UNMIK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Kosovo, UN interim administration Flag Map of UNMIK infrastructure in Kosovo. Kosovo as defined by UNSCR 1244 Capital Government Special Representative Pristina Lamberto Zannier UN administration of Kosovo 10 June 1999 16 February 2008 Euro (EUR) This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Kosovo Political status of Kosovo • Declaration of independence • Diplomatic response • UNSC Resolution 1244 • Kosovo status process • Standards for Kosovo • UNMIK · EULEX · KFOR • International Steering Group • International Civilian Rep. • Pieter Feith • Military of Kosovo • Kosovo Protection Corps UN protectorate UNSCR 1244 EULEX Currency Kosovo 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • • • • Kosovo Police Service Anthem of Kosovo "Europe" Constitution Provisional Institutions • President • Fatmir Sejdiu • Government / Prime Minister • Hashim Thaçi • Assembly / Chair • Jakup Krasniqi Foreign relations Political parties Kosovan passport Elections: • Parliamentary: 2001, 2004, 2007 • Local: 2007, 2008 Subdivisions of Kosovo • Districts • Municipalities United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Structure UNMIK has been divided into four sections which it calls "pillars." These are: • Pillar I: Police and justice (United Nationsled) • 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) Responsibility for enforcement of Pillars I and II has now been transferred to the institutions of provisional self-government in Kosovo. The UN, however, still monitors this enforcement. Following a major internal restructuring of its activities, this Pillar structure underwent a change. Pillar I was dissolved and as a consequence the Police Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Justice reporting directly to the SRSG instead of reporting to a DSRSG as was the case earlier. Pillar II was scaled down to a Department of Civil Administration and its Director also reporting directly to the SRSG. UNMIK oversees a substantial UN International Police force numbered currently at approximately 1985, which includes Formed Police Units as well. A NATO-led force called KFOR provides an international security presence in support of UNMIK’s work, but is not subordinate to the UN. • • • • • See also Portal:Politics The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United Nations. The mission was established on 10 June 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244.[1] The Assembly of Kosovo unanimously adopted the declaration of independence on 17 February 2008, EULEX now assumes responsibility in assisting Kosovo; its central aims are; to assist and support the Kosovo authorities in the rule of law area, specifically in the police, judiciary and customs areas. The mission is not in Kosovo to govern or rule.[2] The province is the subject of a long-running political and territorial dispute between the Serbian (and previously, the Yugoslav) government and Kosovo’s largely ethnic-Albanian population. Whilst Serbia’s claim to Kosovo is recognised by some in the international community, a clear majority of the province’s population support Kosovo’s independence, together with a majority of European countries. The head of UNMIK is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (’SRSG’) and is appointed by the Secretary-General under the advice of UN member states. Joachim Rücker, a German diplomat, has been the SRSG since September 2006, replacing Steven Schook who served as actingSRSG since the departure of Søren JessenPetersen in June 2006. Duties 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. 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo And that the presence of UN/NATO peacekeeping troops help ’fuel the sex trafficking trade’. According to Amnesty International, most of women are trafficked from Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine [6] [7] [8]. • On 10 February UN police fired rubber bullets at unarmed demonstrators in Pristina, killing two and injuring 82. The Chief Constable resigned, however the police unit who fired the rubber bullets returned to Rumania where they have not been investigated. Meanwhile in Pristina, UNMIK arrested and detained the demonstration organiser, Albin Kurti of VETËVENDOSJE! (Albanian for selfdetermination). He remained in detention without trial until July 2007 and subsequently has been under house arrest. Amnesty International has criticised UNMIK’s conduct of his prosecution. [9] In June 2005, a BBC article suggested that the European Roma Rights Centre were to sue UNMIK over Roma in Mitrovica Camps. In July 2006, a book, ’Peace at Any Price: How the World Failed Kosovo’, written by two former senior staffers at UNMIK, exposed a catalogue of errors and incompetence in the institution over its seven year history. Criticism The UNMIK has been criticized for failing to achieve many of its stated objectives and is widely resented by both Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians. After seven years of work (as of 2006): • Key infrastructure is not reconstructed; specifically, electric distribution is still very problematic; • UNMIK created constitutional framework for Kosovo, while authorised to create only legal framework; • UNMIK has been slow to transfer competencies to the provisional Kosovo institutions; • Ethnic violence has occasionally flared (most notably in March 2004); • Corruption, including allegations of corruption within UNMIK, remains endemic; • Human rights have been problematic, especially with Kosovo’s minority communities; • There has been a failure to eliminate parallel structures, insofar as health and education within the Kosovo Serbian community remain dependent on Serbian