Rambouillet Peace Conference - Hawaii Pacific University

Russia said (Tuesday, December 8 th 2009) that unilateral declaration of
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independence is illegal, underlining that the Resolution 1244, which confirms the Serbian
territorial integrity is still active. The Russian delegation said that it is very often heard
that the international law is not the real law, but that the real law is that one of the
stronger. They added that this is time to show that international law is the real one. 264
Spain also said that Kosovo violated international law. Spain envoy stated that
unilateral declaration of independence can not be in line with international law because it
violates principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, which are protected by
the Resolution 1244 of Security Council of UN. 265
views:
On the other side, countries that are traditionally opposed to Serbia gave their
The Bulgarian envoy said that Kosovo did not violate international law or the
Resolution 1244. He said that declaration of independence is not covered by international
law, but under domestic constitutional law. According to him, the Resolution 1244 did
not require agreement regarding the status of Kosovo. 266
Croatian envoy, Andreja Metelko Zgombic said that Kosovo was part of the
SFRY, and that because of that it had right to declare independence. She added that
Albanians in Kosovo were victims of repression of Serbian authorities, and that will of
the people of Kosovo should be the bottom line in making the final decision regarding
264 Novosti Online, ―Pravo je Iznad Moci,‖ December 8, 2009,
http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=1&status=jedna&vest=164837&title_add=Pravo%20je%20izn
ad%20mo%C4%87i&kword_add=nezavisnost%20kosova%2C%20medjunarodni%20sud%20pravde
265 Ibid
266 Blic Online, ―Brazil i Bolivija Protiv, Bugarska za Nezavisnost Kosova,‖ April 12, 2009,
http://www.blic.rs/politika.php?id=123905