Tanjug DEP:SERBIA-GOVERNMENT-KOSOVO GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO NULLIFY INDEPENDENCE 14:58 BELGRADE, Feb 14 (Tanjug) - The Serbian government Thursday adopted a Decision on nullification of illegal acts on declaration of unilateral independence by provisional organs of self-government in Kosovo and Metohija.
The Serbian government submitted a Decision Proposal of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on confirmation of the Government of the Republic of Serbia Decision on nullification of illegal acts on declaration of unilateral independence by provisional organs of self-government in Kosovo and Metohija, requesting an urgent sitting of the National Assembly. Under the Serbian Government Decision, acts and activities by provisional organs of self-government in Kosovo and Metohija declaring unilateral independence are being nullified, because they violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia, which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, U.N. Charter, UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 1999 and other UN Security Council resolutions, as well as by international law in force. Those acts and activities are violent and unilateral secession of a part of the territory of the Republic of Serbia, and that is why they are null and void. Those acts and activities have no legal effect in the Republic of Serbia or in international legal system. Unilateral secession of a part of the sovereign state's territory is an act of legal violence against the Republic of Serbia and violence against the valid international law, it is said in the Decision. With this Decision, the Government of the Republic of Serbia confirms that the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija is an inalienable part of a single and inseparable constitutional, state and legal system of the Republic of Serbia based on the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and the U.N. Charter. The government also confirms that Serbs and all citizens of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija who recognize the state of Serbia are fully equal citizens of the Republic of Serbia, and have the right not to recognize illegal acts on declaration of unilateral independence. With this Decision, the Government confirms that it implements the Constitution and laws, as well as the entire legal order of the Republic of Serbia, in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. The Serbian Government requests all member states of the United Nations to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia in keeping with international law, U.N. Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244, it is said in the Decision. (end) tp/mdj
