Considering that the resolution of characteristic issues is often pivotal for the succes of a peacebuilding proces in a postconflict situation.

Considering that the resolution of characteristic issues is often pivotal for the succes of a peacebuilding proces in a postconflict situation, it is surprising that the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is in the way that far the only UN peace operation that took onward the responsibility of regulating them in a comprehensive manner. The comparable governance missions in Cambodia, Eastern Slavonia, and East Timor yielded to the democratically legitimated local authorities in matters relating to ownership although they were facing a similar characteristic crisis during their administration. The single other international administration that dealt with quality issues on a ...