Talk:United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

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[edit] wondering

I was wondering about one thing today. What do you guys/girls think will happen with 1244 resolution, once (eventually) Montenegro gets recognized? Does it make sense to say that "now Serbia takes over what is left from Former Yugoslavia and the responsibilities of that resolution"? Seems like we might have to do major updating on those parts soon, where Serbia and Montenegro is mentioned as a successor of FRY, and Kosovo a de-jure part of it. Very curious how this evolves. Not that the Montenegro's independence affects Kosovo'spath to independence, but anyways it would be welcome. Ilir pz 11:20, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't really change too much. SiM was *never* recognised as the successor to Yugoslavia, anyway (the rest of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which is now named Serbia and Montenegro, had to apply for UN membership again instead of simply taking the communist Yugoslavia's place), so they'll simply issue an errata stating that Kosovo is legally part of Serbia after the split and until it becomes independent, and that will be it. —Nightstallion (?) 20:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Wrong. FRY (referred to in 1244) was never recognised as successor to SFRY. SiM is clearly recognised as FRY successor (it is the same state, just a different name). SFRY dissolved into Slovenia, Croatia, BiH, Macedonia and FRY. All of them have to negotiate UN membership, etc. FRY was later renamed and restructured to SiM. Also, there was a formal confirmation of your prediction (maybe inside the 1244, or in some other protocol) - in case of FRY/SiM dissolution into its 2 parts (Serbia, Montenegro) Kosovo sovereignity will be passed to Serbia (as you say - this is the obvious thing to do), until the issue with its final status is resolved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.36.8.100 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 24 May 2006 UTC)
That's what I was saying. FRY is not the successor to SFRY, but SiM is equal to FRY and Serbia is the successor to SiM. —Nightstallion (?) 10:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 :)) i was being more ironic, Nightstallion. Anyways things will be much clearer in a couple of months. Maybe there will be no need for errata to be stated in any (then) old UN resolution. Ilir pz 23:38, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm pretty sure the result will be that SiM becomes three states – Serbia, Montenegro and Kosova. —Nightstallion (?) 11:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Again, SiM can become only 2 states: Serbia, Montenegro. Additionaly Serbia can become 2 states: Serbia, Kosovo. But this cascade is important and legaly more correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.36.8.100 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 24 May 2006 UTC)
shrugs Technicalities. ;) —Nightstallion (?) 10:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Another wondering

"Reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e., Kosovo was to remain part of the FRY, to which Serbia is now the recognized successor state) and the other States of the region, as set out in the Helsinki Final Act and annex 2 of UNSCR 1244 (an annex that envisions, inter alia, a Kosovo status process)" -I was wondering something: Kosovo has declared it's independence, and many of the UN countries have recognized it and actually affirmed dis integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's recognized successor state - Serbia. Does that mean that Resolution 1244 is ignored? Something doesn't fit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.105.29.133 (talk) 14:24, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1244 Resolution Provides Basis for Kosovo Independence

Serbia and anti-Western countries claim that because UN SCR 1244 refers to the “territorial integrity” of Yugoslavia, Kosovo cannot declare independence without a new security council resolution. However, because UN 1244 Resolution's reference to “territorial integrity” is mentioned in the preamble and is thus not legally binding, and because nothing else in UN SCR 1244 says Kosovo can’t declare independence, Kosovo can declare independence without a new security council resolution. Thust far, Resolution 1244 has never prevented Kosovo from becoming internationally supervised country with limited independence. Therefore, Republic of Kosovo is not part of Serbia and will never be part of Serbia. 24.82.181.243 (talk) 05:28, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

What are you talking about? Not legally binding? Let me remind you that UN resolutions are more than just legally binding. They're the law! UN resolution 1244 says, "Reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e., Kosovo remains part of the FRY, to which Serbia is now the recognized successor state) and the other States of the region, as set out in the Helsinki Final Act and annex 2 of UNSCR 1244 (an annex that envisions, inter alia, a Kosovo status process);" Trying to find a loop in the reasoning is insane. Your argument goes directly against this, and as such goes directly against the law. Something we all have to follow. The simple fact is, the independence of Kosovo has broken UN resolution, and more importantly the law. Nice try, though.