UN General Assembly
1992

consequences of regional insecurity. Moreover, my country, situated as it is beside that region, is living under the constant threat and real danger of a 34 spill-over of the conflict into Kosovo. That threat is even greater if we take into account the continuing repression of the third group of peoples of the former Yugoslavia, the anti-constitutional amendments there, the laws governing special circumstances, and the complete and total paralysis of institutional life. The danger becomes alarming if we take into account the cruel refusal by the Belgrade authorities to allow the exercise of institutional power by the Albanians of Kosovo, who are peacefully and democratically organized, in conformity with all the norms of international law. Kosovo is one of the most delicate issues of the Yugoslav crisis. The conflict there is a highly political one, a conflict deriving from the impossibility of coexistence with the occupier. It is a conflict between the peaceful exercise of the principle of self-determination and blatant hegemonistic refusal to allow that exercise. Consequently, the situation