Proposal for Resolving the Dispute Over the
Name of the Republic of Macedonia

Dr. Igor Janev

July, 2003

The Macedonian Government should request that the following Draft Res. be placed at the next Session of the UNGA:

DRAFT RESOLUTION

The General Assembly

Considering Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 28 May, 1948, Considering the General Assembly Resolution 197/III of 8 December, 1948,

Taking note that a difference in legal interpretation of the Charter of the United Nations has arisen between "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and the United Nations over the legality of conditions for admission of that state to membership of the United Nations, and consequently over the legality of its current status in the Organization,

Considering Article 96 of the Charter of the United Nations,

For the purposes to determine whether additional requirements were imposed in the procedure of admitting "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" to the membership of the United Nations, out of the scope of the exhaustive conditions of Article 4(1) of the Charter of the United Nations and to determine further course of action,

Decides to submit the following legal question to the International Court of Justice:

Is the Resolution 47/225 (1993) of the General Assembly, in its part relating to denomination "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", with requirement for settlement of the "difference that has arisen over the name of the State" legally in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations? (Particularly, is the Resolution 817 (1993) of the Security Council, in its parts relating to denomination "the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", with requirement for settlement of the "difference that has arisen over the name of the State" legally in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations?).

*Dr. Igor Janev,
Former Special Advisor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Macedonia