is constantly ethnically defined - will not always be able to outvote the minority and if institutions are established in which the spirit of tolerance prevails and the legitimate concerns of others are taken into account.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  5. “The plan would provide a situation of safety in which, inter alia, parents would not have to fear for their children as they leave for school, the sick and the frail would be able to receive medical care, citizens would be able to attend to the administrative affairs of their local communities in municipal centres, farmers would not be afraid to go to their fields and small businesses would be able to function. None of this is now possible for most of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and it will remain impossible if the majority Albanian population continues to decide these issues. The plan also represents a realistic response, not only to the pogrom, but equally to the events of the past five years that have resulted in two thirds of Serbs leaving Kosovo and Metohija since the deployment of UNMIK.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  6. “The situation in the province is not comparable to any other in Europe. As rightly indicated in the Secretary-General's report, "there remains a long way to go until standards, particularly in the areas of minority protection, returns and freedom of movement, are met" (S/2004/613, para. 3). The plan of the Government of the Republic of Serbia guarantees institutional mechanisms for the protection of the rights of minorities, with special status for churches and monasteries and a lasting security role for the international forces in the protection of minorities.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  7. “It is virtually impossible for the international troops and civilian presence to effectively protect the basic human rights of Serbs when they have been exposed to expulsion by well-organized Kosovo Albanian extremist and terrorist structures. That is why the Government of Serbia proposed its plan for a political solution through territorial autonomy and firm institutional guarantees as the only possibility for protecting the remaining Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. At the same time, the plan creates the only realistic preconditions for the return of internally displaced persons now in central Serbia. The plan does not offer final solutions to all issues and is open to amendment. It does, however, proceed from a realistic assessment of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  8. “However, Serbia and Montenegro still considers that UNMIK has not yet fulfilled its mandate under Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). That mandate includes, inter alia, "establishing and overseeing the development of provisional democratic self-governing institutions to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants of Kosovo" (para. 10), "assuring the safe and unimpeded return of all refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Kosovo" (para. 1] (k)), and "protecting and promoting human rights" (para. 1] (j)). We would like to point out once again that UNMIK's failure to fulfil those goals was not due to a lack of good will or conscientiousness by a significant part of the international mission.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  9. “We therefore welcome the position of the Secretary-General concerning the illegal amending of the Constitutional Framework by the Kosovo parliament, particularly the assessment in the conclusions of his report that this was clearly outside its competencies. This is an absolutely unacceptable act. Serbia and Montenegro wishes to reiterate the position stated in the plan of the Republic of Serbia for the political solution to the current situation in Kosovo and Metohija, adopted by a resolution of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on 29 April 2004: Serbia does not want to diminish any effort by the international military and civilian missions in Kosovo and Metohija to curb inter-ethnic conflicts.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  10. “How is it possible that the bodies and institutions that should, according to the Constitutional Framework, represent all inhabitants of the province condemned the violence only when compelled to do so by international factors? How can it be that the majority Albanian community is using this horrendous violence against the Serbs as an excuse to demand new responsibilities since it allegedly lacks the authority to prevent such brutality? The collapse of the Kosovo Police Service in March best disproves the validity of any such demand. Some activities undertaken by the Kosovo parliament offer similar examples.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  11. “The fundamental human right of a safe and peaceful life for Serbs cannot be realized without decisive police and judicial investigation and without putting a total end to the contrary policy by the Kosovo Albanians themselves. We note with regret that the past activities of UNMIK and other representatives of the international community in this respect have been insufficient. This indirectly sends the message to Albanian extremist and terrorist structures that their crimes may remain unpunished and that they are tacitly tolerated and hence may be repeated. Serbia and Montenegro expresses its concern over the fact that the Provisional Institutions of Self- Government in Kosovo and Metohija failed to condemn the March ethnic violence and ethnic cleansing promptly and willingly.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  12. “I cannot but mention that these include the cathedral and the Metropolitan's residence in the mediaeval city of Prizren and the Church of Our Lady - the Bogorodica Ljeviska - dating from the beginning of the fourteenth century. Moreover, Serbia and Montenegro does not consider sufficient the efforts made so far to overcome the political and moral consequences of the March pogrom against Serbs. The basic human right to life in safety, peace and dignity worthy of human beings continues to be denied to Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. Adequate measures have not been undertaken against extremists and terrorists, whose influence was very much in evidence among Kosovo Albanians in the March events.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  13. “Serbia and Montenegro appreciates the view stated in the report that much of the political effort in Kosovo and Metohija over the reporting period was aimed at alleviating the consequences of the attempted ethnic cleansing in the province in mid-March this year. Without seeking to diminish the efforts of the international community and UNMIK to rebuild destroyed houses, schools and other structures, it is our view that the consequences of the pogrom by Kosovo Albanian extremists and terrorists committed against the Serbs on 17 and 18 March 2004 are far from being addressed. In addition, reconstruction has not yet even begun of 35 destroyed and torched churches and monasteries of the Serb Orthodox Church, a centuries- old testimony of the Serb presence in the area.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source

  14. “Mr. Loncar (Serbia and Montenegro) (spoke in Serbian; interpretation provided by the delegation): First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi for his in-depth presentation of the Secretary-General's report (S/2004/6l3). I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to state the positions of Serbia and Montenegro at today's meeting of the Security Council regarding the report before it on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia and Montenegro, from 1 April to 15 July 2004.”

    2004-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5017 (2004) · source