United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 defined the legal status of Kosovo as a UN protectorate, under its administration, while being legally an autonomous constituency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
It was adopted on June 10, 1999.
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The main effects of Resolution 1244 were to:
- Place Kosovo under transitional UN administration (currently performed by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK), while denying Serbia any role in Kosovo's governance;
- Authorize a NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR);
- Authorize a Serbian-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo of up to "hundreds, not thousands" of soldiers to guard cultural treasures;
- Direct UNMIK to establish provisional institutions of local self-government in Kosovo;
- Reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e., Kosovo was to remain 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 Future Status Process);
- Authorize the UN to facilitate a political process to determine Kosovo's future status (this process, the Kosovo Future Status Process began in late 2005 under the auspices of UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari).
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- United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
- Other United Nation Security Council Resolutions
