Tenth Assessment of the Situation of Ethnic Minorities in Kosovo
(Period covering May 2002 to December 2002)
March 2003
GLOSSARY
ABC Advisory Board on Communities
AoK Assembly of Kosovo
CCK Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohia
CEC Central Election Commission
CoE Council of Europe
CSW Centre for Social Work
DJA Department of Judicial Administration
DOJ Department of Justice
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
fYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
HPCC Housing and Property Claims Commission
HPD Housing and Property Directorate
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IDP Internally Displaced Persons
IOM International Organisation for Migration
IPWGHR Inter-Pillar Working Group on Human Rights
JIS Judicial Integration Section
KCA Kosovo Cadastral Agency
KCB Kosovo Consolidated Budget
KEK Kosovo Energy Corporation
KFOR Kosovo Force
KFOR MNB KFOR Multi-National Brigade
KJPC Kosovo Judicial and Prosecutorial Council
KPS Kosovo Police Service
KPC Kosovo Protection Corps
LCO Local Community Officer
LWG Local Working Group
MCO Municipal Cadastre Office
MESP Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
MEST Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
MHC Municipal Housing Committee
MLSW Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
MPS Ministry of Public Services
MWG Municipal Working Group
OCA Office of Community Affairs
OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OHCHR UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OLA SRSG Office of the Legal Advisor
OPM Office of the Prime Minister
ORC SRSG Office for Returns and Communities
OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PISG Provisional Institutions of Self-Government
PTK Post Telecom Kosovo
RAE Roma/Ashkaelia/Egyptian
RIG Regional Implementation Group
RWG Regional Working Group
SGA Specific Geographical Areas (UNMIK Regulation 2001/17)
SPU Special Police Unit
SRSG Special Representative of the Secretary-General
UN SCR United Nations Security Council Resolution
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNMA UNMIK Municipal Administrator
UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
WHO World Health Organisation