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Ban and Dačić: UN continue to adhere to Resolution 1244

August 22, 2015 Source: Tanjug

Implementation of the Resolution 1244 continues to be the foundation of the UN policy towards the issue of Kosovo, the head of Serbian diplomacy Ivica Dačić and Secretary-General United Nations, Ban Ki-moon agreed today.

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“Secretary-General has reaffirmed that the UNMIK Mission in Kosovo, now with the new leadership, will continue to firmly observe Resolution 1244 which forms the foundation of the UN policy towards the issue of Kosovo”, Minister Dačić told Tanjug news agency after his talks with Ban Ki-moon in New York.

“This is very important to us since we hold that UN should adhere to the only applicable legal international document on Kosovo”, said Dačić, recalling that the resolution is status-neutral and therefore unilateral acts of Pristina must be prevented.

Dačić confirmed that he discussed with the UN Secretary-General Kosovo’s request for membership in UNESCO, and that Ban Ki-moon reiterated that the UN refused to relay Kosovo’s application for membership and that UN will continue to adhere to Resolution 1244.

Head of Serbian diplomacy stressed that he used three arguments, which are crucial for Serbia, when presenting the matter to the UN Secretary-General and other Security Council members.

The first is the fact that under Resolution 1244 Kosovo cannot become a member of the UN specialized agencies and therefore their request is not in accordance with Resolution 1244, asserted Dačić.

Dačić further brought attention to Serbia’s massive cultural and religious heritage in Kosovo and Metohija, and also to the attitude of Priština’s authorities towards that heritage and to the property of Serbian Orthodox Church and its monasteries, not only over the last 10 or 15 years but throughout history.

“I doubly underlined that over 260 churches and monasteries have been destroyed in the last 16 years. I also stressed that four sites have been placed under the UNESCO protection, moreover, that UNESCO has included them on the list of world cultural heritage sites to protect them against the threat personified in the representatives of Priština authorities who now want to become UNESCO members”, Dačić recalled.

As to his third argument, Dačić said that “Priština intends to propose a law and declare that the entire property of Serbian Orthodox Church belongs to the so-called state of Kosovo”.

“We therefore made it clear that this is absolutely unacceptable and that we will use all available political means to fight against such a policy which represents a direct violation of UN Resolution 1244”, Dačić said.

Dačić said that he also discussed with the UN Secretary-General a very successful cooperation in the field of peacekeeping missions.

Serbian foreign policy minister recalled that Serbia holds the seventh place in Europe and the first in the region as to the number of soldiers and police officers participating in the UN peacekeeping missions.

They also mentioned opening of the UN house in Serbia to accommodate representatives of all UN specialized agencies residing in Belgrade.

“That will provide an opportunity, as we discussed, for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to visit Belgrade by the end of the year, either in December, or in February or March 2016”, Dačić announced.

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