NEW YORK, BELGRADE -- The United Nations Security Council will hold emergency Kosovo session tomorrow.
Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug
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The Security Council's president received the request from Russian diplomats and has scheduled a meeting, said Angelica Jacome, a spokeswoman for the current council president, Panama's U.N. Ambassador Ricardo Arias.
President Boris Tadić's cabinet has confirmed the news in Belgrade today, adding that Tadić will travel to New York to attend the session.
The president today called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to order the UNMIK chief in Kosovo, Joachim Ruecker, to declare Kosovo Albanians' proclamation of independence made today in Priština illegal.
Tadić is also demanding the dissolution of the Kosovo assembly, which adopted the decision, on grounds that it breached Resolution 1244.
In his letter to Ban, the president informed him that Serbia has taken steps to annul the secessionist decisions, his office said.
"The Republic of Serbia is asking all the United Nations members to demonstrate complete respect of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in line with their obligations according to international law, the UN Charter, and UN Resolution 1244, and reject the so-called independence of Kosovo," the letter reads.
Serbia thus seeks that the UN secretary-general's special representative in Kosovo undertakes all the necessary measures, in line with 1244, and without delay annul all acts that declare Kosovo's unilateral independence.
Russia should not only indicate that Ban Ki Moon is finished... it should further exercise a SUPER-veto by vetoing every single motion brought before the Security Council, regardless of the subject (Iran, North Korea, etc.) until the rule of law is re-established and the "outlaw" "rogue" nations that ignore international law (U.S. and its client states) fall back in line.
It's time for Russia to take up the mantle of the "world's policeman" now that the U.S. has decided to openly play the gangster.
Historians will look back at this as the time when the U.S. lost its world leadership status by forgetting its own founding principles and turning dirty tricks into the standard for its international (mis)conduct.
Sic transit gloria mundi...
(John Bosnitch, 18 February 2008 08:38)
I am waiting for US recognition so I can stand in front of the white house and hold up a banner which says:
"Thank you, pres bush for urinating on 150 years of Serbian contribution to the history and advancement of America starting with George Fisher (Djorje Ribar)(1840), customs officer, Texas militia major and participant in Texan independence from Mexico; continuing with Mihailo Pupin and Nikola Tesla
scientists who introduced America to the wonders of electricity and radio; to people like Lance Sijan, medal of honor winner, who died in Vietnam fighting for America and Mladen Sekulovich, Oscar winner, who spent a lifetime entertaining America; to the 150,000+ American Serbs working in all fields of occupation today: medicine, business, legal, engineering, law enforcement, military, politics, etc. Thank you for this betrayal. By the way, what have albanian muslims done for America lately?
(JohnBoy, 18 February 2008 05:41)
If the UN is ignored by the nations that have the most wealth and the biggest guns, then it is a sad day for mankind. This will mark the day that the new world order can do as it pleases. Laws will be only respected by this order when it suits them. I am disgusted to be an American at this point.
(papajohn, 17 February 2008 23:23)
As it is obvious that Rucker won't do his job, I trust that Ban will annul the illegal declaration. If not, I hope that Russia has made it clear that it will refuse to renew his mandate as Secretary-General on the grounds that he aided and abetted the most significant violation of the UN Charter in the organisation's history. Perhaps Moscow should also make it clear that it will also veto the appointment of any candidates who come from countries that have violated the Charter.
(Jim, 17 February 2008 22:57)
Tadic will get the answer tomorrow in New York that the USA,UK, France, Italy and others...recognise the Kosova indpendence.
Be a man Tadic and face the REALITY! Serbia state breeched the very international law by discriminating, oppressing, and conducting ethnic cleansing policies in its "own" country and against "its own" people. I hope that he will try his best to "hide" these facts in the UN and will get a lot of support from his Russian friend.
I would totally understand Serbian stance should there have been no war in Kosova. But the the FACTS are stubborn against Serbia...any further attempt to undermine the Kosova independence even through "international law" meaning in Serbian "Russia" is destined to FAIL.
I will talk to you tomorrow at 1900pm Greenwich meantime)))
(EA, 17 February 2008 22:47)
The Russians should ask for the dissolution of the UN since it refuses to follow its own rules. This is the straw that broke the UN's back.
(JohnBoy, 17 February 2008 21:32)
As it is obvious that Rucker won't do his job, I trust that Ban will annul the illegal declaration. If not, I hope that Russia has made it clear that it will refuse to renew his mandate as Secretary-General on the grounds that he aided and abetted the most significant violation of the UN Charter in the organisation's history. Perhaps Moscow should also make it clear that it will also veto the appointment of any candidates who come from countries that have violated the Charter.
(Jim, 17 February 2008 22:57)
Tadic will get the answer tomorrow in New York that the USA,UK, France, Italy and others...recognise the Kosova indpendence.
Be a man Tadic and face the REALITY! Serbia state breeched the very international law by discriminating, oppressing, and conducting ethnic cleansing policies in its "own" country and against "its own" people. I hope that he will try his best to "hide" these facts in the UN and will get a lot of support from his Russian friend.
I would totally understand Serbian stance should there have been no war in Kosova. But the the FACTS are stubborn against Serbia...any further attempt to undermine the Kosova independence even through "international law" meaning in Serbian "Russia" is destined to FAIL.
