SWISSCOY (Kosovo)
Welcome to SWISSCOY
Since October 1999, the Swiss Armed Forces have been involved in Kosovo in the international Kosovo Force (KFOR) peace support mission with SWISSCOY– short for Swiss company. SWISSCOY is composed of up to 235 voluntary military persons that are armed for self defence with pistols, assault rifles and riot agent dispensers.
The deployment of SWISSCOY dates back to the Federal Council’s decision on 23 June 1999 to participate in KFOR on the basis of UN Resolution 1244. In spring 2011, the Parliament approved a further extension of the mandate until the end of 2014. The mandate will also make it possible to increase the number of staff by 80 persons for one year at the most. From 1 January 2012, the budget will amount to 39.9 million francs.
Please find more information on Swiss involvement in SWISSCOY here.
- Presentation
Presentation of SWISSCOY was updated by beginning of April and is getting translated into English. To open the file you need "Acrobat reader 4.0" or higher. If you want to order the presentation on CD-ROM on loan, please address info.swisspso@vtg.admin.ch
Published at: 04.07.2011 | Size: 2144 Kb | Type: PDF