Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic said today at the 46th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council that protection and promotion of human rights is one of the most important obligations of states and the entire international community.
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Great importance of protection of human rights for peace, stability in world
Belgrade,
23 February 2021
Selakovic, who addressed the participants of this gathering via video link, pointed out that the cooperation of states, civil society and international organisations in that field is of priority importance for preserving peace and stability in the world.
He pointed out that Serbia pays great attention to issues of social, economic, civil and political rights at the national level, taking into account the cultural and religious diversity of its population, protecting the enjoyment of cultural heritage and religious pluralism.
Speaking about the human rights situation in the southern Serbian province, more than twenty years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, the Minister stressed that basic human rights, guaranteed by international conventions, including the right to life, integrity and dignity, in Kosovo and Metohija continue. endangered.
We consider it necessary UNMIK to continue activities in an undiminished scope and with an unchanged mandate, calling on that UNMIK must remain engaged in the field of human rights protection, which is a matter of survival in the case of the Serb population in Kosovo, Selakovic concluded.
The Minister called on the states to unite in their efforts to enable the even distribution of vaccines, in order to give everyone the opportunity to acquire immunity.
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