Hague reports Serbia to UN SC

Hague Tribunal President Fausto Pocar last week informed UN Security Council of Serbian government’s "failure to cooperate".

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Hague Tribunal President Fausto Pocar last week informed UN Security Council of Serbian government’s "failure to cooperate". A statement from the UN war crimes court based in The Hague said today that Pocar sent his letter to the council's current president, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. Hague reports Serbia to UN SC "Between March and June 2008, the Trial Chamber in the case of Milutinovic and others, composed of Judges Bonomy, Chowhan, Kamenova and Nosworthy, on a number of occasions sought to contact General Aleksander Dimitrijevic, former head of the Yugoslav’s Army Security Administration, in order to have him appear as a Court witness in the case," the statement says. Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic and five other former high-level political and military leaders of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) are on trial for the alleged crimes committed in Kosovo during 1999, in a process known as the Kosovo Six. "As Dimitrijevic’s address in Serbia was unavailable to the Tribunal, the Trial Chamber and subsequently the President on a number of occasions urged Minister Rasim Ljajic, the Head of Serbia’s National Council for Cooperation, to ensure the delivery of the letter inviting the general to testify before the Chamber, as well as the subsequent subpoena." But, the Tribunal says, the response of the Serbian side was "often delayed and incomplete". Despite Pocar’s warning to Ljajic that a report to the Security Council would be sent, Dimitrijevic failed to appear in court and "no response or confirmation of delivery of the summons was received from Serbia’s officials". “The government of Serbia is challenging the authority of the International Tribunal and the Security Council,” Pocar said, concluding that by doing so “it is in breach of its international legal obligations”.

Hague reports Serbia to UN SC

"Between March and June 2008, the Trial Chamber in the case of Milutinović and others, composed of Judges Bonomy, Chowhan, Kamenova and Nosworthy, on a number of occasions sought to contact General Aleksander Dimitrijević, former head of the Yugoslav’s Army Security Administration, in order to have him appear as a Court witness in the case," the statement says.

Former Serbian President Milan Milutinović and five other former high-level political and military leaders of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) are on trial for the alleged crimes committed in Kosovo during 1999, in a process known as the Kosovo Six.

"As Dimitrijević’s address in Serbia was unavailable to the Tribunal, the Trial Chamber and subsequently the President on a number of occasions urged Minister Rasim Ljajić, the Head of Serbia’s National Council for Cooperation, to ensure the delivery of the letter inviting the general to testify before the Chamber, as well as the subsequent subpoena."

But, the Tribunal says, the response of the Serbian side was "often delayed and incomplete".

Despite Pocar’s warning to Ljajić that a report to the Security Council would be sent, Dimitrijević failed to appear in court and "no response or confirmation of delivery of the summons was received from Serbia’s officials".

“The government of Serbia is challenging the authority of the International Tribunal and the Security Council,” Pocar said, concluding that by doing so “it is in breach of its international legal obligations”.

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