Sleepwalking in the Balkans

The Balkans on Trial

Institution Building in the Balkans

Europe s Second Chance in the Balkans

Most international intelligence assets have left the Balkans.

And the Balkans was a fabulous place to start.

It has zones of distribution, like Mexico and the Balkans.

The OSCE runs police development units in the western Balkans.

For instance, when I started, there were wars in the Balkans.

I'll walk this dog right through that six part series on the Balkans.

Stabilizing the western Balkans remains a priority on my country's foreign policy agenda.

The year 2005 is a crucial and significant one for Kosovo and the Balkans.

Briefing by Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Balkans.

These efforts focus on Central and Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and Southeast Asia.

In that regard, Slovakia has in recent years been particularly active in the western Balkans.

Just this past weekend, Bratislava hosted another international conference on development in the western Balkans.

55 170. Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans

56 110. Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans

This photo is actually from one of the missions in the Balkans in the late 1990s.

Coordinated donor assistance to help countries in the Western Balkans to assess and improve airport security.

We have had wide experience in providing good offices to the countries of the western Balkans.

Currently the programme focuses on the following areas Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

The tragedies that have taken place in the Balkans, the Middle East and Africa must lead us to reflect.

In his speech at the conference, His Excellency Mr. Eduard Kukan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic and former Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Balkans, said, The future of the western Balkans region lies, above all else, in deepening collaboration and building trust .

What Romania wishes to see in the Western Balkans is sustainable security and stability, based on democracy, freedom and tolerance.

Owing to the severe winter conditions in the Balkans, however, actual mine clearance has been minimal during the reporting period.

The unfolding status talks in the Balkans give us a hope for an early settlement of the daunting Kosovo issue.

Cooperation has continued with WMO in the context of enhancing the technical capacity of the UNCCD process and supporting drought preparedness in the Balkans.

Ambassador Eide's previous experience with the United Nations and his in depth knowledge of the Balkans make him the ideal person for this endeavour.

Slovakia has thus far supported the engagement of the United Nations in the region by participating in peacekeeping and stabilization missions in the Balkans.

Recommends the continuing support for holding Training Sessions for Teachers of Arabic language and Islamic Culture in Asia, Africa, Central Asia and the Balkans

Stories cut across all boundaries, like The Tales of Nasreddin Hodja, which were very popular throughout the Middle East, North Africa, the Balkans and Asia.

Looking at Greece's immediate neighbourhood, the Balkans, we realize that it has not yet been fully transformed into a region of peace, stability and prosperity.

The subprogramme will support projects, especially on gas infrastructure and transportation networks, with particular attention to the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Balkans and Southern Europe.

Only 11 years ago, we experienced a terrible genocide in Rwanda, and thousands were killed in the internecine conflict that took place in the Balkans.

On the topic today, the best peacebuilding offer we see for the Western Balkans is their inclusion in the mainstream European and Euro Atlantic integration processes.

The European Union has its own programme in the Balkans and the Norwegian Ministry of Justice is working to implement a similar programme for victims in Norway.

Indeed, although EU integration is already bringing democracy and stability to the countries of the Balkans, it is an unfinished job, and completing that task is both vital and uncertain. The current economic crisis is leading public opinion in the western Balkans to lose confidence that peace and economic growth are still within reach, creating the risk of a possible slowdown in the integration process.

The next seminar would be held in the final quarter of 2005, and representatives from countries in the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia were expected to attend.

Only then would genuine reconciliation of the Western Balkans be possible, thus opening the road to lasting stability and prosperity of the whole region within the European mainstream.

A good illustration of our commitment is the unselfish contribution of our armed and security forces in several parts of the world, including Haiti, the Balkans and Afghanistan.

This trend seems to reflect increased procurement activities by United Nations entities in response to expanding peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq, among others.

A technical workshop on drought preparedness in the Balkans within the context of the UNCCD was organized in October 2004 in Romania in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization.

UNIFEM continued to support Member States in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) in Africa, the Andean region, the Arab States, the Balkans and the Southern Caucasus.

Romania is particularly pleased with the attention paid to the Kosovo issue, which is a challenge for the western Balkans and for the whole of Europe in the coming period.