Washington Waking Up
Washington Institute: Ahtisaari’s Proposal Illegal
WASHINGTON, U.S.A, Feb. 16, 2007 (Tanjug) — Each provision in the UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari’s proposal for Serbian Kosovo-Metohija province that implies independence represents a violation of the basic principles of the UN Charter, President of the Washington Institute on Religion and Public Policy Joseph Grieboski has assessed.
In an interview for the Voice of America Radio, while commenting on Ahtisaari’s proposal for Kosovo province status settlement, Grieboski said that he has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in order to express concern regarding the concept of independence which permeates this document, but also to remind the UN Secretary General of the importance of the principles of UN Charter.
Violating the UN Charter by granting independence to the southern Serbian province would represent a problem not only for the security of Europe and the world, but also for all sovereign countries which have minority communities, the president of the Washington-based institute said.
Cartoon by Cristobal Reinoso (Argentina)