Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Marian Houk
It’s probably fair to say that fewer states have recognized Kosovo today, a day after its Declaration of Independence, than had been expected or hoped. Many are probably holding off until the results of an open UN Security Council meeting that is to start today.
Today, Nick Burns took questions from journalists in various parts of [...]
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Filed under: Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Russia, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Marian Houk
In a long and tantalizingly-titled article (”Superpower Divide over Kosovo Widens“), the Associated Press is reporting that China is angry with Taiwan’s announcment that it recognizes Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence.
Did Taiwan receive one of the 192 letters that the Kosovar leadership sent out yesterday asking for recognition?
(And if not, why did Taiwan feel obliged to [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Marian Houk
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told journalists at a pre-holiday press conference in Washington on Friday 21 December that “the fact is that Kosovo and Serbia are never going to be a part of the same state again. I think that’s quite clear.”
What could be clearer?
After months and years of following a talks-based process, [...]
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Filed under: Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo
Posted on December 11th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Speculation is rife. Kosovans will wait until elections in Serbia, so as not to help elect extreme Serbian nationalists. Kosovo’s aspirations for independence will aggravate Russia’s relations with the Europeans. And on and on…
Here is one comment from Belgrade, sent to an email list today:
“Kosovo Albanians … support [only] independence, while Serbia’s [...]
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Filed under: Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, UN Peacekeeping, United Nations
Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Reuters is reporting that “Families of Srebrenica massacre victims have cleared a legal hurdle in their lawsuit against the Dutch state and the United Nations, which they argue allowed the killing of thousands of Muslims, their lawyers said. A court in the Hague ruled the case could proceed, dismissing pleas by public prosecutors that [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN Spokesperson told journalists at UNHQ/NY on Friday that “The Security Council extended the terms of the current prosecutors for the two international tribunals in back-to-back formal meetings today. By a unanimous vote, the Council extended Hassan Jallow’s term as Prosecutor for the Rwanda Tribunal by four years. Carla Del Ponte, the [...]
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Filed under: Former Yugoslavia, International Tribunals, Kofi Annan, Rwanda, UN Security Council
Posted on May 12th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The Washington Post’s Colum Lynch reports from UNHQ/NY that “The resolution, which stops short of explicitly endorsing Ahtisaari’s call, transfers authority for Kosovo from the United Nations to the European Union, protected by NATO forces, as part of a phased transition to autonomy. U.S. and European officials say that continued negotiations between Serbia and [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2007 by Marian Houk
Why is genocide so difficult to prosecute? Or, why is it so seldom prosecuted — despite intense media coverage of how various conflicts have descended into what many people clearly perceive as genocide?
The Christian Science Monitor carried an interesting piece yesterday written by Robert Marquand on the difficulties — and the reluctance — to [...]
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Filed under: Former Yugoslavia, Sudan - Darfur
Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The presidency of the UN Security Council rotates by alphabetical order monthly. The USA’s new Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, will preside over the UN SC in May.
The UK served as SC President in April — and took the 15 Council members on a trip to Kosovo that ended on Sunday. [...]
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Filed under: Former Yugoslavia, UN Security Council
Posted on March 10th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The last round of talks between the parties on Kosovo was held in Vienna on Saturday, and U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari said that the negotiations ended in deadlock, according to the Associated Press: “I regret to say that at the end of the day, there was no will on the part of the parties to [...]
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