United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council ( UNSCR 1244) of 10 June 1999, known to the public as a Kosovo resolution, forms the basis in international law for the establishment of the Transitional Administration the United Nations Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK), by a civil administration in Kosovo has been established, as well as for deployment of the international security presence KFOR.

The "sovereignty" and " territorial integrity " of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia mentioned the resolution only in their declaratory part, but not in their legally binding operational component. The future status of Kosovo, the resolution does not comment.

Resolution 1244 also marked the end of the violent confrontation of the Kosovo war. With the UNMIK period was recovered in order to resolve the status issue appropriately.

Content and significance of international law

  • Interim Administration Mission of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK) - By paragraph 10 of resolution 1244, the Security Council authorized the UN Secretary-General with the establishment of a temporary civil administration. The mission was equipped in paragraph 11 with very far-reaching jurisdiction in the region of the Serbian province to produce substantial autonomy for Kosovo people. Therefore UNMIK aimed loud Resolution on the establishment and strengthening of self-supporting democratic institutions.
  • Sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - In the preamble to the resolution requires all UN member states to protect the " sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" and the other states in the region. The recognition of the integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia, whose succession to the disintegration of the Federal Republic in the spring of 2003, Serbia and Montenegro and in 2006 finally Serbia took ends, according to the constitutional lawyer Georg Nolte, with the Annex (Annex) 1 of resolution with the conclusion of a stepping framework Agreement for finding a political solution to the Kosovo crisis, an opinion which do not share, for example, Serbia and Russia.
  • Legal status of Kosovo - The legal status of Kosovo is not specified in Resolution 1244, the Security Council because this can generally make no finding. Whether the Security Council to intervene in the territorial integrity of a state and may include the removal of a part of, international law is unclear. This is offset by Article 2, No. 4 and No. 7 of the UN Charter. However, the range of tasks of UNMIK has been added to the long term final determination of the international legal status of Kosovo, without having to provide a time horizon also facilitating a political process. International law is disputed whether these goals, the status of verification is to be interpreted as agreement forced the parties of the conflict, or only as an appeal to the hearing of commitment.
  • Duration - The measures provided for in Resolution 1244 security policy mandates are given in Section 19 unlimited done to a changing decision the Security Council.
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