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The EU's challenge in Kosovo
08/05/2007 By Sofia Sebastián
Kosovo’s final status is scheduled to be decided soon. After extensive and unsuccessful negotiations between the main parties to the dispute, the decision on the final status of the Balkan entity will be taken to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
If a resolution conceding supervised independence is approved, the EU will be set to implement one of the biggest operations in its history.
But uncertainties remain, including over Russia’s possible use of its veto powers; Serbia’s response to an independent Kosovo; and division among European countries over the future of the entity. Indeed, many analysts observe that the uncertainties have increased during the last year, and that the granting of independence now looks far from assured.
Published in the leadup to a resolution that is due to decide Kosovo’s final status, this Backgrounder considers the challenges for the future EU mission that is set inter alia to monitor ethnic relations and strengthen Kosovo’s nascent democratic institutions.
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Keywords
Conflict resolution Democracy promotion EU Kosovo Negotiation Serbia State building Western BalkansRelated publications
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Bio author: Sofia Sebastián
Bosnia. Kosovo. State-building. Divided societies. Conflict.
