2000 unrest in Kosovo

In 2000 there was unrest in Kosovo, which was under United Nations Interim Administration after the adoption of the Resolution 1244 (10 June 1999), between the Kosovo Force (KFOR), Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs.

Resolution 1244 was determined to resolve the serious humanitarian situation and ensure that all refugees could safely return. It condemned violence against the civilian population as well as acts of terrorism, and recalled the jurisdiction and mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It also recalled the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), at the same time calling for autonomy for Kosovo. The resolution authorised an international civil and security presence in Kosovo. The Resolution affirmed the need for immediate deployment of international civil and security presences, and authorised the establishment of the Kosovo Force. The responsibilities of the international security presence included deterring new hostilities, monitoring the withdrawal of the Yugoslav Army, demilitarising the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and ensuring a safe environment in which refugees could return.

Kosovska Mitrovica became de facto partitioned, the institutions of the Serb-inhabited north part of the town and North Kosovo being funded by Serbia. UN Special Representative Bernard Kouchner said of the division: "you have to think of the Serb reaction. The only place they feel protected is in the north—that's simply the fact". Violent riots in October 1999 by Albanians led to 184 injured and 1 death after Serb resistance to an attempt in September to escort Albanians over the Ibar bridge. The UNMIK accepted the KLA's transformation into a civil security force numbering 5,000 personnel, the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC), in September 1999.

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