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Selaković

lines on the record: 85
first: 2021-10-15
most recent: 2022-10-18
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-security-council

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“Fear of uncertainty among Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija is also caused by the work done by the judiciary, which acts on secret indictments, contrary to all international standards. The sad reality is that today in Kosovo and Metohija, if you are a Serb, you can be sentenced to many years in prison on the basis of unverified or contradictory witness statements without irrefutable and unambiguous material evidence. That indicates the practice of passing judgments according to ethnicity, not according to law and justice.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“The Serbs who are victims of such actions do not find the wounds to be as painful as the terror that is carried out daily by Pristina against the Serbian people, both south and north of the Ibar River. I have just quoted the words of Srećko Sofronijević, from the town of Zvečan in Kosovo and Metohija, uttered while he was lying in a hospital bed. On 13 October, members of the special police shot him in the back with a firearm when they made an incursion into the north of the province for the ninth time, contrary to the Brussels Agreement — that is, illegally. We would have preferred that his name had been included in the report we are discussing today.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“By doing so, the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina once again demonstrated their discriminatory character and sent a message that unilateralism is the principle on which they act. In the same way — that is, unilaterally — on 20 September, the Provisional Institutions deployed special police units with armoured vehicles at two administrative crossings to central Serbia, which confiscated the license plates of vehicles from the north of Kosovo and Metohija and central Serbia. The manner in which that was done showed that their goal was clearly to intimidate Serbs from the north of the province, and what resulted as a consequence was a justified revolt of the local population.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“Despite the great efforts of international actors, including the countries of the Quint and the European Union, to ensure that this does not happen, Pristina repeated that illegal act and made it impossible to organize the presidential and parliamentary elections of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija on 3 April. We note that this was the first time since 1999 that citizens in Kosovo and Metohija were prevented from participating in the elections of the Republic of Serbia, which was a violation, among other things, of the clearly defined mandate of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission regarding the organization of elections.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“That message should point to the need to establish inter-ethnic trust by having the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina respect the agreements reached, implement what was agreed and harmonize their actions with international standards regarding the rule of law and human rights. On 16 January, the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina, contrary to resolution 1244 (1999), as well as to all democratic principles, banned the organization of a referendum in Kosovo and Metohija on amending the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia in the field of the judiciary.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“There are evident problems in Kosovo and Metohija, and it is necessary to precisely identify the causes in order to solve them. Creating an artificial balance and putting a sign of equality between two sides when looking at crisis situations does not contribute in any way whatsoever to reaching a substantial solution to the problem. Unless we clearly define the causes of the problems, they will recur and become more complex. For all persons living in Kosovo and Metohija, it is extremely important to send a message from this meeting to those who have the authority in their hands and who have the capacity to change the situation for the better.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“Such feelings are a reaction to the instability generated by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina. The goal of Pristina, based on everything we have been witnessing on the ground, is to have even more Serbs and other non-Albanians leave Kosovo and Metohija and to terminate any form of cultural and national diversity. The report on the work of UNMIK that we are considering today provides an overview of the situation, with a description of the events that marked the reporting period. We would like the report to be more elaborate and explicit when it comes to the assessment of events and their causes, so that we can examine the developments in Kosovo and Metohija more comprehensively and in their true light.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“Mr. Selaković (Serbia): I have the great honour to address this body once again on the occasion of the consideration of most recent report of the Secretary-General on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2022/313) in the territory of our southern province, Kosovo and Metohija. I would like to emphasize once again that the Republic of Serbia sees the engagement of UNMIK as one of the key factors for maintaining peace and security in Kosovo and Metohija. The situation in Kosovo and Metohija is far from normal and stable. In that part of our country, citizens of Serbian nationality, as well as other non-Albanians, are still distressed and facing each new day with great apprehension, because they are uncertain if their fundamental human rights will be violated or denied.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“We know very well that she cannot hide the SS Skanderbeg division and the traditions of the Bali Kombatari, who were some of the most famous people working for the Nazis during the Second World War. I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to say these words.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“They were guilty of something. Ms. Osmani-Sadriu spoke about Kosovo’s casualties. I am sorry about that. But what about the Sutakovic family — mother, father and three children? Their remains were recently found in the Djakovica industrial zone. There are no other members. All the family members were killed. She was not high in the mountains 22 years ago, because she was only a refugee. She was there because she was with the terrorists. According to the Central Intelligence Agency terrorist list from 1997, the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army was declared a terrorist organization. I ask her not to speak to us about revisionist history projects.