Tuesday June 22, 1999

ICG SOUTH BALKANS

"The New Kosovo Protectorate"

ICG's latest report, "The New Kosovo Protectorate" (20 June) compares the framework of military and civilian involvement in Kosovo established by UN Security Council Resolution 1244 with the provisions of the Rambouillet agreement of 23 February. The new model is reminiscent of the old League of Nations mandates in that it charges the foreign administrators with preparing Kosovo for self-government, although it is also vague about the final status of Kosovo; but in the present volatile state of the Balkans that is sensible: the environment in which the future of Kosovo is finally decided will be very different from the present.

In a recent related report, "Kosovo: let's learn from Bosnia" (May 17, 1999), ICG analysts looked at how experience in Bosnia could be useful in Kosovo, and also at the extent to which the Rambouillet agreement of 23 February 1999 resembled the Dayton agreement of 21 November 1995.

See http://www.crisisweb.org for the full reports

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