The UN Six Point Plan on Kosova: How to make a weak State fail

The UN Six Point Plan on Kosova which was to have paved the road to the establishment and functioning of the EULEX Mission in Kosova appears to be an adequate plan to transform Kosova from a weak State into a failed State. This may seem absurd in view of the fact that the Six Point Plan is an agreement of the UN with Serbia and the European Union, the majority of the members of which have already recognized the independence of Kosova. The argument that the Six Point Plan could assist in transforming Kosova into a failed State could appear even more controversial bearing in mind the fact that this plan will allow the establishment of EULEX in Kosova which has the mission of building a functioning State and naturally not a failed State. Whilst the United Nations and even less so, the European Union do not, of course, want the failure of the new State of Kosovo, the Agreement between the UN, EU and Serbia creates real grounds for the weakening of the State of Kosovo and for the addition of another State of this region, still unstable and with a multitude of security problems, to the category of failed States. Judging from the manner in which this famous six point plan was presented, negotiated and how it was received and rejected by the Government of Kosovo, the impression is created that it is a secret plan, and even a conspiracy. However, its substance is a public secret for the Kosovo Government, the political parties and for the citizens of Kosovo and most certainly for the other actors too, the United Nations, the EU and the United States of America. Officially, the plan is a legislative framework about how EULEX is to be established and will function throughout Kosovo. But, the substance is a secret from the public. It is such because the only thing this legislative framework is designed to achieve, de jure, is a de facto situation that exists in Kosovo and that situation is as follows: Kosovo is not a unified country. Currently, Kosovo is not a sovereign State. The State of Kosovo’s territory is clearly defined, but not all of this territory is controlled by the Government of Kosovo. The State of Kosovo has its own population, but a part of this population is not faithful to the Government, the Constitutional Laws and the institutions of the State, quite on the contrary, they stand loyal to the Government and the institutions of another State – Serbia. These are the primary and fundamental factors that not only make Kosovo a weak State, but risk transforming it into a failed State.
On the one hand, it was only to be expected that the International Community, particularly the EU, would undertake incentives, plans or actions to neutralize these factors which could bring down the State of Kosovo, but, surprisingly, on the other hand, the plan which the EU has also rubber-stamped constitutes the legitimization of efforts and policies which, first and foremost, question the very existence of the State of Kosovo.
Secondly, this Six Point Plan, if it is approved, raises alarming issues related to the future existence of multi-ethnic States in the Balkans. The approval and implementation of the Plan proposed in the name of the United Nations will lead to the division of Kosovo according to ethnic borders. And, in other words, this is tantamount to opening Pandora’s Box in the Balkans.