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Mr. Selaković (Serbia): I am really concerned about the mind of Ms. Osmani-Sadriu. She said plenty of lies. I say to Ms. Osmani-Sadriu that this is Srecko Sofronijevic. This is the guy that her criminals shot in the back only two days ago. He is not in Belgrade. He is not ordering anything. He is an ordinary citizen. This is Srecko Sofronijevic. I ask her to please stop lying. Boris Tadić is the former President of the Republic of Serbia. Thank God, he is in good condition. He lives in Belgrade. He was not killed, as Ms. Osmani- Sadriu stated. What was she saying? What was she saying about the so-called attacks on Serbian churches? Fifteen churches were robbed and attacked in the past nine months — 15 churches. Kosovo has destroyed more than 19 graveyards and cemeteries — Serbian Christian Orthodox cemeteries.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Finally, I protest the fact that representatives of the cancerous creature at the heart of Europe were allowed to enter the Chamber wearing masks with symbols of a fake State.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“She must pay respect to her President. The butchers of the Balkans — Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and the others who have been kidnapping innocent civilians and trading in human organs — are in prison facing an ongoing criminal process. She must stop lying about the 20,000 casualties of sexual violence during the war, because, according to the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Security Council on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo dated 5 April 2021 (S/2021/332), the number of cases of sexual violence has been confirmed to be not 20,000 but 912. The cancer at the heart of Europe is represented by the people sitting to my right, who have cherished their fascist traditions since early 1941 through the well- known genocidal acts of Balli Kombëtar and the unique SS Skanderbeg division.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“The truth is that we have implemented our obligations from the Brussels Agreement and that the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government are loudly and actively refusing to implement the obligations that they have undertaken. That was stated by Mr. Kurti during the first round of the dialogue held in Brussels in June, and also on 12 September by Ms. Osmani-Sadriu in an interview given to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, in which she stated that they were not going to allow the formation of the community of Serbian municipalities. Here is the statement given; I can give it to all representatives of the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council. Ms. Osmani-Sadriu must stand up when she mentions His Excellency Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia, because he is also her President.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Osmani- Sadriu has been telling fairy tales describing a fake State as “one of the biggest champions of peace and stability in the world”. Does what happened to 36-year- old Srecko Sofronijevic, critically injured only two days ago, reflect the actions of a champion of peace and stability in the world? We have heard fairy tales about the struggle against smuggling and illegal trade. Her main arguments are lies and that is normal, because she can lie; she is allowed to lie because she does not represent anyone but herself. Here I represent an internationally recognized independent State Member of the United Nations; I cannot lie but must be devoted to the truth. The truth is that Pristina’s unilateralism is destroying all efforts to reach a sustainable compromise solution through dialogue.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Mr. Selaković (Serbia): We have been listening to the citizen of the Republic of Serbia Ms. Osmani- Sadriu pretending to be the so-called President of our southern autonomous province. We have listened to stories that cynically ignore the report of the Secretary- General (S/2021/861) and the briefing by Mr. Tanin, as well as all the casualties of their recent actions. She is being silent about the fact that the fake State is based on war crimes and that their founding fathers are in prison. She is being silent about Serbian casualties and the ethnic cleansing, as evidenced by the fact that more than 200,000 internally displaced persons have been waiting for over 22 years to return to their homes, while at the same time she is bragging that they have received refugees from far-distant countries. The citizen of the Republic of Serbia Ms.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Bearing in mind everything I stated in my address at this meeting today, we hold the position that the international presence in Kosovo and Metohija, pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999), is still necessary. In addition to UNMIK, the presence of KFOR, as the main guarantor of security, and the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, due to its engagement in the field of the rule of law, are also important. I would like to emphasize once again that Serbia fully supports respect for international law, the comprehensive implementation of resolution 1244 (1999) and the activities of UNMIK in an undiminished scope and with adequate financial resources, so that the mission fulfils the mandate entrusted to it under the resolution.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Pristina also continued with the practice of banning Serbian officials from entering the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. We believe that it is important that the international community, and especially the European Union, as a guarantor of the Agreement, firmly insist that the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina start implementing all the agreements reached. As before, the Republic of Serbia remains fully committed to resolving the issue of missing persons, as also demonstrated through full cooperation with relevant international mechanisms, as well as participation in the work of the Working Group on Missing Persons. We expect that the representatives of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina will fulfil their obligations.