ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the cooperation between civilian actors and the Dutch Engineering Relief Battalion, which during two terms of approximately six months operated within the Area of Responsibility of multinational brigades (MNBs) South. The Dutch government evaluated the activities of the Dutch troops in Kosovo. After the Serbian authorities struck down the opposition, the guerrilla movement Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) or Ushtria Clirimtare E Kosoves (UCK) emerged in Albania. As final attempts to persuade President Milosevic to cease attacking Kosovar Albanians also failed on 23 March, NATO launched Operation Allied Force by commencing air strikes on Kosovo. On 10 June 1999, in accordance with the military-technical agreement (MTA) between NATO and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, NATO temporarily suspended its air strikes against Yugoslavia. According to a NATO database, in September 2000, there were over 650 humanitarian organizations present in Kosovo, varying from extensive international organizations to small local NGOs.
