Dacic: All principles on which peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina rests violated by proposing UN resolution

He said that in the UN (General Assembly) resolutions are passed by a two-thirds majority or a simple majority and added that decisions on important issues are adopted by two-thirds

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic says that by proposing a resolution on Srebrenica with the support of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Dayton Agreement, the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and all the principles on which peace rests in that country have been violated, considering that the Serb Republic (RS, Serb entity in BiH) not only did not participate in that, but was not even consulted.

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"On April 17, a resolution submitted by Germany and Rwanda with the support of the missions of 15 other countries, will be presented at the UN, including BiH, which has false legitimacy given that the Serb part was not only not asked, it was not even consulted on this issue," Dacic told RTS.

Dacic stressed that the Serb Republic did not participate in proposing the resolution and that the Dayton Agreement, the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and all the principles on which peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina rests are violated.

"This shows that Muslims (in BiH) do not want peace, that they do not want Serbs as their neighbors, because how you will live with someone you label as genocidal," Dacic said.

He added that in the UN (General Assembly) resolutions are passed by a two-thirds majority or a simple majority and that decisions on important issues are adopted by two-thirds.

"It is obvious that through certain manipulations, by not placing this topic on the agenda concerning international peace and security, but culture of peace, i.e. memory, it was first moved from the Security Council, which is completely illegal because the General Assembly cannot deal with a topic that has already been dealt with by the Security Council," Dacic pointed out and added that this would be possible only if proposed by the Security Council.

When it comes a simple majority vote, Dacic explained that in that case only votes "for" and "against" are counted, while "abstentions" and those who do not vote are not.

"It certainly suits us better for us to have a two-thirds majority vote, because they need to secure a larger number of votes. We will, of course, fight to the end," said Dacic.

Dacic recalled that recently the UN Security Council refused to discuss the 25th anniversary of the start of the NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, i.e. Serbia.

"The argument at the time was, 'well let's not deal with topics from the past'. And this (Srebrenica) happened even before all that. It happened in 1995," Dacic stressed.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)