UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN General Assembly voted Wednesday to ask the International Court of Justice to rule on Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia in February, as Western nations argued that independence is irreversible.
The vote in the 192-nation assembly on a Serbian resolution seeking support for the referral was 77 in favor, with six against and 74 abstentions.
r of states is consistent with international law."

The UK is to end its military commitment to Kosovo at the end of the year, the Ministry of Defence confirmed yesterday.
The move, the first major announcement by newly appointed Defence Secretary John Hutton, will free up a battalion's-worth of scarce troops for possible deployment to Afghanistan.
lience of our people and our planning systems."

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) � The UN General Assembly voted Wednesday to ask the International Court of Justice to rule on Kosovo's unilateral secession from

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