thoughts?
It’s really sad to see the Serbs assent to the division of their own country.
I think the big question is what will become of the Nation State since a nation can be dismantled by a more powerful group of nations at any point in time? What legal and moral right does NATO have in building nations?
NATO has certainly demonstrated that the Nation State is a obsolete concept for those who do not fall in line with their interests. Rules only apply to the governed even though the governed never consented to being governed. This is imperialism.
They are trying to dilute national identities in Europe because they are telling us that nationalism is the cause of war, but they fail to realize that Islam is not a nation. In fact, Islam sees this as an opportunity. I suppose then religion will be next.
Yet, it's NATO that was fanning nationalistic flames to break up the Russian sphere of influence. They needed nationalism to create distinctions between a Russian and the Georgian just as they needed it to create distinctions between the Kosovar and the Serb. The result? Pure hatred for generations to come. Better off? No, but the empire has certain expanded.
However, some EU members will find themselves fighting to preserve their own national identity and self determination when they find out they fought a war just to hand over their sovereignty and self determination to some pin head in Brussels.
I think it is a proposal to organize serbian enclaves and northern part of Kosovo with serbian majority in the way that is close to status of Republika Srpska in Bosnian Federation.
Novosti Publishes Proposed Deal Between Serbia, UNMIK
BELGRADE, March 24, 2008 (BETA) - The March 24 issue of the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti reported on a proposed agreement on the joint implementation of U.N. Resolution 1244 between UNMIK and Serbia, which Serbian Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Slobodan Samardzic presented to the international mission.
The title of the document reads “Agreement Between UNMIK and the Republic of Serbia for the Joint Implementation of Resolution 1244 of the U.N. Security Council After the Illegal Proclamation of Independence by the Interim Institutions of Kosovo,” the report said.
The proposed agreement was drafted in cooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, and represents a part of the action plan adopted by the government of Serbia, the daily reported.
The proposal confirms the validity of Resolution 1244, which can be enforced through cooperation between Serbia and UNMIK, and commitment to previous agreements between UNMIK and Serbia and UNMIK and the former Yugoslavia.
According to the document, the office formed by the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija is to be recognized as the successor to the Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija. The goal of the office would be to facilitate the implementation of the program for development in Kosovo and for cooperation with UNMIK and KFOR.
“UNMIK and Serbia concur that they should intensify cooperation in the areas of police, the justice system, customs, transport, controlling the administrative line between Serbia and Kosovo, and religious, historical and cultural heritage,” Novosti said quoting the proposal.
According to the document, Serb police officers in Kosovo would report to local Serb authorities and be under the command of the UNMIK police.
Kosovo Serbs would be entitled to “resolve their own judicial issues, while international UNMIK judges are responsible for cases involving members of different ethnic communities.”
Serbia and UNMIK would commit to contribute to the development of free trade between Kosovo and Serbia proper, while no other trade barriers would be imposed.
“Should any third party establish any trade barriers, the Kosovo Serbs have the right to establish their own customs authority,” the proposal reads.
“When it comes to religious, historical and cultural heritage, monitoring of policy implementation will be performed through cooperation between UNMIK and Serbia, and these forces established in the shortest possible time, with the aim of becoming operational by May 2008,” Vecernje Novosti said.
Samardzic submitted the document to UNMIK on March 16. The coalition partners of his party, the Democratic Party of Serbia, have stated that they had not had access to the document.
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