United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 authorised an international civil and military presence in Kosovo, then part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, placing it under interim UN administration. It was adopted on 10 June 1999. Both sides in the conflict subsequently adopted it in the Kumanovo Treaty.

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The main effects of Resolution 1244 were to:

Place Kosovo under interim UN administration (currently performed by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK);
Authorize a NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (currently performed by the Kosovo Force, KFOR);
Authorize a Serbian-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo of soldiers and militia to guard cultural treasures and other business (not implemented in practice);
Direct UNMIK to establish provisional institutions of local self-government in Kosovo (currently the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government, PISG);
Reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e., Kosovo remains part of the FRY, to which Serbia is now the recognized successor state) and the other States of the region, as set out in the Helsinki Final Act and annex 2 of UNSCR 1244 (an annex that envisions, inter alia, a Kosovo status process);
Require the UN to assure the safe and unimpeded return of all refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Kosovo and to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants of the province;
Require that the KLA and other armed Kosovo Albanian groups be demilitarized;
Authorize the UN to facilitate a political process to determine Kosovo's future status, its level and forms of autonomy (began in late 2005 under the auspices of UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari);