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The Standards for Kosovo are a set of UN-endorsed benchmarks for the democratic development of Kosovo. Politics of Kosovo take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Kosovo The political status of Kosovo is the subject of a long-running political and territorial dispute between the Serbian (and previously the Yugoslav) The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence was an act of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Assembly of Kosovo, adopted on 17 February 2008 which declared United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 authorised an international civil and military presence in Kosovo, then part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia During and after the breakup of Yugoslavia there were increasing ethnic and regional conflicts culminating in the Kosovo War of 1999 The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX Kosovo, is a planned deployment of European Union (EU police and civilian resources to Kosovo as The Kosovo Force ( KFOR) is a NATO -led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, the self-proclaimed independent The International Steering Group for Kosovo had its inaugural meeting on Thursday February 28, 2008. The International Civilian Representative for Kosovo (ICR is a civilian officer appointed to oversee the Kosovo status settlement proposal drafted by UN Special Pieter Cornelis Feith ( February 9, 1945) is a Dutch Diplomat, currently serving as the European Union Special Representative The Military of Kosovo is an organisation still in the process of being formed following the self-proclaimed and partially recognized declaration of independence of The Kosovo Protection Corps (Trupat e Mbrojtjes së Kosovës is a civilian emergency services organisation in Kosovo. The Kosovo Police Service (KPS Albanian: Shërbimi Policor i Kosovës; Serbian: Kosovska Policijska Služba) was created in 1999 See also Constitutional status of Kosovo The Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo purportedly came into effect on 15 June The Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (Institucionet e përkohshme të vetëqeverisjes Serbian: Привремене институције самоуправе The President of the Republic of Kosovo (Kryetari i Kosovës or Serbian: sr-Cyrl председник Косова is Head of State of the Republic Fatmir Sejdiu ( Serbo-Croat: Fatmir Sejdiju) (born October 23, 1951) is the second and current President of Kosovo. The Government of the Republic of Kosovo is the branch of Kosovo state institutions that exercises executive authority in Kosovo. The Prime Minister of Kosovo (Kryeministri i Kosovës Serbian: sr-Cyrl Премијер Косова ''Premijer Kosova'' is the Head of Government for Kosovo. Hashim Thaçi ( Albanian: Hashim Thaçi Serbo-Croat: Hašim Tači, Хашим Тачи born 24 April, 1968 in Drenica The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo (Kuvendi i Kosovës Скупштина Косова Skupština Kosova) is an institution within the Provisional Institutions The Chair of the Assembly of Kosovo (Kryetari i Kuvendit të Kosovës or Kryeparlamentari Serbian: sr-Cyrl Председник Скупштине Косова Jakup Krasniqi is the president of the Assembly of Kosovo. Krazniqi was born in 1951 in the village of Negrofc, in Glogovac municipality Republic of Kosovo 160 seats in Parliament Some parties(mostly minority parties/ very small parties have no representive at parliament because they are in a coalition with another Parliamentary elections to the Assembly of Kosovo (Kuvendi i Kosovës Serbian: sr-Cyrl Скупштина Косова transliterated sr-Latn Skupstina Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo in 2001 Results Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 24 October 2004. Parliamentary elections to the unicameral Assembly of Kosovo (Kuvendi i Kosovës Serbian: sr-Cyrl Скупштина Косова The 2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo were held on May 11, 2008 as part of Serbia's parliamentary elections and elections in Vojvodina The Districts of Kosovo (Rreth Serbian: sr Дистрикт transliterated sr-Latn ''Distrikt'' are the higher-level Administrative divisions A Municipality (komuna Serbian: sr-Cyrl општина transliterated sr-Latn ''opština'' is the basic Administrative division in Kosovo They cover eight key areas of development and include a particular focus on the protection of Kosovo non-Albanian ethnic communities. The Standards address issues of related to functioning democratic institutions, rule of law, rights of communities, returns of displaced persons, the economy, dialogue with Belgrade, property rights and the Kosovo Protection Corps. The Kosovo Protection Corps (Trupat e Mbrojtjes së Kosovës is a civilian emergency services organisation in Kosovo.
In 2003, the international community articulated a policy of "Standards before status," whereby it was decided that Kosovo's status would not be addressed until it had met these Standards of good governance. To meet these goals, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) created a series of working groups that met regularly to speed progress on the Standards. The Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (Institucionet e përkohshme të vetëqeverisjes Serbian: Привремене институције самоуправе In 2005, a UN-commissioned report by Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide assessed that further progress on the Standards would not be possible until Kosovo had clarity about its future status.
In 2006, as the Kosovo Status Process was underway, the government of Kosovo (part of the PISG) began to transition its work on the Standards into the more demanding process of meeeting standards for European integration as part of the Stabilization and Association Process Tracking Mechanism (STM). During and after the breakup of Yugoslavia there were increasing ethnic and regional conflicts culminating in the Kosovo War of 1999
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