The OSCE in the Maintenance of Peace and Security: Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management, and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes. Edited by Michael Bothe, Natalino Ronzitti and Allan Rosas. The Hague, London, Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1997. Pp. xix, 518. Index. Fl 295; $182; £115.

Abstract

Preface. Acronyms. Tables. 1. The OSCE: Institutional and Functional Developments in an Evolving European Security Order K. Mottola. 2. The OSCE Main Political Bodies and Their Role in Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management A. Bloed. 3. Dispute Settlement Procedures and Crisis Management B. Meyer. 4. The Role of the Human Dimension of the OSCE in Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management M. Pentikainen. 5. The High Commissioner on National Minorities: Development of the Mandate M.A.M. Estebanez. 6. OSCE Long- Term Missions A. Rosas, T. Lahelma. 7. The United Nations and Regional Organizations in the Maintenance of Peace and Security A. Gioia. 8. OSCE Peace-Keeping N. Ronzitti. 9. Relations Between the OSCE and NATO with Particular Regard to Crisis Management and Peace- Keeping L. Zannier. 10. Third Party Peace-Keeping and the Interaction Between Russia and the OSCE in the CIS Area E. Greco. 11. Division of Labour Between the UN and the OSCE in Connection with Peace-Keeping G. Burci. 12. Financing Peace-Keeping and Peace-Related Operations. The UN and OSCE Practice F. Pagani. 13. Dispute Settlement Procedures in the OSCE - Genesis and Overview T. Lohmann. 14. The Various Dispute Settlement Procedures - General International Law and OSCE Practice M. Bothe. 15. The OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration: Some Facts and Issues L. Caflisch. 16. The Role of Conciliation and Similar Proceedings in International Dispute Settlement and the OSCE Procedures T. Lohmann. 17. Subsidiarity and Other Obstacles to the Use of the OSCE Dispute Settlement Procedures S. Jacobi. 18. Nagorno-Karabakh: A Case-Study of OSCE Conflict Settlement R. Dehdashti. 19. The Role of the OSCE in the Former Yugoslavia after the Dayton Peace Agreement M. Sica. 20. The OSCE Mediterranean Dimension: Conflict Prevention and Management R. Aliboni. 21. Conclusions and Perspectives M. Bothe, et al. Index.