Joint Operations Command (Serbia)


Joint Operations Command is organizational unit of the Serbian Armed Forces directly subordinated to the General Staff of the Armed Forces. The main duty of the Command is to conduct operational command over Armed Forces. Operations Command has a flexible formation, which is expanded by the representatives of other organizational units of the General Staff, and, if there is a need, operational level commands. In peacetime, the commander of the Joint Operations Command is at the same time Deputy of Serbian Armed Forces General Staff. Although Joint Operations Command’s main function is a command function, Command also performs tasks from planning, organizational, control and operational function.
The duties of the Joint Operational Command are,
The units directly subordinated to the Joint Operations Command are,
The Peacekeeping Operations Center is a unit directly subordinated to the Joint Operations Command of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff intended for the training, selection, equipping, preparation and deployment of individuals and units from the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces to multinational operations outside the borders of the Republic of Serbia.
The Center is a full member of the European Association of Peace Operations Training Centers and the International Association of Peacekeeping Operations Training Centers. The Peacekeeping Operations Center, as the legal successor of the National Center for Peacekeeping Missions, was established on January 1, 2005, and since it is directly subordinated to the Joint Operations Command of the General Staff. The Operations Center comprises from five departments,
The Operational Center of the Defence System is a subordinate unit of the Joint Operations Command with the purpose to monitor activities within Ministry of Defence and Serbian Armed Forces and force engagement in operations. In accordance with the organizational and structural changes, the Operational Center of the Defence System was subordinated to the Joint Operations Command in March 2007. Before that, the Operational Center of the Defence System was within the Directorate of Operations of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff. The Operational Center comprises 3 organizational units,
The main duties of the Operational Center are organization of operational duty, data base management, management of operational and functional capability data, regulation of waterways and air space traffic as well as recording and providing statistical analysis of emergency situations.

Military Technical Agreement Implementation Commission

Military Technical Agreement Implementation Commission controls the implementation of MTA regulations, cooperates with KFOR and maintains continuous communication between the Republic of Serbia security forces and KFOR. Based on the Agreement Article 4, Joint Commission for the implementation of the MTA was established, composed of KFOR representatives and Serbian Armed Forces and Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs representatives. By signing the Military Technical Agreement between then Yugoslav Armed Forces and NATO, and adopting the UNSC Resolution 1244, on 10 June 1999, NATO forces air attacks against the FR Yugoslavia were discontinued. NATO was authorized to establish multinational forces for conducting peace operation in Kosovo and Metohija. These multinational units became international security forces – KFOR, with headquarters in Priština.