United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

This article is about the specific polity United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The UNMIK was the mandate mission of the United Nations in Kosovo that preceded the independence of the country.

Establishment

June 1999: The UNMIK was established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1244, which was passed on 10 June 1999. In that Resolution, the UN decided to "deploy in Kosovo, under United Nations auspices, an international civil and security presence".

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Yugoslav Wars

Were a series of independence wars and insurgencies that resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia.

1.1.Kosovo War

Was a conflict in Kosovo, at the time part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, that led to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and then to the independency of Kosovo.

February 2008: The Assembly of Kosovo adopted the declaration of independence.