U.S. Department of State
Press Statement
June 9, 2005
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC

Certification of Serbia and Montenegro

The Secretary of State has determined and certified that Serbia and Montenegro has met the criteria of Section 563 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005.

This decision, announced by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns today in Belgrade, will release $10 million in assistance that was suspended in January of this year, consistent with Secretary Powell's finding in March 2004 that Serbia and Montenegro was not cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Since January, Serbia and Montenegro has taken major steps to comply with the criteria of Section 563, including transferring twelve ICTY indictees to The Hague.

We welcome the recent actions by Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia to improve cooperation with the Tribunal. The Secretary's decision does not indicate that Serbia and Montenegro has fully met its obligation to arrest and transfer all indictees to the Tribunal. During his trip to the region, Under Secretary Burns made clear that we expect all leaders in the region to arrest and transfer to the ICTY in The Hague all the remaining indictees still at large, particularly Radovan Karadizic, Ratko Mladic, and Ante Gotovina. This is especially important as we mark this year the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Dayton peace accords, and on July 11 the tenth anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, Europe's most brutal war crime since World War II.

Stejt Dipartment
Saopštenje za štampu
9. jun 2005. godine
Šin Mekormak, portparol
Vašington

Sertifikacija Srbije i Crne Gore

Državni Sekretar je potvrdio i sertifikovao da je Srbija i Crna Gora ispunila kriterijume Sekcije 563 Inostranih aktivnosti, Finansija eksporta i pripadajućih programskih akata iz 2005. godine.

Odluka da se odobri pomoć od 10 miliona dolara koja je suspendovana u januaru ove godine a koju je državni podsekretar za politička pitanja Nikolas Berns najavio u Beogradu, konzistentna je sa zaključkom sekretara Pauela iz marta 2004. godine da Srbija i Crna Gora ne sarađuje sa Međunarodnim krivičnim sudom za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ). Od januara, Srbija i Crna Gora je preduzela značajne korake u ispunjavanju kriterijuma Sekcije 563, uključujući transfer 12 osumnjičenih lica u Hag.

Mi pozdravljamo nedavne akcije Srbije i Crne Gore i Republike Srbije u cilju poboljšanja saradnje sa Tribunalom. Odluka Sekretara nije pokazatelj da je Srbija i Crna Gora u potpunosti ispunila svoje obaveze da uhapsi i izruči sve optužene osobe Tribunalu. Tokom posete regionu, podsekretar Berns jasno je pokazao da očekujemo da svi lideri regiona uhapse i prebace preostale osumnjičene u Hag, prvenstveno Radovana Karadžića, Ratka Mladića i Ante Gotovinu. Ovo je naročito važno imajući u vidu da ove godine obeležavamo destogodišnjicu potpisivanja Dejtonskog mirovnog sporazuma, kao i da 11. jula obeležavamo desetogodišnjicu maskra 8000 dečaka i muškaraca muslimanske nacionalnosti u Srebrenici, najbrutalnijeg ratnog zločina na tlu Evrope od završetka Drugog svetskog rata.

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