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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 07/04
Intermediate Sovereignty As A Basis For Resolving The Kosovo Crisis
November 9, 1998
Abstract
The International Crisis Group has decided to publish the report, prepared by the Public International Law and Policy Group, as a contribution to the debate on the future status of Kosovo. The views expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the International Crisis Group.
While the recent agreements brokered by US envoy Richard Holbrooke between the West and Yugoslavia may, if respected, lead to a short-term lull in violence against civilians in Kosovo, they do not provide the basis for a lasting peace. Preventing a renewal of conflict will require a political settlement which satisfies the main demands of the majority Albanian population and at the same time protects the rights of the minority Serbs. Given the apparent overwhelming support for independence among Kosovo's Albanian population, such a settlement is unlikely to be sustainable unless it at least holds out the prospect of real constitutional change.
