Dedjanski: The UN Security Council session on Kosovo is important because the Serbs are denied the right to life

President of the Center for the Development of International Cooperation Stevica Dedjanski says that it is extremely important to choose the timing when a special session of the United Nations Security Council on Kosovo will be requested, Sputnik reports.

Dedjanski points out that it depends on the chairman of the UN Security Council whether the proposal will be put on the agenda, and as the USA is currently in that position, and Albania in September, he believes that it is logical to wait for a neutral country to take that position.

Serbia, as previously announced, due to the unabated pressures on our people in Kosovo and the constant violation of Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council, will very soon officially request that a session of the United Nations Security Council be held on the subject of Kosovo. The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said that it was just a matter of finding the right moment.

"Serbia has already taken several steps in gathering arguments for that session, from the request to KFOR to comply with a part of Resolution 1244 to return up to 1,000 members of the Serbian forces to Kosovo and Metohija, to an appeal to all important institutions and countries to pay attention to what is happening to the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija," he reminds.

However, as he says, the effect of this was that "Albin Kurti continued to rampage more and more and to brutalize the Serbs in Kosovo".

"Now it remains for us to present everything that is happening before the UN Security Council, but it is also important that the UN Security Council chairman puts our issue on the agenda of the session so that it can be discussed. That will certainly not be done by the US, which is now presiding over the UN Security Council, or by Albania, which is following it, but it is possible that it will happen when Brazil takes over the mandate sometime in October because that country does not recognize Kosovo," Dedjanski believes.

The goal, he adds, is to achieve something for us with that session, but even if nothing happens, at least we will alarm the international community and point out that the right to life of the Serbs in Kosovo is being violated.

"Basically, that's the most important thing. This is an opportunity for us to state the facts and to remind of the respect for international law and Resolution 1244. Whether we, as Serbia, whose territory is threatened, will submit a request for that session or someone else on our behalf is less important than whether the session should also be held so that the real truth is heard about what is happening to the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the fact that Serbia is a part of the solution and not the opposite," he said.

Dedjanski also reminds that Resolution 1244 is generally binding for all UN members, including those that are members of the EU and NATO.

By the way, according to the order of the presidency in the UN Security Council, in October, Brazil will take over that position from Albania, after which it is China's turn in November, and then Ecuador in December, and these are all the countries that do not recognize Kosovo.

The procedure is such that an item on the agenda is proposed by the chairman of the UN Security Council, which must be supported by nine "yes" votes from a total of 15 members, and the right of veto does not exist. In addition to the five permanent members of the Security Council - the USA, Great Britain, France, China, and Russia, the other ten currently non-permanent are Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

Of the current composition of the UN Security Council, nine countries have recognized Kosovo (USA, Great Britain, France, Albania, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, and the UAE). Ghana withdrew its recognition in 2019, and Kosovo is not recognized by five more members of the UN Security Council - Russia, China, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mozambique.