Conference

MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY:OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

10.00 Panel IV KOSOVO AND THE REGION: BILATERAL RELATIONS, SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION Mladen Andrlić Director for Diplomatic, European and Pre-deployment Training, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia Georges-Marie Chenu Minister Plenipotentiary “hors classe”, former Ambassador; Co-Author of “Kosovo, reports on the construction of a state” Satka Hajdarpašić Acting Director, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro Wolfgang Petritsch former EU Special Envoy for Kosovo; former EU chief negotiator at the Kosovo peace talks; former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bekim Sejdiu Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo Moderation: Erhard Busek Coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative; Chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

11.15 Coffee break

11.30 Concluding remarks

12.15 Lunch

Registration required till 20 November 2014 via www.da-vienna.ac.at/events or fax +43/1/504 22 65-200

In cooperation with

24-25 November 2014Diplomatic Academy of ViennaFavoritenstrasse 15a, 1040 Vienna, Austria

Republika e Kosovës - Republika Kosova -Republic of KosovoQeveria - Vlada - Government

Ministria e Punëve të Jashtme - Minstarstovo Inostranih Poslova - Ministry of Foreign AffairsAkademia Diplomatike - Diplomatska Akademija - Diplomatic Academy

12.15 Panel II THE INTERNATIONAL POSITION OF KOSOVO IN THE UN SYSTEM. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ADVISORY OPINION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN 2010 Wolfgang Benedek Professor for International Law, University of Graz Iliriana Islami Member of the Board, Diplomatic Academy of Kosovo; Professor of Public International Law and Human Rights in the Faculty of Law, University of Prishtina; former Judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo Christian Tomuschat Professor emeritus for International Law, Humboldt University Berlin Moderation: Helmut Tichy Legal Adviser, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

13.15 Lunch

14.30 Panel III KOSOVO IN THE MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK, STRIVING FOR INTEGRATION (I.A. COUNCIL OF EUROPE, OSCE, EURO-ATLANTIC UMBRELLA) Schnutz Rudolf Dürr Head of Constitutional Justice Division of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe; Secretary General of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice Rudolf Lennkh Permanent Representative of Austria to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg Stéphane Tomagian Deputy Regional Coordinator Southeast Europe, Directorate of Political Affairs, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Sami Ukelli Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Hungary

Moderation: Vedran Dzihic Senior Researcher, Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP)

Programme

Monday, 24 November 2014

10.00 Opening Hans Winkler Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Skender Durmishi Director, Diplomatic Academy of Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek (Video message) Vice-President, European Parliament; EP’s Rapporteur for Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kosovo

10.30 Coffee break

10.45 Panel I KOSOVO IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF ITS INDEPENDENCE: STATE OF PLAY OF RECOGNITION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Albert Prenkaj General Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo Albert Rohan former Deputy Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Future Status Process for Kosovo; former Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Johann Sattler Head of Western Balkans Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Moderation: Helmar Dumbs Journalist, Die Presse