The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is an interim civilian administration of the Serbian province (as part of Serbia and Montenegro) called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), under the authority of the United Nations. The current head of UNMIK is the Danish diplomat Søren Jessen-Petersen. The mission was established on June 10, 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244. Jump to: navigation, search Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  â€“ Density  7. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kosovo and Metohia (Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova), in English most often called just Kosovo, is a province of Serbia. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ...

According to resolution 1244, UNMIK is to:

• perform basic civilian administrative functions;
• promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and self-government in Kosovo;
• facilitate a political process to determine Kosovo's future status;
• coordinate humanitarian and disaster relief of all international agencies;
• support the reconstruction of key infrastructure;
• maintain civil law and order;
• promote human rights; and
• assure the safe and unimpeded return of all refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Kosovo.

UNMIK is divided into four sections which it calls "pillars". These are:

• Pillar I: Police and justice (United Nations-led)
• Pillar II: Civil Administration (United Nations-led)
• Pillar III: Democratization and institution building (led by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
• Pillar IV: Reconstruction and economic development (European Union-led)

A NATO-led force called KFOR provides an international security presence in support of UNMIK's work. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. ... Jump to: navigation, search The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D... Pocket badge of the KFOR Ukrainian soldier on foot patrolling in Serbian village near Brezovica KFOR vehicle of the French Army The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ...

After five years of work (As of 2004), UNMIK has failed in most of these tasks: 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Establishment of substantial autonomy and self-government in Kosovo is not complete; rather, all key political factors maintain that full independence of Kosovo as their immediate goal;[1]
• Kosovo's final status is still indeterminate because of a competing pressures from Kosovo, Yugoslavia and Russia;
• Some key infrastructure is unreliable; specifically, electric distribution is still unreliable;
• The minority Serb populations in the North are constrained in their movement for security reasons. While nearly all of the 850 000 displaced Albanians have returned, only 5 800 of approximately 200 000 non-Albanians have done so. [2]

See also

• KFOR
• Trafficking of women in and from Kosovo

Pocket badge of the KFOR Ukrainian soldier on foot patrolling in Serbian village near Brezovica KFOR vehicle of the French Army The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ... Since the deployment of the NATO international peacekeeping force (KFOR) and the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 1999, Kosovo has become a major destination country for women and girls trafficked into forced prostitution. ...

External links

• The United Nations Mission in Kosovo
• Full text of Security Council resolution 1244 (pdf)