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  1. “Only one of them, Slobodan Milosevic, was indicted. The other two died before the victims of the acts for which those men were being investigated could ever be given the satisfaction of seeing them indicted and arraigned. Twenty years later, my country is hard at work, developing good-neighbourly relations and establishing lasting peace in a region that was once ripped apart by suffering and war. This year, my Prime Minister Visited Srebrenica on two occasions in an effort to promote reconciliation and offer cooperation to the community that had suffered the kind of calamity that only inter-ethnic and interreligious wars can provoke. We must not be deterred in our efforts to bring about reconciliation and cooperation, and that includes by trying those responsible for crimes in domestic courts.”

    2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source

  2. “Owing to the confidentiality of the submissions of the Government of the Republic of Serbia to the ICTY Trial Chamber in that case, I am not at liberty to discuss the matter in detail. Moreover, the matter is still sub judice at the ICTY, and it would be inappropriate for me to discuss it now in this forum. However, the issue of arrest warrants will be resolved in cooperation with the Tribunal. Before I conclude my statement, let me make two very pertinent remarks. Twenty years ago, almost to the day, a Peace Agreement was signed in Dayton, Ohio. It put an end to the armed conflicts and horrific atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The three Presidents who signed the Agreement - Alija Izetbegovie, Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudman - were subjected to ICTY investigations soon thereafter.”

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  3. “That is also my country's request. In the Djukie case, the competent Serbian authorities will respond appropriately to the request, received recently, of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the enforcement of the sentence in Serbia, in accordance with a bilateral agreement. Let me also reiterate the interest of my country in future dialogues on questions related to the ICTY archives and reaffirm its previous humanitarian request with respect to the enforcement of sentences and the possibility that convicted persons may serve their sentences in Serbia. Allow me now to respond very briefly to the statements that we heard today concerning the reported non-compliance of Serbia's Government in the execution of the arrest warrants in the Tribunal's cases of contempt against Jojic et al.”

    2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source

  4. “He states, inter alia, that Serbian judicial authorities must process war crimes cases that do not exclusively involve Serbian nationals suspected of committing crimes against nationals of other States. That statement, as my Government understands it, is supportive of the existing scope of jurisdiction of the Serbian judiciary which, unfortunately, was recently impugned in the European Parliament. My Government also welcomes the joint European Union/Tribunal Training Project for National Prosecutors and Young Professionals, as well as the workshop organized by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism. Last but not least, Serbia thanks the ICTY Prosecutor for the efforts that were invested in improving regional cooperation on matters of war crimes and welcomes his stated intention to closely monitor further developments.”

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  5. “For the report before Council members carries only the monitoring observations of the domestic trials of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and not ofthe trials in Croatia. Yet the Government of Serbia is obliged to Mr. Brammertz and his hard-working team for their constant support and advice to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor. The provision of information and evidence in ICTY cases is a commendable example of two- way cooperation; it benefits both the fight against impunity domestically and the completion strategy of the Tribunal. This process has to be intensified by the Serbian side, all the more so in View of the statement in paragraph 39 of the report of the ICTY Prosecutor.”

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  6. “And although the revisiting of ultimate tragedies that befall innocent people is a painful and sad exercise and there is nothing to like about it, I still would like to have heard from the representative of the Croatian Government what is being done to bring justice to the Serbs, many of whom were gunned down on the threshold of the doors of their homes or strafed from the air in helpless refugee columns as they fled their ancestral homes during and after the Operation. The Government of my country expects that the monitoring by the ICTY Prosecutor, or the Prosecutor of the Mechanism in the future, of the domestic prosecution of war crimes will be expanded to include the Croatian judiciary as well.”

    2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source

  7. “With that in mind, I would like to remind the members of the Security Council of my statement at the Council's meeting in June (see S/PV.7455), in which I said that, notwithstanding the recognition by both the ICTY and the International Court of Justice that Croatian Government forces killed many civilians of Serb ethnicity in Operation Storm in 1995, thejudiciary in Croatia has passed only one final conviction for the commission of the war crime of murder.”

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  8. “The key challenges identified in the reports of the ICTY, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other relevant stakeholders have been taken into account, while due respect is paid to the domestic legal system and the independence of the judiciary. The Government of the Republic of Serbia firmly believes that domestic prosecution of the core international crimes committed in the armed conflicts of the 19905 in the former Yugoslavia is one of the most important steps in the process of reconciliation. It is the collective duty of the countries of the region to investigate and prosecute those responsible without any discrimination against the perpetrator or the Victim on the basis of national, ethnic or religious origins. Justice must not be allowed to be hobbled by selectivity.”

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  9. “It will include a road map of activities and improvements needed to investigate, prosecute and try heinous crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, measures to improve the protection of witnesses and support victims during criminal proceedings, some general improvements in the defence ofthe accused, cooperation with and support to national, regional and international commissions on missing persons, and measures to advance regional cooperation in processing war crimes. The national strategy will also contain the positions and measures designed to improve the overall social milieu in relation to war crimes, their investigation and prosecution.”

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  10. “In that context, my country supports the new President and his intention to implement measures to expedite the work of the Tribunal and calls, at the same time, on the Security Council to accord its attention to the completion strategy of the two ad hoc Tribunals, in particular to the measures regarding the staff attrition proposed by President Meron in his report. War crimes proceedings in Serbia are ongoing and proceeding in parallel with the ICTY completion strategy. A national strategy on war crimes issues is being drafted and charged with the responsible task of chairing a working group established by the Ministry of Justice to draft that document. I expect it to be published in a couple of days.”

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  11. “My Government follows the ICTY activities with great attention and interest, particularly those concerning the completion of its long-lasting trials of Serbian citizens. In that regard, let me remind the Council that, on 23 February 2016, the Seselj case, still in the first instance phase, will enter its fourteenth year. Notwithstanding that anomaly, Serbia continues to be fully supportive of the ICTY's commitment, spelled out again in the report, to completing the trials expeditiously, while ensuring that all judicial proceedings are conducted in a manner consistent with the fundamental principles of due process and fairness.”

    2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source

  12. “Aware of their intense and informed scrutiny, I shall undertake to discuss my country's contribution to the completion strategy of the ICTY here today. Serbia remains firmly committed to the principles and system of international criminal justice and their role in fighting impunity. Its cooperation with the Tribunal continues faithfully, in particular in the cases of Goran Hadzie and Vojislav Seselj, who are on provisional release. The ICTY Prosecutor expressed, in his written report (S/2015/874, annex II) and today also, his satisfaction with that cooperation, especially in processing the requests for assistance of his Office, as well as in maintaining direct dialogue with my country's governmental and judicial authorities.”

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  13. “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 on the assumption of that important office. He can always count on Serbia's cooperation and support. I also welcome Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and thank them for their semi-annual reports (see S/2015/585 and S/2015/577). My welcome is also extended to the two Prosecutors, Mr. Serge Brammertz and Mr. Hassan Jallow.”

    2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source