The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is responsible for managing the missing persons’ operation, as well as the Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO).

The Office on Missing Persons contains a range of specialisms: forensics, exhumation, post mortem examinations, comparison of ante-mortem/post-mortem records, re-burials, logistics, administration and outreach activities. The Office on Missing Persons has overall responsibility for these issues and coordinates closely with the UNMIK CivPol Missing Persons Unit (MPU) on all matters relating to historically missing persons.

The Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) conducts forensic examinations regarding both criminal proceedings and missing persons, in close cooperation with the Office on Missing Persons. The MEO Advisory Board, comprising three international forensic experts seconded by donor governments, technically supervises the local medical examiners and their support staff.