ABOUT THE DILEMMA OF POLITICAL OR LEGAL APPROACH TO THE DISPUTE.

In September 1991, the Republic of Macedonia gained its independence over one part of its ethnical territory and for only one part of the Macedonian nation. According to this, RM paved its way to international recognition that was finalized by admission to membership in the United Nations under the provisional name "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" that does not correlate to its national name and is in discrepancy with the requirements stipulated by the general international law and the UN legislation. In this context, the relevance of this name issue does not end up by pushing the limitations of the authorizations by the key bodies of the UN (The General Assembly and the Security Council) at the admission of Republic of Macedonia (hereinafter referred to as RM) into UN, since this topic is specifically relevant in conditions where the name issue is still ongoing. Considering the national atmosphere, there is obvious separation over the approach how to resolve the name dispute. One part in RM believes that the solution should be sought through the political approach while the other part has opposite view and represents the idea for legal approach by application of the international law. Thereof, the question that I would like to raise herein, is what approach is necessary for RM in reference to the name dispute. Rather, I would like to present the idea of whether the moment is the right one for RM to make radical overturn in its policy and to transfer the name dispute to legal ground where it actually belongs. Moreover, the correct formulation of the approach to the name dispute is actually understanding of the manner of protection of the Macedonian national interests. Therefore, the future of the name dispute largely depends on the attitude of Republic of Macedonia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]