Kosovo Verification Mission

OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission
AbbreviationKVM
PredecessorOSCE Missions of Long Duration in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina
SuccessorOSCE Mission in Kosovo
Formation25 October 1998
Dissolved9 June 1999
HeadquartersPristina, Kosovo
Region
Kosovo
Director
William G. Walker
Deputy Director
Gabriel Keller
Parent organization
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Staff
1,400 ground observers
Websitehttps://www.osce.org/kvm-closed

The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM) was an OSCE mission to verify that the Serbian[1][2] and Yugoslav forces[3][4][5][6] were complying with the UNSC Resolution 1203 and the Clark-Naumann agreement, to end atrocities in Kosovo, withdraw armed forces from Kosovo, and abide by a ceasefire.[1][7] The mission was deployed on 25 October 1998, withdrawn in March 1999 and was closed on 9 June 1999.[8]

  1. ^ a b "WINNING THE WAR AND THE PEACE IN KOSOVO". The White House. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15.
  2. ^ "SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS DEMAND FOR CESSATION OF USE OF FORCE AGAINST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. 26 March 1999.
  3. ^ "OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed) - OSCE". osce.org.
  4. ^ Ristic, Marija (23 April 2013). "Serbian Paramilitary Describes Massacre of Kosovo Villagers". BIRN. BALKAN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.
  5. ^ "Serbian court jails nine for 1999 war crimes in Kosovo". Reuters. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
  6. ^ "UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo - 3. Forces of the Conflict". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ Brigadier-General Maisonneuve (Spring 2000). "THE OSCE KOSOVO VERIFICATION MISSION" (PDF). Canadian Military Journal.
  8. ^ https://www.osce.org/kvm-closed

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