Vucic: By Defending Its Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity, Serbia Defends U.N. Foundation

Alaksandar Vucic (FOTOBETA/MILAN OBRADOVIC)

Addressing a U.N. General Assembly session, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that by defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Serbia had been   defending the U.N. foundation.  

“By defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity and honoring Resolution 1244, Serbia also defends international law, the U.N. Charter, and finally the U.N. Security Council’s authority,” Vucic said in the evening on Sept. 21, addressing the high-level U.N. General Assembly video conference, marking the 75th anniversary of the world’s largest intergovernmental organization.

Vucic stressed that the U.N. Charter should be “the Constitution” of the modern international community and a set of the fundamental principles defining international relations and processes in the international community.

“Unfortunately, at the end of the 20th century, we in Serbia experienced unilateral measures and actions that undermined and questioned the efficiency of multilateralism and mechanisms of international cooperation, and also international law itself. Interim institutions in Pristina have declared independence with an unilateral act and violated U.S. Resolution 1244, thereby seriously undermining the security of Serbia and the entire region,” Vucic stressed.

The online conference was organized ahead of a meeting of the world leaders, which commences on Sept. 22 without physical presence of presidents and prime ministers of the U.N. member states.