Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has conferred in New York with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Serbia's further steps in its initiative for an independent investigation into the illegal trade in human organs in Kosovo after the Thursday session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Tanjug learned from Serbia's delegation which took part in the UNSC session on Kosovo that Jeremic expressed gratitude to Ban for his support to an independent probe, and pointed to the importance of continuation of the world organization's policy on Kosovo, meaning that Pristina is allowed to take part in international and regional conferences only in keeping with UNSC Resolution 1244 i.e. under the UN auspices.

Jeremic also underscored that Serbia's role in various UN programs will in future be more prominent.

At the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul on May 10, Jeremic expressed Serbia's readiness to intensify its role in the UN and offer its knowledge and experience in the programs on underdeveloped countries.

In the talks with Jeremic, Ban Ki-moon reiterated the stands he expressed in the letter which he submitted to the UNSC on May 3 along with Serbia's initiative for an investigation into the allegations contained in the report by the Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty.

In the letter, Ban expressed support to a thorough, independent and unbiased investigation, and UNMIK's readiness to cooperate in such a probe.

At the session held on May 12, the UNSC members supported the efforts to find the truth about illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo, but remained divided about who should conduct the investigation.

Russia, China, India, Gabon, Nigeria, and Brazil supported Serbia's initiative for forming a special investigative body under the UN auspices to deal with allegations about organ trafficking presented in the report by CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty.

The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France expressed the view that the investigation should be carried out by the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX).