[sorabia] Fwd: FW: Self-determination

[Dragan Rakic]

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*Subject:* Self-determination



*http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vol4/No1/sr1-05.html#TopOfPage*

*VII. Self-determination*

As the enthusiasm for the concept of self-determination has developed, so
have problems. The tension between the right of self-determination and the
right of states to territorial integrity has recently been the focus of much
attention. It seems fair to say that when the two have been in direct
conflict, the Community and its Member States have tended to lean towards
the preservation of territorial integrity of states.

[t]here is no question that it is primarily for the Yugoslavs themselves to
determine the future of their country... It can take many forms, ranging
from new forms of cooperation, such as confederation, to more extreme forms
of autonomy or even independence. But this can only be the outcome of mutual
agreements, not *unilateral secession forced on Yugoslavia by whomsoever
despite the implications*, for that would be a recipe for war, violence and
further 
bloodshed.47<http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vol4/No1/sr1-05.html#P286_39965>



[t]he right to self-determination of all the peoples of Yugoslavia cannot be
exercised in isolation from the interests and rights of ethnic minorities
within the individual republics. These can only be assured through peaceful
negotiations for which the Conference on Yugoslavia including its
Arbitration Commission has been convened. *Ministers reiterate their
determination never to recognise any changes of borders brought about by
force*

* *

>From then on, the only questions which remained open were when, and under
what conditions the new states would be
recognized.51<http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vol4/No1/sr1-05.html#P312_44651>


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