Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· International resolution
The UN Security Council established international civil and security administration of Kosovo, providing for substantial autonomy pending a political settlement of its final status.
Significance here: Created the international legal and administrative framework within which Kosovo's later declaration of independence, and the 2010 ICJ opinion on it, were assessed.
· Declaration
The Assembly of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia.
Significance here: The central act whose legality under international law the ICJ was later asked to assess.
· Legal decision
The International Court of Justice held that Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence did not violate international law.
Significance here: The most authoritative international legal assessment of Kosovo's declaration of independence, though the opinion did not rule on Kosovo's statehood as such.
· Agreement
Kosovo and Serbia reached a first EU-facilitated agreement on normalising relations, addressing Kosovo's administrative authority over the Serb-majority north.
Significance here: The first substantive Belgrade-Pristina normalisation agreement, establishing a framework still referenced in subsequent negotiations.
· Agreement
Kosovo and Serbia reached a further EU-facilitated normalisation agreement, under which Serbia committed not to oppose Kosovo's international-organisation membership.
Significance here: The most recent substantive Belgrade-Pristina normalisation agreement as of this bundle's preparation.
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