[OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 01:33:37 BST 2012


Am 2. April 2012 00:31 schrieb Mike <mike.cuttlers at gmail.com>:
> OSM should not act upon advocacy to declare as fact every wish for
> independence, especially if ground situation is that authority of the
> territory is taken by force and in recent past so that matter is not
> internationally settled. That would mean that any terrorist organization
> that gain military authority at some territory gets the right to rename all
> places and declare territory as independent country on OSM?
>
> Kosovo as you call it here is actually called Kosovo i Metohija. Status of
> that territory is quite a hot matter. It is not recognized as an country and
> by international agreements it is still part of Serbia.


There are 89 countries who recognized Kosovo (e.g. the USA, UK,
Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, ...)  and it has joined the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Serbia sought in 2008 an
advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the
legality under international law of Kosovo's declaration of
independence. The ICJ released the advisory opinion in July 2010
affirming that Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate
general principles of international law, UN Security Council
Resolution 1244, or the Constitutive Framework. The opinion was
closely tailored to Kosovo's unique history and circumstances. (from
CIA Worldfactbook,
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kv.html
 ).

cheers,
Martin



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