Occasional Paper#9:OP:4
by Raimo Väyrynen

A stable peace can now build in the former Yugoslavia only by developing a viable system of states and their mutual relations in the region. This means that independent states there must refrain from using force to conquer territories and abide by other established principles of international relations. They should comply with the democratic norms and human rights specified in international documents and build in their relations with each other mutual restraints and confidence on the basis of U.N. and OSCE principles. There is no genuine alternative to a status quo crystallized in the current borders and the unity of states, including Bosnia. The paper also scrutinizes the Dayton peace accords and the problems to be faced in their implementation with regard to the territorial issues, arms limitation, minority rights, constitutional questions and economic reconstruction.
 

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