Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will represent Serbia at the regular session of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Kosovo.

During the session, Dacic will reflect on the report of the UN secretary general concerning UNMIK work for the period April 16-July 15 2015, and he will also voice Belgrade's assessment of the current situation in Kosovo and UNMIK actions, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released.

Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic

Pristina expects admission to UNESCO, referring to the number of member states that have recognized the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, the fact that it has already entered into many financial, cultural and international organizations, as well as the legally non-binding opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Declaration of Independence. Are these arguments sufficient versus current UN SC Resolution 1244?

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in New York that his country considers that international presence is still necessary in Kosovo, adding he urges further quarterly reporting by the UN Security Council on the situation in Kosovo.

It is very important for Serbia that the UNSC continuously monitors developments in Kosovo. We advocate keeping the institution of quarterly reporting, although some countries advocate reports twice a year, Dacic said after a UNSC session,

The U.N. envoy for Kosovo urged the government on Tuesday to move swiftly to establish a court to investigate crimes committed by ethnic Albanian rebels during the country's 1998-99 war of independence from Serbia.

Farid Zarif told the U.N. Security Council that he underlined the expectations of the international community and possible victims of crimes "that there be no delays in the steps required from Kosovo toward the establishment of the court."

The Presidency of the Assembly of Kosovo decided today that on 29 May the Assembly will vote on the constitutional amendments that enable the establishment of the special court.  The head of the Vetevendosje Parliamentary Group, Glauk Konjufca, said that the establishment of this court is very harmful for Kosovo, because, according to him, everyone knows who committed crimes in Kosovo.

Since Kosovo is not a UN member, it would be able to submit a lawsuit before International Court of Justice only upon the special recommendation of the UN Security Council. However, even if something like that would happen, the Court would declare incompetent, believe experts.

NEW YORK - Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) welcomed the announced resumption of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina scheduled to take place on February 9 and 10 in Brussels, while expressing concern over the violence that broke out during the recent protests in Kosovo.