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“There are also numerous and repeated examples of Pristina violating or obstructing agreements reached in dialogue in the areas of energy, justice, the freedom of movement and the visits of officials. One such example is the verdict sentencing Ivan Todosijević to two years in prison, which is also pointed out in the Secretary- General’s report. The Brussels Agreement was directly breached, which was also stated by the representatives of the European Union. With its conduct, Pristina caused immeasurable damage to the reconciliation process in Kosovo and Metohija. Despite the interpretation by the European Commission that this is a violation of the Brussels Agreement, because Todosijević had to be sentenced by a panel in which the majority of the judges were of Serbian ethnicity, Pristina still has not taken any action in that regard.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“The Republic of Serbia remains committed to finding a compromise political solution, as prescribed under resolution 1244 (1999), which will ensure lasting peace and stability. We firmly believe that dialogue and the implementation of the agreements reached are the only right way to resolve all open issues. As a State committed to respect for international law and a Member of the United Nations, Serbia opposes any attempt to establish an artificial balance between the parties in the dialogue, as well as the relativization of responsibility for unilateral acts. We note with concern that, not even eight years after reaching the Brussels Agreement, the establishment of the community of Serb municipalities has not been initiated, even though Belgrade has fulfilled all its obligations under the Agreement.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“A striking example of disrespect for Serbian cultural and religious monuments in the province is the case of the Visoki Dečani monastery, which is under threat and has been the target of attacks and shelling several times since 2000, and it is therefore still being protected by the Kosovo Force (KFOR). The monastery was the target of a series of hostile actions, and the perpetrators are not deterred by the fact that it is a World Heritage site. Despite frequent declaratory statements to the contrary, including the decision five years ago of the so-called “constitutional court” of Pristina confirming the monastery’s ownership of over 24 hectares, is not being respected. We therefore welcome the Secretary- General’s assessment in his report in that regard.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“I therefore thank the Secretary-General in particular for continuing to focus on this extremely important issue and for calling once again, in the conclusions of his report, for the creation of conditions for the sustainable return of internally displaced persons and the sustainable reintegration of returnees. Serbian medieval monuments in Kosovo and Metohija, including priceless monuments that are inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger, are constantly being subject to threats and are still among the most endangered cultural heritage sites in Europe. I wish to recall that there are over 1,300 Serbian churches and monasteries in Kosovo and Metohija. Attacks on Serbian cultural and religious heritage are at the same time attacks on the identity of Serbs in the province and directly affect their sense of safety.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Ljubić is a frightening reflection of the real situation of human rights that almost every one of more than 200,000 displaced Serbs and non-Albanians would face in Kosovo and Metohija — provided that they gather the courage to return to their homes in the province after more than 20 years. I would like to remind the Council once again that since 1999 only around 1.9 per cent of internally displaced Serbs and other non-Albanians have achieved a sustainable return to Kosovo and Metohija, as mandated by resolution 1244 (1999). I therefore believe that those examples will encourage the members of the Security Council and the international presence on the ground to devote priority attention in future to the issue of the return of displaced persons, which is an important part of the UNMIK mandate under resolution 1244 (1999).”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Gašić, who is quite ill, became a victim of institutional persecution unleashed by the local self- Government bodies and the police. Since she is the first and only Serb returnee to Đakovica in more than 20 years, it was to be expected that, at that moment, at least civil society organizations would attempt to protect her rights. However, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Đakovica soon joined the activities aimed at expelling Ms. Gašić, including NGOs receiving funding from international donors for projects related to strengthening democracy and the rule of law. I must also mention the latest attack on the house of the only remaining Serbian woman in the centre of the city of Peć, retired teacher Rumena Ljubić, whose windows were stoned twice in only 24 hours on 13 October. The plight of Ms. Gašić and Ms.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“That systematically intensifies the ubiquitous sense of insecurity among the remaining Serbs and also deters potential returnees, who are in fact being told that local Albanian communities can attack them with impunity and prevent them from returning to live in their own homes. The most striking example of the position of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is the case of Ms. Dragica Gašić, a displaced person who moved into her apartment in the municipality of Đakovica again in early June. In that town, which local Albanians proudly refer to as a place forbidden to Serbs, Ms. Gašić, on her return, first faced physical and verbal attacks by citizens of Albanian nationality living there. Instead of being provided protection, Ms.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“In contrast to Pristina, which persistently seeks to raise barriers towards central Serbia through unilateral actions, Belgrade persistently and consistently works to liberalize the flow of people, goods, services and capital, which is the basic goal of our “Open Balkan” initiative. North Macedonia and Albania joined the initiative, but Pristina did not. In the period from March to September 2021, which is covered in the latest report, close to 100 ethnically motivated attacks were carried out against Serbs, their private property and their religious and cultural heritage sites. The increase in the frequency of attacks was accompanied by intensified ethnically motivated violence, which increasingly targets children, the elderly, women, the few returnees present there, as well as churches and other property of the Serbian Orthodox Church.