Kosovo's moment of truth

Survival

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 73-84

  Judah, Tim ^a  

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EID: 31144441447     PISSN: 00396338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00396330500433316     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. For the historical background see Tim Judah, Kosovo: War and Revenge, 2nd ed. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002).
2. Resolution 1244 and much other relevant information can be found on the UNMIK website, http://www.unmikonline.org. In 2003 the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia became the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
3. Interview with the author, Pristina, September 2005.
4. The number of Serbs who fled is disputed. Serbia claims that some 230,000 people fled from Kosovo after the war. However, research in 2004 by the influential think tank the European Stability Initiative suggested that the true figure is closer to 65,000. If that is indeed the case then the numbers who actually wish to return are probably relatively small and hence would be far easier to accommodate than was previously thought. See The Lausanne Principle: Multiethnicity, Territory and the Future of Kosovo's Serbs, available at http://www.esiweb.org.
5. See Tim Judah, 'Kosovo's Future: Waiting Game', The Economist, 7 July 2005.
6. Interviews with author, Kosovo and Belgrade, June and September 2005.
7. The Standards can be found at http://www.unmikonline.org/
8. Marc Grossman, then US under-secretary of state for political affairs, made the announcement on behalf of the 'Contact Group' - that is, the main outside powers, including Russia, which deal with the former Yugoslavia.
9. Eight of the dead were Serbs and 11 Albanians, many killed by KFOR or UN police. See Tim Judah, 'Impasse in Kosovo', New York Review of Books, vol. 51, no. 10, 10 June 2004.
10. Copy in possession of author. Several interviews or discussions with Ambassador Eide and the author during 2005.
11. Richard Caplan, who teaches international relations at Oxford, noted to the author that the 'Eide recommendations for the Serb minority are almost a mirror image of the EC recommendations for the Kosovar Albanians back in 1991 (the Carrington peace plan), which would have been a condition for EC recognition of Serbia had Serbia sought recognition'. This plan is discussed in chapter 1 of his excellent Europe and the Recognition of New States in Yugoslavia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
12. Reactions can be found by consulting UNMIK's online daily English translations of what is in the Kosovo Albanian and Serbian press relating to Kosovo. These can be found at http://www.unmikonline.org/dpi/ localmed.nsf/f0300? OpenForm, a particularly valuable source.
13. Discussions with author in 2004 and 2005.
14. Interview with the author, Belgrade, September 2005.
15. Various author interviews, Pristina, September 2005.
16. Following his indictment Haradinaj was released on 6 June 2005, pending trial. The terms of his release sanctioned work within his own party, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo. On 12 October the tribunal took the extremely unusual step of allowing him to undertake other political activities. A statement issued by the tribunal said: 'The accused may appear in public and engage in public political activities to the extent which UNMIK finds would be important for a positive development of the political and security situation in Kosovo.' On 17 October the prosecution succeeded in getting a stay on this decision and, at the time of writing, the issue remained to be resolved by the court. During the autumn there was much speculation in Pristina that the US, the UK and other important countries were keen for him to play a more active role, especially in view of the lacklustre performance of his successor, Bajram Kosumi.
17. Interview with the author, Pristina, September 2005.
18. Interview with the author, Pristina, September 2005.
19. International Commission on the Balkans, The Balkans in Europe's Future (2005); see: http://www.balkan-commission.org.
20. Interviews with the author, Pristina, London and Skopje, September 2005.
21. To follow the Serbian press daily in English see VIP Daily News Report. Contact bracavipεunet.yu.
22. Author interview with President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, Belgrade, April 2005.
23. Interview with the author, Pristina, September 2005.
24. Telephone interview with the author, October 2005.