"Debate on Hague Tribunal under UN auspices"

Vuk Jeremić says his decision to call a debate on the international criminal courts followed the "shocking decision of the Appellate Chamber of Hague Tribunal".

Izvor: Politika

Friday, 23.11.2012.

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NEW YORK Vuk Jeremic says his decision to call a debate on the international criminal courts followed the "shocking decision of the Appellate Chamber of Hague Tribunal". The president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) noted that the decision to acquit formes Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac was adopted by a slim vote difference. "Debate on Hague Tribunal under UN auspices" “One man's vote turned the injustice done to a quarter of a million people in the war upheaval into a legitimate act. I believe it would be wrong to allow a historical judgment on such tragic events to be made without previously performing a systemic debate in the spotlight of the global public,” Jeremic said in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika. He underscored that he believes it is in the interest of the entire international community to conduct open talks on the degree of efficiency of criminal tribunals as UN bodies in terms of their original purpose. “Having in mind the fact that these are wider public meetings, they tend to attract considerable attention during the annual UNGA session,” he noted. Jeremic said that many people around the world were shocked by the ruling of the ICTY Appellate Chamber to acquit two Croatian generals who received long prison sentences in the first-degree trial on charges of expulsion of 250.000 Serbs from Croatia and several hundred murders. “I spent the following weekend in the consultation with associates as to what my cabinet could do on this occasion. We studied the rules and procedures of the UN and reached a conclusion that the UNGA president can call a 'themed debate' concerning a problem of international importance,” Jeremic said. He noted that the role of international ad hoc criminal tribunals in the reconciliation process certainly falls in this category and added that he decided to call the debate on the issue for April 2013. When asked why such an important meeting would be held as late as April when the event would most likely be overshadowed by other events on the international stage, Jeremic said that he wants the themed debate to be well-prepared. Politika Tanjug

"Debate on Hague Tribunal under UN auspices"

“One man's vote turned the injustice done to a quarter of a million people in the war upheaval into a legitimate act. I believe it would be wrong to allow a historical judgment on such tragic events to be made without previously performing a systemic debate in the spotlight of the global public,” Jeremić said in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika.

He underscored that he believes it is in the interest of the entire international community to conduct open talks on the degree of efficiency of criminal tribunals as UN bodies in terms of their original purpose.

“Having in mind the fact that these are wider public meetings, they tend to attract considerable attention during the annual UNGA session,” he noted.

Jeremić said that many people around the world were shocked by the ruling of the ICTY Appellate Chamber to acquit two Croatian generals who received long prison sentences in the first-degree trial on charges of expulsion of 250.000 Serbs from Croatia and several hundred murders.

“I spent the following weekend in the consultation with associates as to what my cabinet could do on this occasion. We studied the rules and procedures of the UN and reached a conclusion that the UNGA president can call a 'themed debate' concerning a problem of international importance,” Jeremić said.

He noted that the role of international ad hoc criminal tribunals in the reconciliation process certainly falls in this category and added that he decided to call the debate on the issue for April 2013.

When asked why such an important meeting would be held as late as April when the event would most likely be overshadowed by other events on the international stage, Jeremić said that he wants the themed debate to be well-prepared.

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