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Final Agreement for the Settlement of the Differences as Described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Parties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2019

Anna Ventouratou
Anna Ventouratou*
Affiliation:
DPhil candidate and tutor in Public International Law at the University of Oxford (Faculty of Law and Wadham College); Researcher at the Athens Public International Law Center (Athens PIL). E-mail: [email protected].
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The “Final Agreement for the Settlement of the Differences as Described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership Between the Parties,” most commonly known as the Prespa Agreement, is the final settlement of an intricate dispute between Greece and (now officially) North Macedonia over the former Yugoslav Republic's name, which has troubled the relations between the two states for almost three decades. Following a carefully choreographed process, the Prespa Agreement (Agreement) entered into force on February 12, 2019. This Note provides a brief overview of the background of the dispute and the main provisions of the Agreement.

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International Legal Documents
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International Legal Materials , Volume 58 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 1084 - 1100
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Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law 

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ENDNOTES

1 Final Agreement for the Settlement of the Differences as Described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership Between the Parties, June 17, 2018, https://www.un.org/pga/73/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2019/02/14-February-Letter-dated-14-February-2019.pdf [hereinafter Prespa Agreement].

2 Letter from the Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN Addressed to the President of the Security Council, UN Doc. S/25543 (Apr. 6, 1993).

3 Letter dated 24 March 1993 addressed to the President of the Security Council, UN Doc. S/25541* (Apr. 6, 1993).

4 SC Res. 817 (Apr. 7, 1993).

5 Case C-120/94, Commission of the European Communities v. Hellenic Republic, Opinion of Mr Advocate General Jacobs, 1996 ECR I-01513.

6 Greece-The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Interim Accord and Memorandum on Practical Measures Related to the Interim Accord, 34 ILM 1461 (1995).

7 Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) 2011 ICJ Rep. 644 (Dec. 5).

8 See more on the Agreement's background in Sir Michael Wood and Niko Pavlopoulos North Macedonia in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (last updated Apr. 2019).

9 Prespa Agreement, supra note 1, art 1.12.

10 Id. arts. 1.8–1.9.

11 Id. art. 1.6.

12 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), 1155 UNTS 331 (VCLT).

13 Report of the conference, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/3rd-uncsgn-docs/e_conf_69_4_en.pdf (Arts 1.3.b and c).

14 Prespa Agreement, supra note 1, art. 8.2.

15 Id. art 8.5.

16 Id. art. 20.4.

17 Id. arts. 2.1–2.2.

18 Id. art. 2.3.

19 The process has sparked a lot of debate with respect to the extent of the parties’ obligations until the entry into force. On this matter see Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Here Comes the Name Again: Treaty Making at the Epicenter of the Greek Debate over the Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, EJIL: Talk ! (June 16, 2018), https://www.ejiltalk.org/here-comes-the-name-again-treaty-making-at-the-epicenter-of-the-greek-debate-over-the-agreement-with-the-former-yugoslav-republic-of-macedonia.

20 Prespa Agreement, supra note 1, art. 1.1.

21 Id. arts. 13–14.

22 Id. art. 15.

23 Id. arts. 16–17.