On this page, you will find an updated collection of links referring to the political and legal framework and situation in Kosovo.

Kosovo Map

Basic documents

UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999)

Reports of the Secretary General to the Security Council

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2012/72), 31 January 2012

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2011/675), 31 October 2011

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2010/5)

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2009/497), 1 October 2009

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 5 May 2009

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2009/149), 17 March 2009

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 24 November 2008

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 15 July 2008

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 12 June 2008

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 28 March 2008

Report of the UN SRSG to the UN SC, 3 January 2008

Report of the Security Council mission on the Kosovo issue, 4 May 2007

UN Special Envoy for the Status Negotiations

Report to the President of the Security Council, 26 March 2007

Comprehensive proposal for the status settlement

Standard Implementation Process

UNMIK: Kosovo Standards Implementation Plan, 31 March 2004

Report of the UN Special Envoy for the Standard Implementation Process

European Commission

Kosovo (under UN 1244(1999)) 2008 Progress Report

European Commission: Kosovo – Progress Report 2007

European Parliament

European Parliament resolution of 29 March 2007 on the future of Kosovo and the role of the EU (2006/2267(INI)), 29 March 2007

European Parliament resolution on the situation in Kosovo, 1 April 2004

European Parliament: Resolution on abuses against Roma andother minorities in the new Kosovo, 7 October 1999

 US Department of State

2008 Human Rights Report: Kosovo, 25 February 2009

Serbia (includes Kosovo) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2007, March 11, 2008

Country Report on Human Rights Practices – Serbia (includes Kosovo)

Council of Europe

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Second opinion of the Advisory Committee on Kosovo, adopted on 5 November 2009

Progress report on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Kosovo, UNMIK, 10 December 2008

Reporting under the CoE Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Report ACFC (2005) 003 submitted by UNMIK

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Kosovo (25 November 2005)

UNMIK Comments on the opinion submitted by the CoE advisory Committee on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Committee of Ministers

Resolution CM/ResCMN(2011)14 on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Kosovo, Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 6 July 2011 at the 1118th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies

Committee of Ministers Resolution Res CMN (2006)9, 21 June 2006

PACE

Recommendation 1780 (2007): Current situation in Kosovo, 24 January 2007

Recommendation 1708 (2005): Current situation in Kosovo

Resolution 1375 (2004): Situation in Kosovo

Recommendation 1508 (2001): Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Situation in Kosovo and the neighbouring regions

PACE: Current situation in Kosovo, Doc. 11018, 18 September 2006 (Report)