WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KLA / UCK? (ICG Balkans Report N° 88)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KLA / UCK? (ICG Balkans Report N° 88)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Keywords: Kosovo Liberation Army;
Summary/Abstract: The end of the war over Kosovo brought the transformation of the guerrilla army that started it. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA – or UÇK in the Albanian acronym) has been formally demilitarised, but in various manifestations it remains a powerful and active element in almost every area of Kosovo life. Some welcome its continued influence; others fear it; many are concerned about it. This report focuses on the period since mid-1999, after the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) was deployed and the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) was installed. It traces the nature and extent of the influence the KLA still wields; evaluates that influence and the way the international community, through UNMIK and KFOR, has dealt with it; and suggests how it might be dealt with in future.

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