The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kosovo

Duration
12 August 1999 - 7 March 2000
Military personnel
1
Fatalities
none
Decorations
none

On 10 June 1999, the Security Council decided in resolution 1244 to establish a civil operation in Kosovo. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) had 4 pillars: an interim administration, humanitarian issues, rebuilding and the establishment of the government apparatus.

These tasks were assigned, respectively, to:

  • the United Nations;
  • the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
  • the European Union;
  • the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).