19 years from KFOR's entry into Kosovo

Today, 19 years are made from the entry of KFOR forces into Kosovo and the beginning of the withdrawal of Serbian military and paramilitary criminal forces.

This took place on the day the agreement signed on 9 June 1999 in Kumanovo came into effect between NATO forces and the then Yugoslav Army.

It was signed by Michael Jackson, KFOR's first commander in Kosovo, and former Army Chief of Staff of Serbia General Nebojsa Pavkovic, Hague war crimes indictee and genocide.

Among other things in the deal was the following:

c) to leave Kosovo all personnel and organisations with military capabilities, including regular army and navy forces, armed civilians, paramilitary, air forces, national border police, reserve, military police, intelligence services, MUP, local police, special police, anti-rebelist, anti-terrorism and any group designated by KFOR.

d) assigned an air safety zone 25 kilometers across Kosovo's border, while at point

e) was assigned a five-mile zone across the border with RFJs that dared not deploy heavy weapons and armies, except border soldiers.

The attacks, which lasted for 78 days, were cancelled on June 10th after NATO Supreme Commander General Wesley Clark reported to the North Atlantic Council that air strikes had forced dictator Slobodan Milosevic to begin full withdrawal of forces from Kosovo.

With NATO's entry, the deployment of the United Nations Organisation's interim mission began in Kosovo Choose a working directory - U n NMIC, who would manage the country for a certain period of time.