United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Misioni i Administratës së Përkohshme të Kombeve të Bashkuara në Kosovë  (Albanian) Привремена административна мисија Уједињених нација на Косову (Serbian) بعثة الأمم المتحدة للإدارة المؤقتة في كوسوفو  (Arabic) 联合国科索沃特派团 (Chinese) Mission des Nations Unies au Kosovo  (French) Миссия Организации Объединенных Наций в Косово (Russian) Misión de las Naciones Unidas en Kosovo  (Spanish)
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Kosovo – the area encompassed by the black dashed line – as delineated by UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
Status	United Nations mission
Capital	Pristina
Government
• UN Special Representative	Zahir Tanin
• KFOR commander	Major General Giovanni Fungo (NATO)
• PISG president	vacant
• EULEX head	Alexandra Papadopoulou (EU)
Establishment
• UN Security Council Resolution 1244	10 June 1999
• PISG framework	May 2001
• EULEX	16 February 2008
Currency	Euro (EUR)

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is the officially mandated mission of the United Nations in Kosovo. Currently, UNMIK describes its mandate as being to "help the Security Council achieve an overall objective, namely, to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants of Kosovo and advance regional stability in the western Balkans."

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]".

UNMIK still exists today, but its day-to-day functions are relatively minor since Kosovo declared independence and adopted a new constitution, and following the creation of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), which itself operates within the framework of Security Council Resolution 1244. EULEX assists and supports the Kosovo authorities in the rule of law area, specifically in the police, judiciary and customs areas. In September 2012, international supervision ended, and Kosovo became responsible for its own governance.

The Assembly of Kosovo adopted the declaration of independence on 17 February 2008; Kosovo Serb parliamentarians boycotted the session.

Kosovo is the subject of a long-running political and territorial dispute between the Serbian (and previously, the Yugoslav) government and Kosovo's largely ethnic-Albanian population. A clear majority of the Kosovo's population support Kosovo's independence. Internationally, 111 of the United Nation's 193 member states (including a majority of European countries) have recognised Kosovo's independence.

The head of UNMIK is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General ('SRSG') and is appointed by the Secretary-General under the advice of UN member states. Zahir Tanin, an Afghan diplomat, has been the SRSG since 19 August 2015.