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CIAO DATE: 07/04

Who's Who in Kosovo

August 31, 1999

International Crisis Group

Abstract

This paper offers a brief guide to the leading indigenous political organisations and personalities in Kosovo/Kosova.

The authority of the international civil and military presence in Kosovo rests on UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999. Under international law no other authority enjoys any legitimacy until the UN administration grants it. Specifically, the international civil presence is tasked with:

    "Organizing and overseeing the development of provisional institutions for democratic and autonomous self-government pending a political settlement..."

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