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Kosovo. 267 Unfortunately, she missed an opportunity to explain why Serbs in Krajina
(part of Croatia where Serbs were in majority until ethnic cleansing of 1995) did not have
the same right as the one that she is giving to Albanians. However, this is something that
was expected from Croatia, especially when one knows that by giving right to southern
Serbian province to separate they are giving the same right to Serbian northern province
(Vojvodina), which was already occupied by Croatia (WWII when Vojvodina along with
Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of German made independent Croatia).
The USA asked ICJ to leave Kosovo‘s declaration of independence intact either
by refusal to make a statement about that, or by finding that the international law does not
forbid declaration of independence. The USA envoy also asked the ICJ not to look at
Kosovo‘s case as a part of bigger story, but rather as a unique case. He added that there is
not any kind of contradiction between peacefully declared independence and international
law, including the Resolution 1244. Envoy also explained that by doing this Kosovo did
not break principle of territorial integrity because that is obligatory only for states, but not
for inner entities. He also said that declaration of independence of Kosovo is final stage
of death of the SFRY, with note that initially Serbia did not recognize Slovenia and
Croatia, but later on that happened. 268 Again, it is not hard to find biases in the statement
of country that supports independence of Kosovo. First, who is going to explain to other
regions in the world that seeks independence why they can not be a ‗unique case‘ as
well? Also, the US envoy compared Slovenia and Croatia, which were republics that
267 B92 Online, ―Nastavak Rasprave o Kosovu u Hagu,‖ December 7, 2009,
http://www.blic.rs/politika.php?id=123905
268 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
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