Kosovo Verification Mission
The Kosovo Verification Mission ( KVM) was one of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE ) Mission in Kosovo whose aim was, inter alia, the monitoring of police activities and the review of the freedom of movement of observers and humanitarian organizations.
The establishment of the mission was adopted by the OSCE Permanent Council on the basis of Resolution 1203 of the UN Security Council on October 24, 1998 October 25, 1998. Details of the mission have been settled by the agreement between the OSCE and the FRY on 16 October 1998.
Kosovo was formed at that time the most dangerous trouble spot in Europe. A spillover of the conflict into neighboring areas and countries threatened to destabilize the entire region and thus directly affect the security of Europe.
For years, took to Kosovo Albanian asylum applications, the outbreak of open hostilities in February / March 1998 had had their numbers increase considerably. Not least because of this development, Europe had an overriding interest in a long-term stability of Kosovo and wanted to contribute by supporting the OSCE Mission to.
Vertices
- Multinational unarmed observer and verification mission in Kosovo
- Objectives: Monitoring the setting of hostilities and attacks on the civilian population, pursuant to resolution 1199 of the UN Security
- Very high risk potential through active hostilities, intensive military and criminal activities
Strength
The KVM should include a maximum of 2,000 unarmed and non- uniformed persons. In fact, a much lower emission intensity ( about 1400 participants) was achieved. Yet she was so at that time by far the largest of all previous OSCE missions.
The envisaged composition:
Numerous mission members from all three areas were entrusted with administrative tasks (eg, organization, finance, IT u.ä ). Employees from the population were recruited locally ( among others as translators, drivers, secretaries, technicians ) to support the mission in large numbers.
End of Mission
The Head of Mission, the American diplomat and former head of Untaes William Walker was declared after a report on a January 15, 1999 by Yugoslav special forces at Racak massacre allegedly directed by the Yugoslav authorities declared persona non grata.
After the failure of the Rambouillet negotiations, the Kosovo Verification Mission was evacuated to Macedonia on 20 March 1999. In the night from 24 to 25 March 1999, NATO began its air offensive Operation Allied Force against Yugoslavia, which lasted 78 days. Part of the mission remained in Macedonia and Albania and were used to work with refugees and to identify human rights violations used. By order of 8 June 1999, the mission was dissolved and replaced by the " OSCE Task Force".