A stable and European Kosovo means a stable Western Balkans region, and vice versa.

Balkans

The United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) played a vital role in support of the peace process in the Balkans region.

The same can also be said of the Balkans, which is now one of the hottest spots in the European region.

UNDP has also supported regional projects on small arms control in the Balkans, Central America and the Great Lakes region of Africa.

In this context, Egypt follows with keen interest current developments in the Balkans, a region closely linked to the Mediterranean region, especially with regard to developments relating to the situation in Bosnia.

Sleepwalking in the Balkans

The Balkans on Trial

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

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.

Institution Building in the Balkans

9. Stresses the urgency of the realization of the aim of the Balkans to become a region of peace, stability, security, cooperation and sustained economic development

9. Stresses the urgency of the realization of the aim of the Balkans to become a region of peace, stability, security, cooperation and sustained economic development

Europe s Second Chance in the Balkans

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 .

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.

You're in the Balkans now, Mr. Bond.

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.

Most international intelligence assets have left the Balkans.

In our opinion, the pivotal issue with regard to the stabilization of the Western Balkans is the future status of Kosovo, which remains a potential element of instability in the region.

And the Balkans was a fabulous place to start.

Emphasizing the urgency of the consolidation of the Balkans as a region of peace, security, stability and good neighbourliness, thus contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security and so enhancing the prospects for sustained development and prosperity for all peoples in the region,

In a word, the sponsors of draft resolution A C.1 52 L.34 would like to see the Balkans become a region of peace, cooperation and development, not a region of difficulties and stagnation. That is the main thrust of the draft resolution.

Emphasizing the urgency of the consolidation of the Balkans as a region of peace, security, stability and good neighbourliness, thus contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security and so enhancing the prospects for sustained development and prosperity for all peoples in the region,

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

The OSCE runs police development units in the western Balkans.

We can see the evidence of that in the Balkans.

quot If we did not believe in the possibility of a joint life of different nations and people, there would be no future for this entire region of the Balkans and southeastern Europe.

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

That is the case in the Balkans and in the Caucasus.

But I believe he is doing diplomatic work in the Balkans.

At the regional level, the European Union and the United Nations Volunteers manage a joint initiative in the Balkans, which supports exchanges of young volunteers among countries of the region helping to promote peaceful coexistence.

We rightly believe that we belong to the European family of nations, and even though we are sometimes neglected, we believe that we can become a factor of stability in the region of the Balkans.

The Group also agreed to continue engaging non participants, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, the western Balkans and key transshipment countries, to promote more robust export control standards, as required under Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).

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.

Haven't I just shown you here... what my firm exports to the Balkans?

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.

This journey began in response to a brutal act of violence in the Balkans.

Contribute to stabilization and reconstruction efforts in places like Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans.

This educational activity involved the participation of partners from the Balkans and Eastern Europe.

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.