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“It is now quite obvious that these are no longer sporadic and isolated provocations by Pristina, but rather an organized campaign of ethnically motivated violence and discrimination against Serbs. We also express our concern over the latest imposition of tariffs by Pristina on certain products originating from central Serbia, which was made public on 8 October. We remind the Security Council that the unilateral decision of Pristina in November 2018 to impose duties on products from central Serbia resulted in a de facto complete trade blockade and a long-term stalemate in dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Those provocations once again demonstrate that the Provisional Institutions of Self- Government in Pristina not only do not intend to implement everything agreed in the Brussels dialogue, but also aim to completely reject dialogue as a means of resolving problems. Calling on both sides for restraint and to be constructive, which has long been the public messaging of some important actors in the international community, is not an effective response to Pristina’s lack of credibility and dangerous playing with fire, which could have unforeseeable consequences. There is only one source of destabilization; it has a name — the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina. After the events of 13 October, it is clear that it can and needs to be stopped through the urgent and decisive action of the international community.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“The incursions of heavily armed Pristina police formations, composed exclusively of Albanians, into the north of Kosovo and Metohija with the use of excessive force, under various pretexts and motives, are extremely dangerous provocations that have the potential to destabilize the already sensitive security situation on the ground. The goal of the latest incursions of Pristina’s special force personnel into the north of the province was to provoke the Serbs and further intimidate them with a show of force, as well as to provoke a hasty reaction from Belgrade. It is obvious that with such moves Pristina aims to erase 10 years of dialogue, which is the only way to resolve open issues.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Only a few days earlier, another provocation on the part of Pristina led to a dangerous crisis, when personnel of the so-called Kosovo Police Special Regional Operations Unit, armed with long firearms and reinforced with armoured vehicles, were deployed to administrative crossings between central Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija — Brnjak and Jarinje — in order to remove Serbian licence plates and replace them with temporary ones, thereby violently preventing the free movement of citizens. Those events do not fall within the reporting period covered by the latest report of the Secretary-General on the work of UNMIK, but it is incumbent upon us to address them on this occasion in order to have everyone understand the gravity of the situation on the ground and how serious the consequences of Pristina’s unilateral actions can be.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Serbia is strongly against organized crime and smuggling, but the members of the Security Council should know that such an important and general global goal, which we all share, was cynically used for an armed attack on unarmed civilians, which began with an automatic rifle raid on pharmacies at which patients of Serbian and other nationalities are supplied with vitally important medicines. Four days before the local elections in Kosovo and Metohija, in order to gain votes in an irresponsible and inhumane way, fully motivated by separatist goals, the current PISG regime used medicines on which people’s lives depend to prove its position on the status, contrary to resolution 1244 (1999).”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Ten unarmed civilians were wounded, one of whom, 36-year-old Srecko Sofronijevic, shot in the back with an automatic rifle, was critically injured. A three-month-old baby, who miraculously remained unharmed, was also the target of the shooting. The false excuse for the latest unilateral action, as the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell, called it, was the fight against organized crime and smuggling.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“We are witnessing that dangerous provocations by Pristina are taking place every day, at an accelerated pace, thereby seriously threatening the safety of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija and directly violating the agreements and arrangements reached within the Brussels dialogue. The latest violent incursion of the so-called Kosovo Police Special Regional Operations Units into the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, on 13 October, is the ninth incursion of its kind. Tear gas, shock bombs and unbridled violence are becoming a matter of everyday life for Serbs in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, and they must therefore be stopped immediately. In the most recent attack with firearms and chemicals by the Pristina special forces, 71-year-old Verica Djelic died as a result of chemicals used in the intervention.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Tanin to kindly accept the expressions of our gratitude for his engagement and the cooperation that we achieved during his term of office. Deep regret and concerns are raised by the fact that the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija in the past period was marked by an increasing number of various ethnically motivated attacks and incidents targeting Serbs, which was also stated in the report. They are also raised by the fact that the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) in Pristina continue to take unilateral steps and refuse to implement the agreements reached in the Brussels dialogue and that institutional discrimination against Serbs, attacks on the sites of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the undermining of the economic sustainability of Serb communities in the province have continued.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source
“Mr. Selaković (Serbia): I would like to thank Secretary-General Guterres and his Special Representative and Head of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Tanin, for the report (S/2018/861) submitted and for their efforts made towards the implementation of the UNMIK mandate. I would also like to thank the members of the Security Council for the continued attention that they have devoted to the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. The Republic of Serbia highly values the activities of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and Metohija and supports it in carrying out its work as efficiently as possible, pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999), and undiminished in scope, aiming to build and preserve lasting peace, stability and security in the province. I ask Mr.”
2021-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8880 (2021) · source