budgets; • UNMIK has been accused of failing to implement an economic development strategy; • The government of Serbia claims there are around 250,000. [3][4] [5] refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Kosovo, the vast majority of whom are Serbs, who still do not feel safe returning to their homes. Kosovo Albanians displaced from the divided town of Mitrovica have yet to be granted the right to return. • Amongst other things, according to SC Resolution 1244, Serbia is authorised to send a specific amount of its troops back into Kosovo. UNMIK so far has prevented Serbia from doing so, thus in fact breaching the resolution. • Illegal Serb intelligence and interior forces continue to operate clandestinely in Kosovo, especially in the north; • Since the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 1999, according to some international organizations Kosovo has become a major destination country for women and young girls trafficked into forced prostitution. Kosovo final status process See also: Constitutional status of Kosovo 2005 A UN-led political process began in late 2005 to determine Kosovo’s future status. Belgrade proposed that Kosovo be highly autonomous and remain a part of Serbia — Belgrade officials repeatedly said that an imposition of Kosovo’s independence would be a violation of Serbia’s sovereignty and therefore contrary to international law and the UN Charter. Representatives of Kosovo’s ethnicAlbanian majority asserted that Kosovo must become independent, arguing that the violence of the Milošević years made continued union between Kosovo and Serbia impossible. UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, a former president of Finland, leads the status process with Austrian diplomat Albert Rohan, his deputy. Ahtisaari’s office — the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo (UNOSEK) — 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo mentioning the word "independence," the draft included several provisions that were widely interpreted as implying statehood for Kosovo. In particular, the draft Settlement would give Kosovo the right to apply for membership in international organizations, to create a Kosovo Security Force and adopt national symbols. [13] Ahtisaari conducted several weeks of consultations with the parties in Vienna to finalize the Settlement, including a high-level meeting on 10 March 2007 that brought together the Presidents and Prime Ministers of both sides. After this meeting, leaders from both sides signalled a total unwillingness to compromise on their central demands (Kosovo Albanians for Kosovo’s independence; Belgrade for continued sovereignty over Kosovo). Concluding that there was little hope of the two sides reconciling their positions independently, Ahtisaari said he would submit to the UN Security Council his own proposed status arrangements, including an explicit recommendation for the status outcome itself, by the end of March. [14] Most international observers believed that these negotiations would lead to Kosovo’s independence, subject to a period of international supervision. [15] Nevertheless, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in September 2006 that Russia might veto a UN Security Council proposal on Kosovo’s final status that applied different standards than those applied to the separatist Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. [16] The Russian ambassador to Serbia asserted that Russia will use its veto power unless the solution is acceptable to both Belgrade and Kosovo Albanians. [17] In a survey carried out by UNDP and published in March 2007, 96% of Kosovo Albanians and 77% of non-Serb minorities in Kosovo wanted Kosovo to become independent within present borders. Some 78% of the Serb minority wanted Kosovo to remain an autonomous province within Serbia. Just 2.5% of the ethnic-Albanians wanted unification with Albania.[18] Separately, the UN refugee agency made contingency plans for up to 70,000 further Serbian refugees in the wake of any successful independence claim by Kosovo Albanians. [19] [20] In early May 2007, European members of the UN Security Council, Germany and the United States circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution that would replace UN is located in Vienna and includes liaison staff from NATO, the European Union and the United States. 2006 The initial status negotiations focused on technical issues important for Kosovo’s longterm stability, particularly the rights and protection of Kosovo’s minorities (and especially the Kosovo Serbs). Ahtisaari brought the parties together for the first direct dialogue in February 2006 to discuss decentralization of local government, an important measure in the protection of Kosovo Serb communities. Subsequent meetings addressed economic issues, property rights, protection of Serbian Orthodox Church heritage and institutional guarantees for the rights of Kosovo’s minorities. On 24 July 2006, Ahtisaari brought the parties together in Vienna for the first highlevel talks on the status outcome itself. Serbian President Boris Tadić, Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Agim Çeku attended and presented their respective platforms for Kosovo’s future status. Ahtisaari later told the press that the meeting resulted in no breakthroughs, but added that the discussion was "frank and candid" and the atmosphere was better than he could have expected.[10] Ahtisaari briefed Contact Group foreign ministers on 20 September 2006, in New York City at a meeting chaired by U.S. Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. At that meeting, the Contact Group released a press statement that reaffirmed its desire to work towards a negotiated settlement in the course of 2006 and also endorsed Ahtisaari’s plans to develop a comprehensive proposal for a status settlement. [11] As the end of 2006 neared, and despite progress on technical matters, both parties remained diametrically opposed on the question of status itself. [12] 2007 On 2 February 2007, Ahtisaari delivered to representatives in Belgrade and Pristina a draft status settlement proposal. The proposal covered a wide range of issues related to Kosovo’s future, in particular measures to protect Kosovo’s non-Albanian communities such as decentralization of government, protection of Serbian Orthodox Church heritage and institutional protections for non-Albanian communities, which would remain in place for at least three years. Whilst not 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo On Monday 16 July 2007 after many weeks of discussions at the Security Council, Russia rejected a fifth draft of a Security Council resolution based on the Ahtisaari proposals. British and European Union officials suggested on 17 July 2007 that a final draft would be presented ’within days’ in an effort to secure Russian support. European Union foreign policy chief proposed new talks between Belgrade and Kosovo Albanians if this final draft failed, lasting for a period of four months and under the guidance of the Contact Group of leading nations. [32] Concerns remain that a failure to secure a resolution favourable to Kosovo Albanian opinion might lead to violence in Kosovo, including in the period up to a possible election in November 2007. Kosovo newspaper Zeri suggested, Reuters reported, that Contact Group nations might be considering an international conference on Kosovo in September in Paris. [32] The United States, United Kingdom and other European members of the Security Council formally ’discarded’ a draft resolution backing Ahtisaari’s proposal on 20 July 2007, having failed to secure Russian backing. Kosovo Albanian leaders reacted by proposing unilateral independence for 28 November 2007, though the UN would be required to overrule any such action. [33] Recognition of any unilateral declaration of independence would likely be of central importance; though US officials have indicated that they might support such a move, European nations have argued against unilateral moves by either side. French foreign minister and former UN Kosovo chief, Bernard Kouchner, warned that a unilateral declaration would split the European Union over recognition for the province, whilst US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack commented that, ’There is nothing to be gained by short-circuiting the diplomatic process that is under way.’ Violence is feared in Kosovo should Kosovo Albanian demands for independence not be met. [34] Despite the deadlock , the European Union has already drawn-up plans to take over the province. A 72-member European Union delegation with 200 local support staff would have a mandate to oversee implementation of the UN plan. An EU chief representative would continue to perform the same duties as the SRSG, with veto power over government decisions and the authority to fire Security Council Resolution 1244, endorse Ahtisaari’s proposals and end the UN administration of Kosovo after a transition period of 120 days. The US Permanent Representative to the UN said that the European/US draft had enough support in the Security Council to be adopted unless Russia chose to object. [21] [22] [23] [24] Whilst most observers had, at the beginning of the talks, anticipated independence as the most likely outcome, others suggested that a rapid resolution might not be preferable. [25] The Contact Group said that, regardless of the outcome of the present negotiations, a new International Civilian Office (ICO) will be established in Kosovo to take up the civil administration provided for under UNSCR 1244, supervise the implementation of any status settlement and safeguard minority rights. NATO leaders said that the presence of KFOR will be maintained in Kosovo after any status settlement. The EU will establish a European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law mission to focus on the policing and justice sectors. As of early July 2007 the draft resolution, backed by the United States, the United Kingdom and other European members of the Security Council, was rewritten four times to try to accommodate Russian concerns [26], and despite talks between the Presidents of Russia and the United States. [27] Russia stated that it would not support any resolution which was not acceptable to both parties. [28] Representatives of the states backing independence expressed hope that agreement can be found amongst the Security Council.[29] One Western diplomat, quoted by a British newspaper, offered an opinion on the state of negotiations: "I wouldn’t say it was game, set and match to the Russians but it is game and set". [30] Whilst the draft resolution on Kosovo’s status had yet to be endorsed by the Security Council, senior US officials had been suggesting that an agreement might be reached by 2008. The US assistant secretary of state for European affairs told delegates at a NATO conference in Croatia that he hoped that Kosovo’s future could be resolved in the months leading up to the alliance’s next summit meeting in Romania in April of that year. [31] Were the draft resolution to fail, observers had been speculating that fresh talks between the parties might follow. 