Wartime events Aftermath Aspects The 2000 unrest in Kosovo (Serbian: 2000 Немири на Косову, romanized: 2000 Nemiri na Kosovu; Albanian: 2000 Trazirat në Kosovë) was the result of the United Nations Interim Administration adopting Resolution 1244 on 10 June 1999.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244[2] was determined to resolve the serious humanitarian situation and ensure that all refugees could safely return.

It condemned violence against the civilian population as well as acts of terrorism, and recalled the jurisdiction and mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

It also recalled the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), at the same time calling for autonomy for Kosovo.

[9] The UNMIK accepted the KLA's transformation into a civilian emergency service organization numbering 5,000 personnel, the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC), in September 1999.

[11] On March 15 another FRY complaint protested KFOR establishment of an extended security zone in North Mitrovica, during which 16 Serb civilians were injured by stun grenades and tear gas.

[11] On June 6, a grenade was thrown at a crowd of ethnic Serbs waiting for a bus in the town square of Gračanica, injuring three people, which was followed by some civil unrest.

[15] UNMIK crime statistics on evictions, intimidation and arson in Albanian-majority Pristina and Gnjilane in 2000 are consistent with a strategy of forced expulsion of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities.

[8] The victim was a 15-year-old boy who was killed in a grenade attack, which amidst Serb refusal to allow the return of Albanians in North Mitrovica sparked several days of riots.

[9] On 16 February 2001 a Serb convoy escorted by KFOR was attacked in a remote-controlled bomb explosion near Podujevo, leaving 12 dead and 40 wounded.

[16] A bomb attack in April 2001 targeting Serbs in Pristina left one dead and four injured (KLA volunteer Roland Bartetzko was later found guilty).

[20] On 12 April 2003 a bomb exploded on a railway bridge in Northern Kosovo, killing two, including the planter, a KPC officer; an Albanian extremist organization took responsibility.