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Jeremi? candidate for UN GA president [Jan 24, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi? is a candidate for president of the United Nations General Assembly, a Belgrade daily writes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Albania Criticizes Serbia over Actions in Northern Kosovo [Sep 29, 2011] Albania has told the United Nations that it would like to develop and consolidate its relations with Serbia, but it also criticized Belgrade for maintaining control of three ethnic Serbian areas in northern Kosovo. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tribunal Convicts Momcilo Perisic, Serbian Ex-Chief of Staff [Sep 07, 2011] A United Nations tribunal in The Hague convicted Momcilo Perisic of crimes against humanity and war crimes for attacks on civilians during the 1990s. [via YahooNews] More >>

Security Council reviews row between Kosovo, Serbia [Aug 30, 2011] UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Russia is circulating a draft resolution at the U.N. Security Council condemning Kosovo, a move Western members said they would resist. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia recognizes South Sudan [Aug 19, 2011] BELGRADE -- The Serbian government on Thursday in Belgrade decided to recognize the Republic of South Sudan. The new country declared independence in July 9, and on July 14 joined the United Nations as the world organization's 193th member. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia wants U.N. to honor Tesla birthday [Jul 11, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, July 11 (UPI) -- Serbia says it will ask the United Nations to declare the birth date of scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla as International Science Day. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian court rejects Mladic extradition appeal, paving way for handover [May 31, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia - Judges have rejected an appeal by war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic seeking to stop his extradition to a United Nations' tribunal in The Hague, Serbia's chief war crimes prosecutor said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia urges new Kosovo organ trafficking probe [Feb 17, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS Serbia is calling for the U.N. Security Council to authorize an international criminal investigation into allegations that Kosovo rebels including Prime Minister Hashim Thaci trafficked in human organs before, during and after Kosovo's 1999 war for secession. Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told the council on Wednesday that a ... [via YahooNews] More >>