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Foreign Minister’s Nikola Selakovic Address to the SC UN Session on UNMIK Activity Report in Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

15th October 2021
 
Selaković in UNSC: Dialogue and the implementation of the agreements reached are the only right way to resolve all open issues
 
 
Distinguished President of the Security Council,
 
Esteemed members of the Security Council,
 
Distinguished Special Representative,
I would like to thank Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Guterres and Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Mr. Tanin for the report 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 they have devoted to the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. The Republic of Serbia highly values the activities of the Mission of the United Nations in Kosovo and Metohija and supports it in carrying out its work as efficiently as possible, pursuant to the UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and undiminished in scope, aiming to build and preserve lasting peace, stability and security in the Province.
 
Mr. Tanin,
 
Please accept the expressions of our gratitude for your engagement and the cooperation we achieved during your term of office.
 
Mr. President,
 
Deep regret and concerns are raised by the fact that the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija in the past period has been marked by an increasing number of various ethnically motivated attacks and incidents targeting Serbs, which was also stated in the Report; 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.
 
We are witnessing that dangerous provocations by Pristina are taking place every day, at an accelerated pace, thus 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 ROSU 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 that must be stopped immediately.
 
In the last attack with firearms and chemicals used by Pristina special forces, 71-year-old Verica Djelic died as a result of chemicals used in the intervention, 10 unarmed civilians were wounded, one of them 36 years old Srećko Sofronijević was critically wounded in the back with of an automatic rifle. 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 EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell called it, was the fight against organized crime and smuggling. Ladies and gentlemen, Serbia is strongly against organized crime and smuggling, but the members of the UNSC 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 of pharmacies in 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 UNSCR 1244.
 
Only a few days earlier, another provocation on the part of Pristina led to a dangerous crisis, when personnel of the so-called ROSU 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 license plates and replace them with temporary ones, thus violently preventing the free movement of citizens.
 
These events do not fall within the reporting period covered by the latest Report of the UN 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 how dramatic the situation on the ground has been and how serious the consequences of Pristina's unilateral actions can be.
 
The incursions of heavily armed Pristina police formations, composed exclusively of Albanians, into the north of Kosovo and Metohija, under various pretexts and motives, with the use of excessive force, are provocations that have an extremely dangerous 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 additionally intimidate them with a demonstration of force, as well as to provoke Belgrade to react hastily in some way.
 
It is obvious that with such moves Pristina aims to erase the 10 years of dialogue, which is the only way to resolve open issues. These 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 that their goal is to completely deny dialogue as a means of resolving problems. An effective response to Pristina's lack of credibility and their dangerous play with fire, which could have unforeseeable consequences, cannot be provided by calling on "both sides" for constructiveness and restraint, which has long been a manner in public communication of some important factors in the international community. There is only one source of destabilization, it has a name – and that is the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina - and after the events of 13 October, it is clear that it can and needs to be stopped by urgent and decisive action of the international community. It is now quite obvious that these are no longer sporadic and isolated provocations by Pristina, but that this is 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 you that the unilateral decision of Pristina to impose duties on products from central Serbia in November 2018 resulted in a de facto complete trade blockade and a long-term stalemate in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. In contrast to Pristina, which persistently seeks to raise barriers towards central Serbia through unilateral acts, Belgrade is persistently and consistently working 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 this initiative, but Pristina did not.
 
Distinguished members of the Security Council,
 
In the period from March to September this year, which is covered in the latest Report, close to 100 ethnically motivated attacks were carried out against Serbs, their private property, religious and cultural heritage sites. The increase in the frequency of attacks was accompanied by the strengthening of the intensity of ethnically motivated violence, which more and more often targets children, the elderly, women, the few returnees present there, as well as churches and other property of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
 
This systematically intensifies the ubiquitous sense of insecurity of the remaining Serbs, but 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 the displaced person Dragica Gašić, who moved into her apartment in the municipality of Djakovica again in early June. In that town – to which local Albanians proudly refer 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, that seriously ill woman then became a victim of institutional persecution as well, that the local self-government bodies and the police unleashed against her. Since this is a person who is the first and only Serb returnee to Đakovica after more than twenty years, it was to be expected that, at that moment, at least civil society organizations would attempt to protect her rights. However, NGOs from Djakovica soon joined the activities aimed at the expulsion Ms. Gašić, including those 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 center of Pec, retired teacher Rumena Ljubić, whose windows were stoned twice in just 24 hours on 13 October.
 
