Operation Eagle Eye (Kosovo)
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Operation Eagle Eye was an operation before the 1999 Kosovo War
to monitor Kosovo's compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199
- which in part "Demands that all parties, groups and individuals immediately cease hostilities and maintain a ceasefire in Kosovo
, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
" and that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "cease all action by the security forces affecting the civilian population and order the withdrawal of security units used for civilian repression."http://www.un.org/peace/kosovo/98sc1199.htm.
In an October 15th 1998 agreement with NATO, Yugoslavia agreed that unarmed surveillance aircraft, and International Observers on the ground could monitor its compliance. Operation Eagle was the name of the aerial component of this monitoring, which began October 17th, 1998. Operation Eagle Eye worked in concert with these 1400 ground observers in Kosovo. As a result of a Yugoslav troop movements and other forms of non-compliance the ground observers were withdrawn due to "an unacceptable level of risk to the peace support verification mission"http://www.afsouth.nato.int/operations/deteagle/Eagle.htm, resulting in an end to aerial verification on March 24, 1999.
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
to monitor Kosovo's compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199, adopted on September 23, 1998, after recalling Resolution 1160 , the Council demanded that the Albanian and Yugoslav parties in Kosovo end hostilities and observe a ceasefire....
- which in part "Demands that all parties, groups and individuals immediately cease hostilities and maintain a ceasefire in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
" and that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "cease all action by the security forces affecting the civilian population and order the withdrawal of security units used for civilian repression."http://www.un.org/peace/kosovo/98sc1199.htm.
In an October 15th 1998 agreement with NATO, Yugoslavia agreed that unarmed surveillance aircraft, and International Observers on the ground could monitor its compliance. Operation Eagle was the name of the aerial component of this monitoring, which began October 17th, 1998. Operation Eagle Eye worked in concert with these 1400 ground observers in Kosovo. As a result of a Yugoslav troop movements and other forms of non-compliance the ground observers were withdrawn due to "an unacceptable level of risk to the peace support verification mission"http://www.afsouth.nato.int/operations/deteagle/Eagle.htm, resulting in an end to aerial verification on March 24, 1999.