ABSTRACT
As far as the international community is concerned, the crisis in Kosovo should first be seen as the result of a preventive diplomacy failure. Despite early attempts to tackle the problem between 1989 and 1992-93, international actors proved unable to prevent tensions from deteriorating into an armed conflict. Drawing on the lessons from the implementation of the Dayton Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an integrated international structure has been created, headed by the UN SRSG for Kosovo and made of four pillars (UNHCR, UN Civil Administration, OSCE and the EU). Civil-military relations are better and of a higher level than ever, especially compared to Bosnia. The results of an intensive study prepared by the OSCE on Human Rights violations is made of two parts, one dealing with violations committed before and during NATO intervention (December 1998 to June 1999) and the second one focusing on the following period, between June and October 1999.
