[OSM-talk] Komuna e Malishevs, Serbia ?

[Mike]

On 02.04.12. 16:58, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
 > Am 2. April 2012 16:44 schrieb Mike<mike.cuttlers at gmail.com>:
 >>> I did not pretend they did, but I like to point out that them 
being>  part
 >>> of Serbia is also disputed. It is clear that there is no clear> 
status for
 >>> them at the moment, and I support that this uncertainty is>  also 
somehow
 >>> reflected in our map.
 >>
 >> Have I said it differently? I just pointed out that it should not be 
allowed
 >> that someone proclaims status different that what it really is.
 >
 >
 > actually you wrote that the status is clearly Serbian, which it isn't.

I said that status should be according to international law, and by 
international law, status stays until changed. Kosovo i Metohija by 
international law is part of Serbia until it is decided otherwise.

 > This is
 > clearly an intermediate situation, not a final stable situation, but
 > declaring Kosovo as ordinary part of Serbia would be ignoring the
 > facts.

And declaring that Kosovo i Metohija is independent is not ignoring the 
facts? That is what is going on on OSM map: someone decided to declare 
independence as fact and acts accordingly.

As I said, Kosovo and Metohija may be considered independent only after 
it is officially recognized as such by international agreements. That 
did not happen, and surely will not happen soon due to current political 
environment. So, it is VERY wrong to treat it independent on OSM map, as 
it would be wrong in any other similar case.




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