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The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the largest OSCE field operation, forms a distinct component of the United Nations Interim Administration. It is mandated with institution- and democracy-building and promoting human rights and the rule of law.

Press releases

Kosovo municipalities making headway in establishing new executive structures, says OSCE Mission report

PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 April 2008 - Municipalities have made valuable progress in establishing new executive structures after the November 2007 elections, says a report issued by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...

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Features

Mission helps improve participatory governance in Kosovo

Inhabitants of Besi village, part of Prishtine/Pristina municipality, express their concerns to local authorities at a meeting facilitated by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

With a series of workshops and guidebooks, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is helping to address the main challenges municipal officials face, such as involving the public in decision-making.

Enhancing the protection of minority rights in Kosovo

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is sharpening its focus on minority rights protection. Pictured:
Serb students in Lipjan/Lipljan mark the renovation of "Braca Aleksic" school, which the Mission equipped in January 2006 to help preserve the Serbian language. (OSCE)

Protecting the rights of minorities has been a priority for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo since it was set up in 1999. In March this year, however, it stepped up its focus on minority issues with a more robust hands-on approach.

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Peter Vanhoutte from the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces was a trainer at a course on parliamentary oversight of the security sector, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 27 February 2008. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Peter Vanhoutte from the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces was a trainer at a course on parliamentary oversight of the security sector, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 27 February 2008. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

DOCUMENT: You are displaced, Your rights are not

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DOCUMENT: Report on implementation of the Law on Access to Official Documents at the Municipal Level, November 2007

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