Skip to content
UÇKHistory and Memory

July 1998 – September 1998 · 1998

The summer 1998 offensive and civilian displacement

From July to September 1998 Serbian and Yugoslav forces conducted broad offensives in areas where the UÇK operated. UN Resolution 1199 cited the Secretary-General's estimate of over 230,000 people displaced from their homes.
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.The 1998–1999 warDisplacementArmed conflict

Resolution 1199 noted that excessive and indiscriminate force by Serbian security forces and the Yugoslav Army caused numerous civilian casualties [1]. HRW documented the destruction of villages and killings of civilians during this period [2] [3].

Sources

  1. [1]Këshilli i Sigurimit i OKB-së. Security Council Resolution 1199 (1998). 1998-09-23. S/RES/1199 (1998). https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/1199(1998). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Fred Abrahams, Benjamin Ward. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. 2001-10-26. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/kosovo/. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]Human Rights Watch. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Humanitarian Law Violations in Kosovo: Vol. 10, No. 9 (D). 1998-10-01. https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/kosovo/. Accessed 2026-09-16.

Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.

Last reviewed:

Report an inaccuracy