Dragica's and Rumena’s fate is a frightening reflection of the real situation of human rights that almost every one of over 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 twenty years. I would like to remind you again that since 1999, only around 1.9% of internally displaced Serbs and other non-Albanians have achieved a sustainable return to Kosovo and Metohija.
 
Therefore, I believe that the aforementioned will encourage the members of the Security Council and the international presence on the ground to devote priority attention in the future
 
to the issue of the return of displaced persons, which is an important part of the UNMIK mandate under UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
 
I therefore thank the Secretary-General in particular for keeping this extremely important issue in focus and for calling 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.
 
Distinguished members of the Security Council,
 
Serbian medieval monuments in Kosovo and Metohija, including monuments that, due to their exceptional value but also constantly being subject to threats are inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger, are still among the most endangered cultural heritage 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.
 
A striking example of disrespect for Serbian cultural and religious monuments in the Province is the case of the Visoki Decani monastery. The monastery, which has been the target of attacks and shelling several times since 2000, is still secured by KFOR forces due to being under a threat. It is faced with a series of hostile actions, and the perpetrators are not deterred by the fact that this is a World Heritage Site. Despite frequent declaratory statements, even the decision of the so-called "constitutional court" of the PISG in Pristina five years ago confirming ownership of Visoki Decani Monastery over 24 hectares, is not respected. We welcome the assessment made by the UN Secretary General in his Report.
 
Dear Mr. President,
 
The Republic of Serbia remains committed to finding a compromise political solution, as prescribed under Resolution 1244, 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 the respect for international law and a member of the United Nations, Serbia opposes any attempt at establishing 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, although Belgrade has fulfilled all its obligations under that agreement.
 
There are also numerous and repeated examples of Pristina violating or obstructing agreements reached in dialogue, in the areas of energy, justice, freedom of movement and visits by officials.
 
One such example is the verdict sentencing Ivan Todosijevic 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 from the European Commission that this is a violation of the Brussels Agreement, because Todosijevic had to be sentenced by a panel consisting of the majority of judges of Serbian ethnicity, Pristina still does not take any action in this regard.
 
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 the guarantor of the agreement, firmly insists that the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina start implementing all the agreements reached.
 
Distinguished members of the Security Council,
 
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 fulfill their obligations.
 
Bearing in mind everything I delivered here today in my address, we hold the position that the international presence in Kosovo and Metohija, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, is still necessary. In addition to UNMIK, the presence of KFOR as the main guarantor of security and EULEX, due to its engagement in the field of the rule of law, is also important. I would like to emphasize once again that Serbia fully supports respect for international law, comprehensive implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and activities of UNMIK in an undiminished scope and with adequate financial resources, so that the Mission fulfills the mandate entrusted to it under the Resolution.
 
Thank you.

