International Peace Conferences

International Peace Conferences
Author: Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2015-01-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004245901

This book has emerged out of the author's experience as Director of an innovative peacemaking, peacekeeping and humanitarian initiative, the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, between 1992 and 1996. What was striking about this conference was the experiment of two full-time Co-Chairmen, one from the United Nations and one from the European Union, who laboured tirelessly for peace in different parts of the former Yugoslavia for three and a half years. The strategies and organization of the conference had to be pieced together from the start by the Co-Chairmen and their colleagues; only in retrospect could the question whether there might have been experiences of international peace conferences that might have been useful at the beginning of this process be reviewed. This research is contained in Part One of this book, which offers a review of the role of international peace conferences in history. Part Two contains a case study of the strategies and experiences of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.

The International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia

The International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia
Author: B. G. Ramcharan
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
Total Pages: 1674
Release: 1997
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789041104373

The International Conference on the former Yugoslavia constituted a unique approach to peace-keeping and peace-making. Its structure, activities and relations with the personalities and entities within the former Yugoslavia are a fascinating complex, worthy of study and appraisal both now and in the future. Much has been written on the events which preceded, accompanied and followed the break-up of Yugoslavia, and much is still to be written, but only in this volume can the Papers of the ICFY be found in a well-edited, logical and accessible form. The Editor has provided a reference work of the highest quality, and one which is destined to remain the key resource for all those interested in this phase of European history.

The Yugoslav Crisis in International Law

The Yugoslav Crisis in International Law
Author: University of Cambridge. Research Centre for International Law
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 782
Release: 1997-07-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521463041

This book brings together for the first time a comprehensive documentary record of the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, tracing the responses both of the United Nations and regional organisations. Many of the documents reproduced are otherwise inaccessible. This volume contains all relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and Presidential Statements together with the records of the debates leading to their adoption; reports on the crisis compiled by the UN Secretary-General; and extracts from decisions and debates in the UN General Assembly. The efforts of regional organisations are reflected in general documents from, amongst others, the EC, NATO, the Western European Union, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

Diplomacy on the Edge

Diplomacy on the Edge
Author: Geert-Hinrich Ahrens
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801885574

Ahrens provides the general history of the conflicts and brings the story up through 2004.

Yugoslavia Through Documents

Yugoslavia Through Documents
Author: Snezana Trifunovska
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 1102
Release: 2023-07-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004638954

This book contains more than 360 documents relevant to the international legal position of the Yugoslav territories in the 19th century, the creation of Yugoslavia as a common state of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1918, its constitutional development, and the process of dissolution of Yugoslavia and the creation of the new states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It includes documents from the beginning of the 19th century showing the international legal position of the Yugoslav territories under the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, the independence of Serbia and Montenegro, recognized by the Treaty of Berlin, 1878, and the major events in the history of the creation of Yugoslavia as a joint state of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in 1918, concerning both its international position and its constitutional organization. The process of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (covering the period from 1990 to September 1, 1993) is presented through reproduced documents of international organizations (United Nations, European Community, Western European Union, Organization of Islamic Conference, etc.), of the different conferences and forums (CSCE, Group of Seven, etc.) and documents issued by Yugoslav organs and the organs of new states of the former Yugoslavia. The book also includes documents of a constitutional nature concerning the creation of the new states of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It provides researchers in the field of international law, political science of history with documentary information involving international legal and constitutional aspects relating to Yugoslavia.

Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in Yugoslavia

Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in Yugoslavia
Author: Bertrand de Rossanet
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2023-09-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004632964

Bertrand de Rossanet is the pen name of a senior international civil servant who has been involved in negotiations and other activities carried out by the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia from its earliest days. In this fascinating short book, which fits well into the Nijhoff Law Specials series, he describes and analyses the events which have taken place since 1992 with great skill, and with an understanding shared by few. Bertrand de Rossanet's long experience, together with his inside knowledge, provides a vantage point from which unique observations can be made. Nobody who wishes to comprehend the peacemaking and peacekeeping processes being played out in the former Yugoslavia, should miss reading this very special volume.