[OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

[Mike]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer 
<dieterdreist at gmail.com <mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com>> wrote:

    Am 2. April 2012 00:31 schrieb Mike <mike.cuttlers at gmail.com
    <mailto: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
    <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kv.html>
      ).



Nice, but you failed to mention that Kosovo i Metohija still did not get 
status of independent state. I understand that you like it to be 
independent and you support them in such manner, but it will not be 
independent until it is officially recognized as such.

Using CIA as source is not serious. Kosova i Metohija is in this messy 
status exactly because of US politics. Yes, Us does not hid that it 
fully support independence od Kosovo i Metohija and it is not strange 
that US administration will do whatever is in its power to make 
impression that it is a fact.

After all, have you noticed that even CIA shows map of Kosovo i Metohija 
where Serbian language is used and not ignored or hidden as it is case 
with OSM map of Kosovo i Metohija?


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