REGULATION NO. 2000/19
UNMIK/REG/2000/19
30 March 2000
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General,
Pursuant to the authority given to him under United Nations
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)
of 10 June 1999,
Taking into account United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Regulation No. 1999/1 of 25 July 1999,
as amended, on the Authority of the Interim Administration in Kosovo and UNMIK Regulation
No. 2000/1 of 14 January 2000 on the Kosovo Joint Interim Administrative
Structure,
For the purpose of establishing the Administrative
Department of Reconstruction,
Hereby promulgates the following:
Section 1
1.1 The
Administrative Department of Reconstruction (hereinafter “the Department”') is
hereby established.
1.2 The
Department shall be responsible for the overall management of matters relating
to the funding and coordination of reconstruction in Kosovo from monies raised
from bilateral and multilateral donor sources and from the Kosovo Consolidated
Budget.
1.3 The
Department shall implement the policy guidelines formulated by the Interim
Administrative Council in the area of reconstruction.
Section 2
2.1 The
Department may make policy recommendations to the Interim Administrative Council
through the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Economic
Reconstruction, Recovery and Development concerning, inter alia:
(a)
The
formulation of an overall strategy for reconstruction in Kosovo, and of a
public reconstruction investment programme;
(b)
The
promotion of the most appropriate, cost effective, transparent and accountable
allocation of funds made available for reconstruction from monies raised from
bilateral and multilateral donor sources, and from the Kosovo Consolidated
Budget;
(c)
The
promotion of a reconstruction effort that is inclusive and beneficial to all
the peoples of Kosovo irrespective of their ethnic or social origin, race or
gender, disability, religion, political or other opinion; and
(d)
The
preparation of regulations on matters pertaining to reconstruction.
2.2 The
Department shall:
(a)
Implement
the strategy and policies for reconstruction in Kosovo;
(b)
Co-ordinate
the sources of funds for reconstruction from bilateral and multilateral donors
and from the Kosovo Consolidated Budget;
(c)
Co-ordinate
the use of funds for reconstruction for the Administrative Departments and
municipalities;
(d)
Formulate
and co-ordinate the implementation of the public reconstruction investment
programme;
(e)
Co-ordinate
and oversee the allocation of the reconstruction effort as it pertains to the
use of funds for reconstruction from bilateral and multilateral donors and from
the Kosovo Consolidated Budget;
(f)
Develop
and maintain a system for the monitoring of reconstruction investments;
(g)
Co-ordinate
with other Administrative Departments on matters pertaining to the
reconstruction effort in Kosovo;
(h)
Co-ordinate
activities of international and governmental agencies and non-governmental
organizations in order to promote the coherent development and implementation
of the reconstruction effort in Kosovo;
(i)
Arrange
for the establishment of an information technology environment to support the
reconstruction effort in Kosovo; and
(j)
Perform
such functions as are ancillary to those set out above in this section and are
assigned to the Department by the Deputy Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Economic Reconstruction, Recovery and Development.
Section 3
Co-Heads of the Department, under the supervision of
the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Economic
Reconstruction, Recovery and Development, shall be jointly responsible for:
(a)
Managing
the Department and ensuring that the functions entrusted to it are implemented;
(b)
Staffing,
organizing and administering the Department and issuing administrative
instructions and operating guidelines on any matters pertaining to the
functions of the Department; and
(c)
The
effective and efficient management of resources provided to the Department from
bilateral and multilateral donors sources, the Kosovo budget or from any other
source.
Section 4
Co-Heads of the Department shall:
(a)
Implement
non-discriminatory personnel policies designed to ensure that the composition
of the staff of the Department reflects the multi-ethnic character of Kosovo;
(b)
Endeavor
to ensure equitable gender balance in all areas and levels within the
Department; and
(c)
Ensure
that all recruitment is based on professional qualifications, competence and
merit.
Section 5
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General
may issue administrative directions in connection with the implementation of
the present regulation.
Section 6
The Department shall be dissolved and shall cease to
exist once its objectives have been accomplished, but not later than 1 January
2003.
Section 7
The present regulation shall supersede any provision
in the applicable law which is inconsistent with it.
Section 8
The present regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 2000.
Bernard Kouchner
Special Representative of the Secretary-General