NATO's role in Kosovo - a short thread ๐งต:
On 10 June 1999 the UNSC adopted Resolution 1244, which tasked NATO to enter Kosovo & establish a peacekeeping mission with the duties of:
โข deterring renewed hostilities
โข maintaining & where necessary enforcing a ceasefire
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On 10 June 1999 the UNSC adopted Resolution 1244, which tasked NATO to enter Kosovo & establish a peacekeeping mission with the duties of:
โข deterring renewed hostilities
โข maintaining & where necessary enforcing a ceasefire
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โข ensuring the withdrawal & preventing the return into Kosovo of (Yugoslav) Federal & Republic military, police & paramilitary forces
russia voted Yes & Yugoslavia accepted.
50,000 troops from ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ธ๐ซ๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ฑ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐ธ๐ง๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐น๐ท๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฑ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐ญ๐บ๐ต๐น๐จ๐ญ๐ท๐ด๐จ๐ฟ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฑ๐น entered Kosovo 2 days later.
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russia voted Yes & Yugoslavia accepted.
50,000 troops from ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ธ๐ซ๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ฑ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐ธ๐ง๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐น๐ท๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฑ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐ญ๐บ๐ต๐น๐จ๐ญ๐ท๐ด๐จ๐ฟ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฑ๐น entered Kosovo 2 days later.
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All NATO members' parliaments repeatedly voted to support KFOR, which is operationally assigned to NATO's Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples.
Therefore talk of "NATO can't intervene if Serbia invades Kosovo unless member parliaments vote for it" is factually wrong.
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Therefore talk of "NATO can't intervene if Serbia invades Kosovo unless member parliaments vote for it" is factually wrong.
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A Serbian invasion of Kosovo would instantly trigger a NATO response as UNSC 1244 gives NATO free reign to defeat a Serbian invasion.
NATO members Italy and the US have two airborne brigades and three fighter wings, which JFC-Naples can deploy without any consultations.
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NATO members Italy and the US have two airborne brigades and three fighter wings, which JFC-Naples can deploy without any consultations.
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And if needed NATO's SACEUR can also activate NATO's Response Force to reinforce KFOR.
There is no political process required to trigger a NATO response. We're past that. Only for NATO attacks INSIDE Serbia a political process is required.
Kosovo is a NATO protectorate &
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There is no political process required to trigger a NATO response. We're past that. Only for NATO attacks INSIDE Serbia a political process is required.
Kosovo is a NATO protectorate &
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as long as UNSC 1244 is in force Serbia sending its army into Kosovo would result in the quickest and most humiliating defeat of a russian equipped military in history.
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