I will talk to you tomorrow at 1900pm Greenwich meantime)))
(EA, 17 February 2008 22:47)
The Russians should ask for the dissolution of the UN since it refuses to follow its own rules. This is the straw that broke the UN's back.
(JohnBoy, 17 February 2008 21:32)
If the UN is ignored by the nations that have the most wealth and the biggest guns, then it is a sad day for mankind. This will mark the day that the new world order can do as it pleases. Laws will be only respected by this order when it suits them. I am disgusted to be an American at this point.
(papajohn, 17 February 2008 23:23)
I am waiting for US recognition so I can stand in front of the white house and hold up a banner which says:
"Thank you, pres bush for urinating on 150 years of Serbian contribution to the history and advancement of America starting with George Fisher (Djorje Ribar)(1840), customs officer, Texas militia major and participant in Texan independence from Mexico; continuing with Mihailo Pupin and Nikola Tesla
scientists who introduced America to the wonders of electricity and radio; to people like Lance Sijan, medal of honor winner, who died in Vietnam fighting for America and Mladen Sekulovich, Oscar winner, who spent a lifetime entertaining America; to the 150,000+ American Serbs working in all fields of occupation today: medicine, business, legal, engineering, law enforcement, military, politics, etc. Thank you for this betrayal. By the way, what have albanian muslims done for America lately?
(JohnBoy, 18 February 2008 05:41)
Russia should not only indicate that Ban Ki Moon is finished... it should further exercise a SUPER-veto by vetoing every single motion brought before the Security Council, regardless of the subject (Iran, North Korea, etc.) until the rule of law is re-established and the "outlaw" "rogue" nations that ignore international law (U.S. and its client states) fall back in line.
It's time for Russia to take up the mantle of the "world's policeman" now that the U.S. has decided to openly play the gangster.
Historians will look back at this as the time when the U.S. lost its world leadership status by forgetting its own founding principles and turning dirty tricks into the standard for its international (mis)conduct.
Sic transit gloria mundi...
(John Bosnitch, 18 February 2008 08:38)
Tadic will get the answer tomorrow in New York that the USA,UK, France, Italy and others...recognise the Kosova indpendence.
Be a man Tadic and face the REALITY! Serbia state breeched the very international law by discriminating, oppressing, and conducting ethnic cleansing policies in its "own" country and against "its own" people. I hope that he will try his best to "hide" these facts in the UN and will get a lot of support from his Russian friend.
I would totally understand Serbian stance should there have been no war in Kosova. But the the FACTS are stubborn against Serbia...any further attempt to undermine the Kosova independence even through "international law" meaning in Serbian "Russia" is destined to FAIL.
I will talk to you tomorrow at 1900pm Greenwich meantime)))
(EA, 17 February 2008 22:47)
The Russians should ask for the dissolution of the UN since it refuses to follow its own rules. This is the straw that broke the UN's back.
(JohnBoy, 17 February 2008 21:32)
Russia should not only indicate that Ban Ki Moon is finished... it should further exercise a SUPER-veto by vetoing every single motion brought before the Security Council, regardless of the subject (Iran, North Korea, etc.) until the rule of law is re-established and the "outlaw" "rogue" nations that ignore international law (U.S. and its client states) fall back in line.
It's time for Russia to take up the mantle of the "world's policeman" now that the U.S. has decided to openly play the gangster.
Historians will look back at this as the time when the U.S. lost its world leadership status by forgetting its own founding principles and turning dirty tricks into the standard for its international (mis)conduct.
Sic transit gloria mundi...
(John Bosnitch, 18 February 2008 08:38)
I am waiting for US recognition so I can stand in front of the white house and hold up a banner which says:
"Thank you, pres bush for urinating on 150 years of Serbian contribution to the history and advancement of America starting with George Fisher (Djorje Ribar)(1840), customs officer, Texas militia major and participant in Texan independence from Mexico; continuing with Mihailo Pupin and Nikola Tesla
scientists who introduced America to the wonders of electricity and radio; to people like Lance Sijan, medal of honor winner, who died in Vietnam fighting for America and Mladen Sekulovich, Oscar winner, who spent a lifetime entertaining America; to the 150,000+ American Serbs working in all fields of occupation today: medicine, business, legal, engineering, law enforcement, military, politics, etc. Thank you for this betrayal. By the way, what have albanian muslims done for America lately?
(JohnBoy, 18 February 2008 05:41)
If the UN is ignored by the nations that have the most wealth and the biggest guns, then it is a sad day for mankind. This will mark the day that the new world order can do as it pleases. Laws will be only respected by this order when it suits them. I am disgusted to be an American at this point.
(papajohn, 17 February 2008 23:23)
As it is obvious that Rucker won't do his job, I trust that Ban will annul the illegal declaration. If not, I hope that Russia has made it clear that it will refuse to renew his mandate as Secretary-General on the grounds that he aided and abetted the most significant violation of the UN Charter in the organisation's history. Perhaps Moscow should also make it clear that it will also veto the appointment of any candidates who come from countries that have violated the Charter.
(Jim, 17 February 2008 22:57)