UN General Assembly
2013

resolved among neighbours, partners and future allies, has lasted for 22 years. While being a very realistic problem for my people, this is an issue that I deeply believe is essentially hypothetical and does not have any basis in international law or in the United Nations acts. It is difficult, I would say even impossible, for someone to find a legal justification for such an objection. The fact that the overwhelming majority of countries have recognized our constitutional name — the Republic of Macedonia — with more than 135 of them being United Nations Members, clearly shows that most of countries do not believe that the dispute has a justified basis, or if it does they denounce it. I believe that this issue was a created one, a classic case of politicization and an instrument that, approximately 20 years ago, was either supposed to make someone score some political points or, by creating an atmosphere of conflict, to bring about some strategic regional shifts, as well as to slow down the spread of freedom, democracy and the