OSCE Mission in Kosovo

The Mission forms a distinct component of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and is responsible for:

• democratization and governance, including the development of a civil society, non­governmental organizations and political parties;
• election organization and supervision, including voter registration, political party services, training and education and elections operations;
• media affairs, including independent media support; regulations, laws and standards; media monitoring, and Radio-TV Kosovo;
• human rights monitoring, as well as protecting and promoting human rights, including the establishment of an Ombudsman institution, in co-operation, inter alia, with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights;
• rule of law, including helping re-establish a judicial system based on democratic principles and human rights, and developing a culture of respect for a rule of law;
• police education and development, including the training of a new Kosovo police service at the Kosovo Police Service School.

Other tasks which may be requested by the Secretary­ General of the United Nations or his Special Representative, which are consistent with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and approved by the OSCE Permanent Council.