Kosovo official: ICJ resolution could pass
Kosovo Albanian official Skender Hyseni said on Sunday that Serbia's ICJ initiative looks likely to win enough votes at the UN General Assembly.
Monday, 06.10.2008.
09:38
Kosovo Albanian official Skender Hyseni said on Sunday that Serbia's ICJ initiative looks likely to win enough votes at the UN General Assembly. Belgrade will be asking UN members to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its opinion on the legality of the Kosovo Albanians' unilateral declaration of independence. Kosovo official: ICJ resolution could pass The voting has been scheduled for Wednesday in New York. Meanwhile in Pristina on Sunday, Hyseni, appointed by the government there to be its foreign minister, said the reasons for the document's good chances are "in the system of voting at the General Assembly of the UN, designed so that it does not block almost any initiative". "The second motive is the respect of the fundamental principle of international law," he was quoted as saying by Beta. Hyseni told reporters that the countries that have recognized Kosovo might now "because of that principle" vote in favor of sending the resolution to the ICJ, and said that it will have no long-term effect on Kosovo. "It can have short-term effects but there will be no long-term ones in the process of Kosovo's recognition and in the process of strengthening of the democratic institutions. We are convinced that the International Court of Justice will arrive at a just decision in favor of Kosovo," he told reporters after returning to Pristina from New York. However, Hyseni continued, one long-term consequence of the initiative could be "on the relations between Kosovo and Serbia". He also confirmed that none of the Kosovo Albanian officials will attend the UN General Assembly during the debate and voting on Wednesday, since Kosovo is not a UN member. Nothing else could be done to block Serbia's initiative, he continued, and added he was convinced that it will not affect those countries that are preparing to recognize Kosovo. "Recognitions can be expected in the coming days ahead of the voting on the resolution," Hyseni stated, but did not reveal which countries he was referring to.
Kosovo official: ICJ resolution could pass
The voting has been scheduled for Wednesday in New York.Meanwhile in Priština on Sunday, Hyseni, appointed by the government there to be its foreign minister, said the reasons for the document's good chances are "in the system of voting at the General Assembly of the UN, designed so that it does not block almost any initiative".
"The second motive is the respect of the fundamental principle of international law," he was quoted as saying by Beta.
Hyseni told reporters that the countries that have recognized Kosovo might now "because of that principle" vote in favor of sending the resolution to the ICJ, and said that it will have no long-term effect on Kosovo.
"It can have short-term effects but there will be no long-term ones in the process of Kosovo's recognition and in the process of strengthening of the democratic institutions. We are convinced that the International Court of Justice will arrive at a just decision in favor of Kosovo," he told reporters after returning to Priština from New York.
However, Hyseni continued, one long-term consequence of the initiative could be "on the relations between Kosovo and Serbia".
He also confirmed that none of the Kosovo Albanian officials will attend the UN General Assembly during the debate and voting on Wednesday, since Kosovo is not a UN member.
Nothing else could be done to block Serbia's initiative, he continued, and added he was convinced that it will not affect those countries that are preparing to recognize Kosovo.
"Recognitions can be expected in the coming days ahead of the voting on the resolution," Hyseni stated, but did not reveal which countries he was referring to.
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