Today marks 26 years since the end of NATO’s bombing campaign against the former Yugoslavia.
On June 10, 1999, then-NATO Secretary General Javier Solana ordered a halt to the airstrikes against Serbia. On the same day, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1244, authorizing the deployment of 37,200 KFOR troops from 36 countries.
On June 12, 1999, the first NATO infantry troops landed in Kosovo, initiating the withdrawal of Serbian forces.
The mission was divided into five zones of responsibility, each led by U.S., British, French, German, and Italian KFOR contingents.
With NATO’s entry, the United Nations also began deploying its temporary mission in Kosovo, which would administer the country for a designated period of time.
