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franklin and marshall, a humanitarian organization working in the western Balkans. Speaking from Belgrade,
franklin marshall, he said the ruling sends a message about international law.
Serbian President Boris Tadic speaks to the media after the announcement by the International Court of Justice Thursday
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But Kurt Volker,
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KURT VOLKER: "I don't think this is going to have that big an effect on either side, whether it's the states who want to maintain their territorial integrity against the aspirations of some of their own indigenous people or, for that matter, movements that want to seek their own independence and freedom."
Mr. Volker says "those desires are already going on," and will continue independent of the decision.
The judges on the International Court of Justice,
franklin et marshall, sometimes called the World Court, voted ten to four. The ruling is non-binding; it does not have legal force.
Sixty-nine countries have already recognized Kosovo. These include the United States, Japan and most of the European Union.
Serbia's main ally Russia has recognized the self-declared independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia. But Russia does not recognize Kosovo. Nor does another permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,
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In Washington, the State Department welcomed the ruling. It urged Europe to "unite behind a common future." But spokesman P.J. Crowley said it is too soon to discuss withdrawing the NATO-led international security force in Kosovo.
Kosovo was a Serbian province that became a United Nations protectorate in nineteen ninety-nine. That followed seventy-eight days of NATO bombing against Serbia. The campaign ended a two-year war between Serbia and the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo.
The advisory opinion from the court will go to the United Nations General Assembly. A debate on Kosovo is expected in September.
On Friday,
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And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What effect do you think the Kosovo ruling will have around the world? You can comment at or on Facebook and Twitter at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.相关的主题文章：
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