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Serbian-Japanese Duo "Fugo" concert at the Embassy (21 November 2019)
Embassy Award Ceremony at the 45th Exhibition of Japan Modern Naive Art Painting (11 November 2019)
Remembering painter and sculptor Milan Tucovic at the Embassy (7 November 2019)
Novi Sad (SRB) crowned FIBA 3x3 World Tour winners for the fourth time in Utsunomiya (2-3 November 2019)
LP Duo concert at the Embassy (1 November 2019)
Agreement on General Academic Collaboration between the University of Belgrade and National Institute for Fusion Science (1 November 2019)
Successful visit of Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ms. Ana Brnabic to Japan
Presentation of Novi Sad 2021 European Capital of Culture in Tokyo/Shibaura House on 16 October 2019 (Wednesday)
Novak Djokovic at Japan Open in Tokyo (1 October 2019)
Ambassador Glišić meets with Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Tadamori Oshima (20 August 2019)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić meets Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono in Belgrade (15 August 2019)
Train Driver's Diary (Serbian: Dnevnik mašinovođe) at cinemas across Japan from 17 August 2019
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA – CANDIDATE FOR THE UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD 2019 – 2023
Movies from Serbia at the Niigata International Film Festival (1-2 June 2019)
Exhibition "Beautiful Serbia" in Tokyo TEN Gallery (26 April - 18 May 2019)
Ambassador Nenad Glisic presented a gold medal to Mrs Etsuko Tsunozaki (12 April 2019)
Ambassador Glišić's interview in "Shukan Shincho" magazine (28 March 2019)
Serbian Music Festival at the Embassy (15 March 2019)
Painting of Marijana Anđelić at the biggest art event in Japan (7-11 March 2019)
Joint exhibition in Tokyo by painter Milan Tucović and two Japanese artists (5-14 March 2019)
Japanese media reports about Serbia on the occasion of the Statehood Day
Hofu: Exhibitions on Tesla and on Serbian monuments (26 January - 3 March 2019)
"Serbian Month" at JICA Global Plaza (January - February 2019)
Ambassador Glisic about Serbia on TV Osaka (20 December 2019)
Screening of the film "The Long Journey to War" at Meiji University (21 November 2018)
Promotion of Serbian cook book in Japanese (9 November 2018)
Presentation of Serbia at Ebara Dai-ichi Junior High School in Tokyo (12 October 2018)
Presentation on Serbia's UNESCO World Heritage List Monuments (11 October 2018)
Embassy presents Serbian slava - family patron saint celebration (2 October 2018)
Ichinomiya: Embassy receives drawing awards on behalf of childrenb (20 September 2018)
Ancient Roman Culture in Serbia thorough five senses (4 September 2018)
Stall of Serbia at the annual Oi Dontaku Summer Festival (25 August 2018)
Launch of boook "Bread and Wild Strawberries" by Prof. Kayoko Yamasaki at the Embassy (7 August 2018)
Visit of Fujimi City primary school students to the Embassy (2 August 2018)
Serbia Government decision on aid to Japan for rehabilitation of flood damages (12 July 2018)
Charity bazaar at the Embassy (8 July 2018)
Members of Premium Brilliant Club of Mizuho Bank at the Embassy (14 June 2018)
Serbia's winery Toplički vinogradi wine in COSTCO stores across Japan from today (2 June 2018)
Event announcement - Bazaar at the Embassy on 8 July (Sunday) 10:00-15:00 (entrance free)
CINEMA POST-YUGO 2018 - Serbian movie CIRCLES (KRUGOVI, 2013) on 21 June (THU) 17:00 University of Tokyo, Hyogo Campus
Ambassador and former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Serbia H.E. Mr. Ivan Mrkić conferred Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in Japan
Ambassador Glišić meets Mayor of Fujisawa City Mr. Tsuneo Suzuki at the Embassy
Ambassador Glišić visits MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
Ambassador Nenad Glišić visits Kashiwazaki, Host-Town of Serbian Water Polo National Team for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Brutal intervention and arrest of Marko Đurić, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Government of the Republic of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija
Ambassador meets President of Japan - Serbia Parliamentarian League of Friendship Mr. Ichiro Aisawa
Ambassador meets Director of the Economy, Trade and Industry Division of the Liberal Democratic Party
VISA REGIME NEWS
Public International Two-Phase Open Competition for the Design of a Conceptual Solution for the Zoran Đinđić Memorial at the Students Square in Belgrade
Embassy reception on Serbia Statehood Day on 15 February 2017
『東京まで、セルビア Srbija do Tokija』book by author Branka Takahashi launched at the Embassy on 13 January 2017
Embassy booth at the August Oi Festa 2016
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF REAL ESTATE SALES SERVICES
Presentation of Serbia in Kodaira-shi in July 2016
Seminar on Serbian basketball at the Embassy on 29 June 2016
Presentation of Serbia for the Japanese university students on 20 June 2016
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2016 Group 1 in Kyoto
Ambassador's Lecture at the Aoyama Gakuin University
EMBASSY CULTURAL EVENTS IN MAY 2016.
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