New challenges

The United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) deployed as many as 4,700 UN Police to maintain civil law and order as well as develop a future police service for the territory. UNMIK police are the first United Nations international police tasked with full executive law enforcement authority. In 2002, more than 4,500 local police officers have graduated and are in active service alongside UNMIK police.

	In East Timor, UN Police were mandated to maintain law and order, and to establish and train a credible and professional police service. In 2002, more than 2,000 local police officers have been certified and are collocated with UN Police officers from more than 40 countries. A gradual handover of police activities from UN Police to the newly established "Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste" is under way.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than 1,400 UN Police personnel carry out tasks relating to human rights investigation, monitoring and restructuring of the local police, training and the development of guidelines within the framework of democratic policing principles. More than 1,165 cadets, including over 400 women, have been trained at the two police academies that the UN mission helped establish. When the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina draws to a close at the end of 2002, the European Union will assume the role currently undertaken by UN Police.
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