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Trupat e Mbrojtjes së Kosovës | |
 Flag of the Kosovo Protection Corps | |
| Predecessor | Kosovo Liberation Army |
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| Successor | Kosovo Security Force |
| Established | September 20, 1999 |
| Dissolved | June 14, 2009 |
| Type | Civilian emergency services |
| Legal status | Defunct |
| Focus | Disaster response, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, demining, rebuilding infrastructure and communities |
| Headquarters | Pristina |
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| Budget | US$ 25.4 million (0.79%) |
| Website | Archived website |
The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC; Albanian: Trupat e Mbrojtjes së Kosovës, TMK) was a civilian emergency services organization in Kosovo active from 1999 until 2009.
The KPC was created on 1999, through the promulgation of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Regulation 1999/8 and the agreement of a "Statement of Principles" on the KPC's permitted role in Kosovo.[1][2] In effect, it was a compromise between the disarmament of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which was stipulated by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244,[3] and rejected by the Kosovo Albanians.
- ^ "UNITED NATIONS - UNMIK". unmik.unmissions.org. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo - Serbia | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. December 23, 1999. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "RESOLUTION 1244 (1999)". undocs.org. Retrieved March 9, 2017.