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: Привремене институције самоуправе, Privremene institucije samouprave) or 'PISG' are the local administrative bodies in Kosovo established by the United Nations administration ('UNMIK')

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United Nations. The mission was established on 10 June 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244...

 in that province under the terms of UNSCR 1244

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, adopted on June 10, 1999, after recalling resolutions 1160 , 1199 , 1203 and 1239 , authorised an international civil and military presence in Kosovo ) and established the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo .Resolution...

. That resolution, which ended the Kosovo conflict

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...

 of 1999, provided for an interim international administration for Kosovo which would establish and oversee the development of 'provisional, democratic self-governing institutions'. The province is the subject of a long-running political and territorial dispute between the Serbia

Serbia

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n (and previously, the Yugoslav

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) government and Kosovo's largely ethnic-Albanian population. Whilst formally a part of Serbia, international negotiations began in 2006 to determine the final status of Kosovo (see also Constitutional status of Kosovo

Constitutional status of Kosovo

The political status of Kosovo is the subject of a long-running political and territorial dispute between the Serbian government and Kosovo's largely ethnic-Albanian population, stemming from the breakup of Yugoslavia at the end of the 20th century, and the ensuing Yugoslav wars...

 and Kosovo Status Process).

In May 2001, UNMIK promulgated a Constitutional Framework which established these Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG). Since 2001, UNMIK has been gradually transferring increased administrative competencies to the PISG, while reserving powers that are normally carried out by sovereign states, such as over foreign affairs. UNMIK has also established municipal government and an internationally-supervised Kosovo Police Service

Kosovo Police Service

Kosovo Police is the police law enforcement agency of the Republic of Kosovo.It was created in 1999 in the aftermath of the Kosovo War and subsequent withdrawal of the Yugoslav armed forces from Kosovo....

.

The Provisional Institutions comprise:

• The Assembly of Kosovo
  Assembly of Kosovo
  The Assembly of Kosovo was originally established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 2001 to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government'....
  
  , which elects a President of Kosovo
  President of Kosovo
  The President of the Republic of Kosovo is Head of State of the disputed Republic of Kosovo. The President of Kosovo is elected by the Assembly of Kosovo. The first post-war president, who served until his death in January 2006, was Ibrahim Rugova. His successor was Fatmir Sejdiu. When Sejdiu...
  
  ;
• The Government of Kosovo
  Government of Kosovo
  The Cabinet of Kosovo is the collection of Kosovo institutions that exercises executive authority in Kosovo. It is headed by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, and also includes the deputy prime ministers as well as various ministers.The Prime Minister is elected by the Assembly of the Republic...
  
  , with a Prime Minister of Kosovo
  Prime Minister of Kosovo
  The Prime Minister of Kosovo is Head of Government of the disputed Republic of Kosovo .The Prime Minister and the Government of Kosovo, which he or she heads, are responsible for their actions to the Assembly of Kosovo, of which they must all be members...
  
   nominated by the President and endorsed by the Assembly;
• The Judicial System of Kosovo, which is appointed by the SRSG from a list endorsed by the Assembly after being proposed by the Judicial and Prosecutorial Council.

See also

• Standards for Kosovo
  Standards for Kosovo
  The Standards for Kosovo are a set of UN-endorsed benchmarks for the democratic development of Kosovo. They cover eight key areas of development and include a particular focus on the protection of Kosovo non-Albanian ethnic communities...
  
  
• Kosovo Standards Implementation Plan
• Joint Interim Administrative Structure
  Joint Interim Administrative Structure
  The Joint Interim Administrative Structure was an interim administrative body in Kosovo, established in May 2000 by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo...
  
  

External links

• Structure of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PDF)
• Kosovo Assembly
• http://www.ks-gov.net/portal/eng.htm