Hello everybody

Dear friends,

My name is Andrea Colak and I am coming from Belgrade, Serbia. I am last year student at Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade and I intend to specialize in International Law and international relations.

Meanwhile I am also an active member of a very young organization called KRIO that deals with youth and sustainable development. Currently, I am involved in activities concerning project proposal writing.

Serbia has been passing through many difficulties in the last two decades. The 90s were very difficult period for my country, starting from disintegration of Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia,which resulted with conflicts in Balkan region, through UN sanctions and bombing in 1999.

In 2001, Serbia started process of democratization. It has made a progress, but unfortunately, not enough. In addition, we are still bearing pressure from our, not so far, past.

One of the biggest Serbia’s issues is resolving the status of Kosovo. In 2008, the Assembly of Kosovo declared Kosovo's independence. It provoced negative reactions in Serbia and political conflicts, but also attracted a lot of world’s attention. I think it is important to share information as much as possible and to try to observe conflicts from other perspective than ours. It is also important to learn from our mistakes,and to learn how to be committed to peace. If we are committed to peace we need to be committed to applying the same principles in our own lives and in our own communities that we are asking others to adhere to at this time. Principles of respect, understanding, non-violence and peacekeeping are crucial and we need to do everything that is in our power to ensure those.

Im looking forward to work with YAC team.

Best wishesh and regards,

Andrea