31 CPT: 14TH GENERAL REPORT APPENDIX 8 Agreement between the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the Council of Europe on technical arrangements related to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (“UNMIK”) and the Council of Europe, collectively referred to as the “Parties”, Recalling the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“the Convention”) of 26 November 1987, Noting that the Convention has been ratified by 45 States, including Serbia and Montenegro, Considering United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, which, recognising the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro), establishes the authority of UNMIK, as the international civil presence, to provide an interim administration for Kosovo, Taking account of UNMIK Regulation No. 2001/9 of 15 May 2001 on a Constitutional Framework for Provisional SelfGovernment in Kosovo, which provides for the responsibilities of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government, Having regard to the decision adopted on 30 June 2004 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Emphasising that the present Agreement does not make UNMIK a Party to the Convention and that it is without prejudice to the future status of Kosovo to be determined in accordance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), With a view to promoting technical cooperation between the Parties and facilitating the functions of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“the Committee”), including providing access to any place within Kosovo where persons are deprived of their liberty by UNMIK, Have agreed as follows: