Serbia has proposed a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly that calls on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make a ruling on Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, Serbian President Boris Tadic said Tuesday.
Speaking at the opening session of the 192-member body's annual debate, Tadic said the text of the draft resolution refrains from taking political positions on Kosovo's independence.
Instead, it asks the ICJ to render an advisory opinion on whether the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo is in accordance with international law, he said.
While the ICJ considers the Kosovo issue, Serbia will remain its cooperation with the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), he said.
"The functionality of a reconfigured international civilian presence under the overall authority of the United Nations, as defined by resolution 1244, is of great importance to my country," he said.
"It must remain status-neutral, and therefore cannot be based on the so-called Ahtisaari Proposal, which was rejected by Serbia and not approved by the Security Council," he said.
Tadic added that the European Union's presence in Kosovo has to be approved by the Security Council.
Kosovo, which is dominated by ethnic Albanians, unilaterally declared independence from Serbia with Western backing on Feb. 17,nine years after the administration of the UNMIK since 1999. It has since won recognition from 43 countries, including the United States and most EU countries.
However, Serbia and some 120,000 Kosovo Serbs rejected Kosovo's independence as illegal under international law.
Source:Xinhua
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