Canadians Against Kosovo Independence
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Ottawa Protest - Say NO To Kosovo Independence!
Our voice must be heard; We respect international law and rightfully state that
Kosovo is Serbia! Global
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends,
We'd like to invite you all to come to the protest against Kosovo independence,
but also to support international law, the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the Republic of Serbia.
People here in Ottawa ask: "Why is Serbias Province of Kosovo so important to
Serbs?" Consider, first, that Kosovo is the historical heart and religious soul
of Serbia. Hundreds of Serbian Orthodox churches, monasteries, and holy sites
in Kosovo attest to this. But our full answer would have to include that what
is happening in Kosovo today is of far reaching importance for the entire world.
It is well known what the unilateral declaration of Kosovos independence, as
well as recognition of such independence, means. Since the United Nations
Charter is based of the sovereign equality of all its members and the United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 specifically guarantees the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, nobody could assume the right
to violate this valid Resolution by embarking upon the adventure of recognizing
such a unilateral independence, pretending that the Security Council resolution
is not binding upon him. Nobody has the right to position himself over and
above the Resolution 1244 and to openly violate it by recognizing unilateral
independence. Does any state really think that it has that right and that it
can, with the support of its allies, act contrary to the decisions and
resolutions of the Security Council?
The Kosovo issue is, in its essence, an issue of respect for the law. We all
see that international law and Resolution 1244 has been most directly
endangered by the open threat that there will be unilateral declaration of
independence for the Province on February 17th.
Supporters of unilateral independence keep referring to Ahtisaaris rejected
plan. The very same Ahtisaari proposal that has been put on the table and the
UN Security Council did not accept it. Is it possible that a document already
discarded by the UN Security Council can serve as a basis for violation of its
valid resolution and even the UN Charter itself?
Let us get to the point. Serbias proposal is that at this critical point the
Security Council must reject any form of unilateral independence for Kosovo and
demand that both sides, the Serbian and Albanian, commit themselves to
identifying a political and compromised solution in further negotiations.
Let us ask ourselves what could be the reason for the negotiations not
continuing. If the reason is that no agreement has been reached over the past
two years of negotiations, would that mean that all the disputes the world over
that are more than two years old should be immediately brought to an end by
means of unilateral acts?
The negotiations held to date have been overshadowed by the explicit promise to
the Kosovo Albanians that they will get an independent Kosovo. This and nothing
else is the real reason for the failure of the negotiations so far. We are
convinced that the outcome would have been different had it not been for such a
promise. We are equally certain that if such promises are not made in the
future, the new negotiations will bear fruit and lead in a fairly short while
to a compromise.
Once again, everybody can count on Serbias full willingness to take part,
constructively and responsibly, in the new negotiations so that a functional
substantive autonomy could be secured in accordance with Resolution 1244, which
would guarantee the Kosovo Albanians, in every respect, the most favoured
national minority status existing in the world today.
Substantive autonomy has, in various models applied worldwide, proved to be a
functional, sustainable and effective arrangement. What is most important is
that substantive autonomy is an arrangement that is in tune with international
law, which is precisely why it is today a universal pathway for reaching a
compromise in all the disputes similar to the Kosovo dispute. If Italy had
managed to resolve the issue of Southern Tyrol this way, Denmark the issue of
Greenland, China the issues of Hong Kong and Macao, Finland - the issue of
Oland Islands, there is no rational reason why Serbia could not resolve the
issue of Kosovo in the same or similar manner.
Based on everything that has been said so far, we hold that Serbia has full
justification and sufficient arguments on its side to strongly insist on the
resumption of negotiations. We believe that the UN Security Council must not
allow Resolution 1244 to be undermined. On the contrary, for the sake of peace
and maintenance of stability, it is necessary to reaffirm the full value of
this Resolution and to open new negotiations which will secure that a
compromised solution is found.
We appeal to Canada, the UN Security Council and the world community to respect
and support Serbias stance and reject any unilateral independence of Kosovo,
because, since it is not in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244
and is therefore illegal.
Serbia will hence do everything within its power to take part, as a partner to
the Security Council, in the quest for a negotiated solution. We are confident
that Canada, as well as a large number of the UN member states committed to the
UN Charter will stand alongside Serbia and will continue to recognize it within
its present-day internationally recognized borders, thus respecting the rights
and the honour of millions of Serbs and rejecting unilateral independence of
Kosovo as an illegally created entity.
Thank you very much.
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