Recognition — States — Criteria for recognition — Nature of recognition — Whether constitutive or declaratory — Recognition a discretionary act — Requirement that entity to be recognized complies with rules of international law regarding non-use of force and protection of minorities — Guidelines for recognition of new States in Eastern Europe issued by the European Community and its Member States

States — Criteria for statehood — Continuity of States — Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — Whether no longer in existence — Federal Republic of Yugoslavia established by Serbia and Montenegro — Whether meeting criteria for statehood — Whether continuation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — Whether requiring recognition