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Republic of Kosovo Embassy in The Hague Kosovo, factor of stability in the region Nexhmi Rexhepi, Ambassador Utrecht, 22 February 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION/FACTS AND FIGURES II. SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND III. UN


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Kosovo, factor of stability in the region

Nexhmi Rexhepi, Ambassador

Utrecht, 22 February 2011

Republic of Kosovo Embassy in The Hague

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I. INTRODUCTION/FACTS AND FIGURES

  • II. SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • III. UN ADMINISTRATION
  • IV. NEGOTIATIONS FOR KOSOVO’S STATUS
  • V. INDEPENDENCE RECOGNITION & ICJ OPINION
  • VI. FEW MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

VII.ECONOMY VIII.RECONCILIATION

  • IX. REGIONAL COOPERATION
  • X. EURO - ATLANTIC INTEGRATION
  • XI. CONCLUSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FACTS & FIGURES

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FACTS & FIGURES

  • Kosovo is in the very heart of South Eastern

Europe

  • Total: 10,887 sq km
  • Country border with immediate neighbours:

Albania 112 km, Macedonia 159 km, Montenegro 79 km, Serbia 352 km

  • Population: above 2 million
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FACTS & FIGURES

  • 92% Kosovo Albanians; 8% are from other

communities, including (Serbs, Turks, Bosnians, and Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian- RAE)

  • Official Languages: Albanian and Serbian
  • Turkish, Bosniac and Roma language are

legal languages at municipal level

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MAP OF ETHNIC COMPOSITION

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FACTS & FIGURES

  • Independence Day: 17 February, 2008
  • Capital: Prishtina
  • Cities: Prizren, Mitrovica, Peja, Gjilan, Gjakova

Ferizaj, Kacanik

  • Age structure: 15-64 years: 70% of population is

under 35 years of age, Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe

  • YOUNG EUROPEANS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaZPYCO1E c

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SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

  • Constituent part of extensive Roman and

Ottoman Empire

  • Part of Serbian- Croatian and Slovene

kingdom

  • Part of SFRY
  • Abolishment of federal status and

annexation

  • Survival
  • Revival
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KOSOVO UNDER UN ADMINISTRATION

  • UNSC Resolution 1244
  • Interim period of international administration
  • Aim: establishing institutions, legal

infrastructure and reviving ruined economy

  • Preparing country for future final status
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NEGOTIATIONS OVER KOSOVO’S STATUS Who is he? A.Anthony Hopkins B.Pieter Feith C.Martti Ahtisaari, or D.Thomas Buergenthal

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NEGOTIATIONS OVER KOSOVO’S STATUS

  • November 2005- UN SG Special Envoy Former Finish

President

  • April 3, 2007 Ahtisaari presented Comprehensive

Settlement Proposal-CSP to the UN Security Council

  • Serbia rejected the Ahtisaari Settlement - Kosovo

accepted the Ahtisaari Settlement in full

  • April – July 2007, Russia rejected in UNSC a number of

draft resolutions based on Ahtisaari’s plan

  • UN Sec. General authorized a time-limited round of

negotiations between Prishtina and Belgrade led by EU/US/Russian Troika

  • Troika completed its work on December 2007, NO

agreement between the parties on Kosovo's status

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

  • 17 February 2008
  • Coordinated not unilateral
  • Full endorsement of international obligations
  • CSP endorsement
  • Invitations for ICO and EULEX to deploy in

Kosovo

  • Adoption of Constitution
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MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE INDEPENDENCE - Kosovo’s International Relations

  • Countries that have recognized Republic of

Kosovo:

  • Formally recognized by 75 UN countries
  • Formally recognized by 22 EU countries
  • Formally recognized by 25 NATO countries
  • Formally recognized by 35 OSCE countries
  • Formally recognized by 33 CoE countries
  • …and still counting
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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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RECOGNITION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS

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ICJ RULING

  • UN RES 63/3 on Serbia’s request
  • Advisory proceedings
  • Advisory Opinion
  • No violation of General International Law
  • No violation of US SC RES 1244
  • No violation of Constitutional Framework

as lex specialis

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SOME MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Establishing constitutional order
  • Strengthening rule of law and democracy
  • Implementing international obligations
  • Creating condition for Kosovo Serbs to

govern their own local affairs- Decentralization

  • Protection of religious and cultural heritage
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ECONOMY

  • Shifting from centralized to free market

economy

  • Privatization process
  • Potentials for economic growth:
  • energy
  • agriculture
  • young and educated population
  • 2009-2010, 5.5% growth (IMF assessments)
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RECONCILIATION

  • Imperative for brighter future
  • Precondition for EU integration
  • Key to regional stability
  • Kosovo: ready to forgive, but not forget
  • Serbia to behave with responsibility and to

apologize for the crimes committed and harms inflicted on Kosovo and it population

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REGIONAL COOPERATION

  • High priority of Government of Kosovo-GoK
  • Excellent cooperation with immediate

neighbour’s:

  • - Macedonia
  • - Montenegro
  • - Albania
  • Hope to make progress with Serbia
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EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION

  • Ultimate goal of GoK
  • Common goal of all Western Balkan

countries

  • Hope the door will remain open and the

hand extended

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Thank you for your attention!

Questions & Comments?!

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Contact:

Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo Anna Paulownastraat 56a 2518 BG Den Haag

  • Tel. 070 30 20 025

E-mail: embassy.netherlands@ks-gov.net