Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe was an attempt by the international community to pool the efforts for peace in South-Eastern Europe and to coordinate. The pact formed after the Dayton Agreement in 1995 and after the end of NATO intervention in Serbia ( then called " Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" ) in 1999 for the first time an instrument of the international community, which support a comprehensive, active approach to the problems of the region and coordinate should. He was evolutionarily created and thus strongly influenced by the interests of its participants in the goal -realization -dependent. As an effective means of the Stability Pact Stabilisation and Association Agreement served.

The Pact was concluded on 10 June 1999 in Cologne and reaffirmed on 30 July 1999 in Sarajevo by the Heads of State and Government of the participating States. On 27 February 2008, the Stability Pact by the Regional Cooperation Council for South Eastern Europe ( SEECP) was replaced.

Predecessor

  • Royaumont Process ( 1996)
  • Southeast European Cooperative Initiative ( SECI) (1996 )
  • South East European Cooperation Process ( SEECP) (1996, 2008 was then the successor also )
  • Heads of State meeting on the Petersberg in April 1999: Initiative by Joschka Fischer establishing a stability pact with the active support of the EU
  • EU Summit and the G8 summit in Cologne in June 1999
  • Establishment of the Pact in Sarajevo in July 1999

Participant

States that are involved in the pact:

  • All EU Member States
  • Albania Albania
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia Croatia
  • Macedonia Macedonia
  • Moldova Moldova
  • Montenegro Montenegro
  • Serbia Serbia
  • Japan Japan
  • Canada Canada
  • Norway Norway
  • Russia Russia
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  • Turkey Turkey
  • United States United States

In addition, the following organizations participate

  • The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Aid
  • The European Investment Bank
  • The European Commission
  • The Euro Europe
  • The High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCHR )
  • The IMF
  • NATO
  • The OECD
  • The presidency of the OSCE
  • The United Nations
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