The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia gives cultural and territorial autonomy to
Vojvodina, Kosovo and Metohija, but without the attributes of statehood (articles 108-112).
They are authorized to deal with the questions of economic development, finance, culture,
education, information, use of languages, medical care, welfare, etc. The Statute is the
supreme legal act of an autonomous province, and its organs are the Assembly, the Executive
Council (government) and the administrative bodies. The members of the national minorities,
according to the Copenhagen document of the OSCE, have the obligation of loyalty towards
the state whose citizens they are.
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