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Kosovo: Obviously a Delicate Matter

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The United Nations administered Serbia’s Kosovo through the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since 1999. In 2005–2006, Martti Ahtisaari, mediated talks between Belgrade and Priština, to reconcile Kosovo’s Albanian majority’s desire for separation from Serbia with Belgrade’s decentralized coexistence of Serbs and Albanians. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fully supported Ahtisaari’s plan for Kosovo’s independence, insisting that Kosovo was a sui generis issue and that its resolution would not create any precedent. Kosovo’s unilateral independence in 2008 left the Security Council sharply divided over its adherence to resolution 1244, which guaranteed Serbia’s territorial sovereignty.

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    SG/SM/11649-SC/9367, 20 June 2008.

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    SC/8940, Security Council 2006 Round-up, 12 January 2007. In 1999, NATO claimed it had intended to avert a human tragedy in Kosovo , Yugoslavia . Yugoslavia claimed it had suppressed the terrorist activities of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). During the Yugoslav crackdown on the KLA 10,000 people had been killed, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 2500 people had been killed. SC/9623, 6097th Meeting (AM), 23 March 2009.

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    SC/8940, Security Council 2006 Round-up, 12 January 2007.

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    SC/8933, 5615th Meeting (AM), 8 January 2007; DPB, 8 January 2007; SC/9015, 5673rd Meeting (AM), 10 May 2007.

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    Martti Ahtisaari , Press Conference on Kosovo Status Proposal, New York, 8 February 2007.

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    DPB, 26 March 2007; SG/SM/10923, 26 March 2007.

  7. 7.

    Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom ), Press Conference by Security Council President, 4 April 2007; SC/8940, Security Council 2006 Round-up, 12 January 2007; DPB, 20 April 2007.

  8. 8.

    Johan C. Verbeke (Belgium), Press Conference on Security Council Fact-Finding Mission to Belgrade and Kosovo , 24 April 2007; SC/9013, 5672nd Meeting (PM), 2 May 2007.

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    SC/9015, 5673rd Meeting (AM), 10 May 2007.

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    SG/SM/11091, 16 July 2007; SG/SM/11111, 1 August 2007.

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    SC/9227, 5821st Meeting (PM), 16 January 2008; SG/SM/11386, 23 January 2008.

  12. 12.

    SC/9227, 5821st Meeting (PM), 16 January 2008.

  13. 13.

    SG/SM/11424, 17 February 2008.

  14. 14.

    SC/9252, 5839th Meeting (PM), 18 February 2008.

  15. 15.

    SC/9252, 5839th Meeting (PM), 18 February 2008.

  16. 16.

    DPB, 4 March 2008; SC/9366, 5917th Meeting (AM), 20 June 2008; SG/SM/11649-SC/9367, 20 June 2008.

  17. 17.

    DPB, 3 April 2008; DPB, 6 May 2008; SC/9347, 5904th Meeting (AM), 4 June 2008.

  18. 18.

    SC/9366, 5917th Meeting (AM), 20 June 2008.

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    DPB, 12 June 2008; DPB, 20 June 2008; SC/9683, 6144th Meeting (PM), 17 June 2009.

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    SC/9366, 5917th Meeting (AM), 20 June 2008.

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    SC/9407, 5944th Meeting (AM), 25 July 2008; SC/9512, 6025th Meeting (PM), 26 November 2008.

  22. 22.

    SC/9407, 5944th Meeting (AM), 25 July 2008.

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    Press conference by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić , 5 August 2008; Press conference by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić , 8 October 2008.

  24. 24.

    SC/9512, 6025th Meeting (PM), 26 November 2008.

  25. 25.

    SC/9623, 6097th Meeting (AM), 23 March 2009.

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    SC/9683, 6144th Meeting (PM), 17 June 2009; Press Conference by Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, 23 September 2009.

  27. 27.

    SC/9768, 6202nd Meeting (PM), 15 October 2009; SC/9851, 6264th Meeting (PM), 22 January 2010.

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    SG/SM/13023-ICJ/623, 22 July 2010; SC/10000, 6367th Meeting (PM), 3 August 2010. The ICJ delivered its advisory opinion on the question “Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?” See SG/SM/13023-ICJ/623, 22 July 2010.

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    SG/SM/13093-GA/10981, 13 September 2010; SC/10177, 6483rd Meeting (PM), 16 February 2011.

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    SC/10177, 6483rd Meeting (PM), 16 February 2011; SC/10250, 6534th Meeting (PM), 12 May 2011; SC/10269, 6545th Meeting (AM), 6 June 2011. For the Marty Report , see AS/Jur (2010) 46 [provisional version], 12 December 2010, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo , accessed 19 June 2018, http://www.assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2010/ajdoc462010prov.pdf.

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    SC/10371, 6604th Meeting (AM), 30 August 2011; SC/10386, 6616th Meeting (Night), 15 September 2011; SC/10462, 6670th Meeting (AM), 29 November 2011.

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    SC/10539, 6713th Meeting (AM), 8 February 2012; SC/10646, 6769th Meeting (PM), 14 May 2012; SG/SM/13999, 6 December 2011; SC/10476, 6678th Meeting (PM), 7 December 2011,

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    SC/10539, 6713th Meeting (AM), 8 February 2012; SC/10646, 6769th Meeting (PM), 14 May 2012; SC/10746, 6822nd Meeting (AM), 21 August 2012; SG/SM/13999, 6 December 2011; SC/10476, 6678th Meeting (PM), 7 December 2011; SG/T/2861, 2 August 2012; SG/T/2862, 2 August 2012.

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    SC/10954, 6939th Meeting (AM), 22 March 2013.

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    SC/11270, 7108th Meeting (PM), 10 February 2014; SG/SM/14958, 19 April 2013; SC/11033, Security Council 6979th Meeting (AM), 14 June 2013; SC/11107, 7026th Meeting (AM), 29 August 2013; SC/11181, 7064th Meeting (PM), 19 November 2013. The European Commission refers to the designation “Kosovo ” without prejudice to positions on status, and in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. See the EC website, https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/kosovo_en.

  36. 36.

    SC/11545, 7257th Meeting (PM), 29 August 2014; SC/11684, 7327th Meeting (PM), 4 December 2014.

  37. 37.

    SC/11906, 7448th Meeting (AM), 26 May 2015; SC/12020, 7510th Meeting (AM), 21 August 2015.

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    DPB, 17 Aug 2015; SC/12020, 7510th Meeting (AM), 21 August 2015.

  39. 39.

    SC/12129, 7563rd Meeting (PM), 19 November 2015.

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    SC/12265, 7637th Meeting (PM), 29 February 2016; SC/12489, 7760th Meeting (AM), 25 August 2016; SC/12588, 7811th Meeting (PM), 16 November 2016.

  41. 41.

    SC/12265, 7637th Meeting (PM), 29 February 2016; SC/12365, 7693rd Meeting (AM), 16 May 2016; SC/12129, 7563rd Meeting (PM), 19 November 2015.

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Jesenský, M. (2019). Kosovo: Obviously a Delicate Matter. In: The United Nations under Ban Ki-moon. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12220-1_11

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