ABSTRACT
The international diplomatic landscape that was shaped by the massacres of the Bosnian and Croatian wars contained dramatic novelties compared to the realm of traditional European diplomacy before the violent disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. The Security Council of the United Nations has become the most important global diplomatic decision-making body that decides the matters of war and peace throughout the world. One of the key roles of the ICTY has been to help create conditions whereby national reconciliation would be possible and likely, and maximize the potential for the establishment of cooperative links between the countries of the former Yugoslavia and leading members of the international community. One of the major setbacks in the history of the ICTY has been its lack of power to enforce arrest warrants and its subdued position to the political considerations of the great powers.
