Serbian President Boris Tadic on Sunday urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to order the chief of the UN mission in Kosovo to annul the province's unilateral declaration of independence and to dissolve its interim parliament.
"I call upon you to ensure that your Special Representative in Kosovo exercises his powers and responsibilities by immediately declaring this illegal act null and void," Tadic wrote in a letter to the UN chief.
"I also expect him to act pursuant to the Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government in Kosovo and dissolve the Assembly of Kosovo, since its 'declaration of independence' is not in conformity with Security Council Resolution 1244," the official Tanjug news agency quoted the letter as saying.
Meanwhile, Tadic requested that the Security Council itself declare Kosovo independence invalid.
"We insist that the Security Council fully protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia, as is called for in the UN Charter," the letter said, urging "the Security Council to take urgent and effective action to ensure that all provisions of Resolution 1244 are fully respected."
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci declared the independence of Kosovo at an extraordinary session of parliament around 3:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Sunday. Serbia annulled the declaration of independence shortly afterwards.
Kosovo was a southern autonomous province within Serbia before the breakup of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Among its population of 2 million, over 90 percent are ethnic Albanians and Serbs make up about 7 percent.
Kosovo has been under UN administration since mid-1999, after NATO air-strikes drove out Serbian forces from the province. |
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