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Serbia’s Request to the ICJ Turned Resolution 1244 into a Closed Chapter and Kosovo’s Independence into an Internationally Recognized Reality

10 June, 2025
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Author: Dr. Gurakuç Kuçi – Senior Researcher at Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS” and professor

On June 10, 1999, following NATO’s humanitarian intervention to halt the genocide and ethnic cleansing against Kosovo Albanians, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1244. This resolution laid the foundation for a temporary international administration in Kosovo, led by UNMIK, ensured the presence of international security forces (KFOR), and mandated the withdrawal of Serbian military, police, and paramilitary forces from Kosovo.

Resolution 1244 established a provisional political and legal framework to facilitate a negotiating process regarding Kosovo’s final status. This international process, which involved the efforts of the UN, EU, and the United States, culminated in Kosovo’s declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, by its elected representatives.

In an attempt to challenge this historic and legitimate development, Serbia requested that the UN General Assembly refer the matter to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with the following question:

“Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?”

On July 22, 2010, the ICJ issued a clear and authoritative opinion, stating:

“The declaration of independence of 17 February 2008 did not violate general international law, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999), or the Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government in Kosovo.”

This was a definitive legal response—initiated by Serbia itself—which fully legitimized Kosovo’s declaration of independence.

Unfortunately, neither the genocide committed in Kosovo nor the opinion of the highest international legal authority was sufficient for Serbia to abandon its entrenched aggressive and hegemonic mindset. The hypocrisy of Belgrade lies in the fact that, despite having requested the ICJ’s opinion, it now disregards it because it does not align with its national interests.

The question arises: What if the ICJ opinion had favored Serbia? Judging by past practices, it is reasonable to believe that Serbian authorities would have sought to use such an opinion as precedent to justify interventions—potentially even military ones—thus endangering regional and broader stability.

In essence, the ICJ confirmed that Resolution 1244 had fulfilled its purpose, paving the way for a new political and legal process that led to Kosovo’s independence. Today, this resolution has been absorbed into the constitutional order of the Republic of Kosovo, just as the presence of KFOR operates in accordance with its mandate and at the request of Kosovo’s institutions.

Since the publication of the ICJ’s opinion, Serbia has pursued a continuous strategy to undermine it, seeking to reframe the international discourse around selective interpretations of Resolution 1244. In December 2022, Serbia submitted an official request to KFOR for the return of its troops to Kosovo, claiming justification based on provisions of the resolution.

The international community responded clearly and unequivocally:

  • Ned Price, then spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, declared:

“We do not support a return of Serbian forces to Kosovo. Such a move would mark a significant escalation and undermine regional stability.”

  • KFOR, on January 8, 2023, through its Commander Major General Angelo Michele Ristuccia, confirmed:

“Serbia’s request was received but denied, as KFOR did not consider it necessary.”

  • NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu also stated unequivocally:

“There is no need for the return of Serbian troops to Kosovo. KFOR remains the only legal security framework in Kosovo.”

Following these rejections, Belgrade turned to the use of force—culminating in the terrorist act of September 24, 2023, in Banjska—with the intent to incite internal destabilization and provoke a situation that could justify international intervention and de facto partition of northern Kosovo, echoing the known “sanitary cordon” separation scheme from 1999.

After this scenario failed, Serbia escalated its aggression through hybrid warfare: disinformation, instrumentalization of the Serbian Orthodox Church, infiltration into illegal structures, and diplomatic pressure to revive outdated interpretations of Resolution 1244.

In July 2024, Derek Chollet, former Senior Advisor to the U.S. State Department, responded to this campaign by stating clearly:

“1244 set up a political process to discuss Kosovo’s future. And that process ran, and resulted in Kosovo’s independence.”

This position is indisputable and draws a clear line between international law and Serbia’s manipulative narrative.

To this day, Serbia refuses to take responsibility for the genocidal acts committed by the Milošević regime and continues to pursue a political path at odds with Euro-Atlantic values, international legality, and regional peace. It is important to recall that Serbia’s current president, Aleksandar Vucic, was part of the Milošević government—a political continuity that demonstrates Serbia has never truly broken with the mentality of the 1990s.

Today marks a day when we will once again witness thousands of Serbian lamentations and selective, unilateral interpretations of Resolution 1244. So many lies—echoing the infamous words of Dobrica Cosic, who once said that lying is a form of Serbian patriotism.

/Argumentum.al

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