1. Declaration of J. Poos, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister, to the international press, 29 June 1991.
2. M. Eyskens, Bron en horizon. Het avondland uit de impasse (Leuven, Lannoo 1985) p. 316.
3. For an analysis of the impact of the European Community/Union on the conflicts in ex-Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1995, see R. Ginsberg, The European Union in International Politics — Baptism by Fire (Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. 2001) pp. 57–104.
4. For a critique of the use of these generic terms, see J. Stilhoff Sörensen, ‘Balkanism and the New Radical Interventionism: A Structural Critique’, 9 International Peacekeeping (2002) pp. 1–22. For a more nuanced analysis, see I. Kadare, ‘The Balkans: Truths and Untruths’, in D. Triantaphyllou, ed., ‘The Southern Balkans: Perspectives from the Region’, 46 Chaillot Papers (2001) pp. 5-16.
5. See Bull. EU 6-2003, point 1.6.70, reaffirmed in the GAERC Conclusions of 21 July 2003, Press Release No. 11439/03 (Presse 209). Following Ambassador Kai Eide’s Comprehensive Review of the situation in Kosovo, the UN Security Council on 24 October 2005 endorsed final status talks (UN Doc. S/PRST/2005/51). On 10 November 2005, the Security Council endorsed the Secretary-General’s intention to appoint Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, as his Special Envoy to lead the political process and established the guiding principles for the process as agreed to by the Contact Group (UN Doc. S/2005/709). On 7 November, the Council of the European Union endorsed the appointment of Stefan Lehne as EU representative to support the UN Status Envoy in the implementation of his mandate. See Council Conclusions of 7 November 2005 in Press Release No. 13622/05 (Presse 274). Ahtisaari started the final status talks on 21 November 2005 with a factfinding mission to Priština. The process is expected to last for several months.