Editing Carl Bildt (section)

==Balkan conflict==

[[File:RichardHolbrookeCarBitOct95.JPEG|thumb|right|Bildt (right) and [[Richard Holbrooke]] before peace talks in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in October 1995]]

[[File:Clinton Bildt.jpg|thumb|Bildt meeting former US President [[Bill Clinton]] at [[Grand Hôtel (Stockholm)|Grand Hotel]] in Stockholm on 15 May 2001]]

After his term as prime minister, Bildt was active as a mediator in the [[Balkans]] conflict, serving as the [[European Union]] Special Envoy to Former Yugoslavia from June 1995, co-chairman of the [[Dayton Peace Conference]] that led to the [[Dayton Agreement|Dayton Peace Accords]] in November 1995, and [[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina]] from December 1995 to June 1997 immediately after the [[Bosnian War]]. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Balkans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nato.int/docu/conf/2003/031016_bxl/cv-bildt.htm|title=NATO Who's who?: Carl Bildt|website=www.nato.int|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>

[[Kosovo]] unilaterally [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declared its independence]] from [[Serbia]] on 17 February 2008, without the approval of the UN Security Council, and Sweden [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognised it]] on 4 March 2008.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/10358/a/99714 |title=Sweden recognises the Republic of Kosovo |publisher=[[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]] |date=2008-03-04 |access-date=2008-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305191825/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/10358/a/99714 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 8 March 2008, Bildt became the first foreign minister to officially visit Kosovo after it declared its independence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T27122601492&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=0_T27122615935&backKey=20_T27122615936&csi=282801&docNo=1|title=SWEDEN: MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CARL BILDT TO VISIT KOSOVO, MACEDONIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064329/https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T27122601492&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=0_T27122615935&backKey=20_T27122615936&csi=282801&docNo=1|archive-date=3 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>