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in this case. Protesting, the Kosovo Albanians mobs burned hundreds of Serbian houses, Serbian Orthodox Church sites (including some medieval churches and monasteries) and UN facilities. Kosovo Police established a special investigation team to handle cases related to the 2004 unrest and according to Kosovo Judicial Council by the end of 2006 the 326 charges filed by municipal and district prosecutors for criminal offenses in connection with the unrest had resulted in 200 indictments: convictions in 134 cases, and courts acquitted eight and dismissed 28; 30 cases were pending. International prosecutors and judges handled the most sensitive cases.[49] Kosovo Serbs working for the Serbian government receive, since 1999, a stipend called kosovski dodatak. The extra payment was created during Miloševic regime, and it remains to this day.[50] On 17 February 2008, the Assembly of Kosovo unanimously declared that Kosovo is independent from Serbia. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica responded by stating, "Today, this policy of force thinks that it has triumphed by establishing a false state."[51] The Republic of Kosovo has recognition from 53 sovereign UN states. In August 2008 after the Kosovo Constitution came into play, the UN decided to cut staff levels by 70% during a UN reconfiguration in the country. Much of the UN powers in Kosovo were transferred to the Kosovo Government and the EU policing mission in Kosovo called EULEX.[52] officials found obstructing the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution. [35] History After the war ended, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1244 that placed Kosovo under transitional UN administration (UNMIK) and authorized KFOR, a NATO-led peacekeeping force. Almost immediately, returning Kosovo Albanians attacked Kosovo Serbs [1], causing some 200,000-280,000[36] Serbs and other non-Albanians[37] to flee (note: the current number of internally displaced persons is disputed,[38][39][40][41] with estimates ranging from 65,000[42] to 250,000[43][44][45]). Many displaced Serbs are afraid to return to their homes, even with UNMIK protection. Around 120,000-150,000 Serbs remain in Kosovo, but are subject to ongoing harassment and discrimination. This has continued the trend of reducing the numbers of Serbs which, in percentage terms, resulted in changes of the demographic map of the Kosovo and Metohija’s population. Over the course of the last century the percentages have changed as follows: 1871 Serbs: 64% Albanians: 32%; 1948 - Serbs: 24% Albanians: 65%; 1971 - Serbs: 18% Albanians: 74%; 1995 - Serbs: 8% Albanians: 90%; 2008 - Serbs: 5%; Albanians: 92%. According to Amnesty International, the presence of peacekeepers in Kosovo led to an increase in the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation.[46][47][48] In 2001, UNMIK promulgated a Constitutional Framework for Kosovo that established the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG), including an elected Kosovo Assembly, Presidency and office of Prime Minister. Kosovo held its first free, Kosovowide elections in late 2001 (municipal elections had been held the previous year). UNMIK oversaw the establishment of a professional, multi-ethnic Kosovo Police Service. In March 2004, Kosovo experienced its worst inter-ethnic violence since the Kosovo War. The unrest in 2004 was sparked by a series of minor events that soon cascaded into large-scale riots. Serbian men had unleashed their dogs on young Albanian boys, two of whom died, an unconfirmed event which was used motive for protest since no one was ever arrested nor personally accused After the declaration of independence Plans for UNMIK to hand authority over to the EULEX mission after Kosovo’s constitution was approved faltered as a result of Russian opposition to Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence. The UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon decided to reconfigure the mission for a temporary period. Reportedly the UN will give way to the EU mission in Albanian areas, but retain control over police in Serb-inhabited areas and set up local and district courts serving minority Serbs. The move is in response to opposition to the EU presence in North Kosovo and other Serb-dominated areas.[53] 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo • • • • President of Kosovo Prime Minister of Kosovo Kosovo Protection Corps Kosovo Police Service Current institutions History of Kosovo This article is part of a series Early History Prehistoric Balkans Roman Empire Byzantine Empire Middle Ages Bulgarian Empire Medieval Serbia Battle of Kosovo Ottoman Kosovo Eyalet of Rumelia Vilayet of Kosovo Albanian nationalism 20th century First Balkan War Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Yugoslavia AP Kosovo and Metohija SAP Kosovo AP Kosovo and Metohija Recent history Kosovo War UN administration Contemporary Kosovo Kosovo Portal Administrative divisions • Subdivisions of Kosovo • Municipalities of Kosovo References [1] United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 S-RES-1244(1999) in 1999 (retrieved 2008-09-06) [2] http://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/?id=2 [3] "Serbian Government >> Coordination Centre >> Program of Returns", 2008, http://web.archive.org/web/ 20040203102745/ http://www.srbija.gov.rs/ coordination_centre/index.html, retrieved on 2008-02-23. 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See also KFOR Standards for Kosovo International Civilian Representative EU mission in Kosovo Republic of Kosovo (2008-) Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990-1999) • Autonomous Province of Vojvodina • Republic of Serbia • Provisional Institutions of SelfGovernment • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 • Kosovo War • United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, a similar mission that administered East Timor between 1999 and 2002. 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