The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) is a field mission of the

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, prom ...

operating in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. The mission was deployed in July 1999 to support the

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is the officially mandated mission of the United Nations in Kosovo. The UNMIK describes its mandate as being to "help the United Nations Security Council achieve an overall ...

(UNMIK) in the field of democratisation, institution building and human rights in Kosovo.

Mandate

The mandate of the mission was set out in OSCE Permanent Council Decision No. 305 of 1 July 1999. The mission forms one of the pillars of the

relating to democratisation, institution building and human rights. The core objectives as mandated were to establish a police school to train officers for a new

Kosovo Police Service The Kosovo Police ( sq, Policia e Kosovës, sr-Cyrl, Полиција Косова, sr-Latn, Policija Kosova) is the national police, policing law enforcement agency of Kosovo. History A Kosovo Police Service was created in 1999 in the aft ...

, to train members of the judiciary, to organise and monitor

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...

, to support the development civil society, non-governmental organisations and political parties, to establish an

Ombudsman An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...

institution and to monitor and protect human rights.

Heads of Mission

The current Head of the mission is Michael Davenport.https://www.osce.org/mission-in-kosovo/head-of-mission

Gallery

File:OSCE-Pristina.JPG, Headquarters of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

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