 Deploying individual officers requires the existence of an organizational unit to coordinate activities in selecting staff, logistics, preparing for specific duties and resolving their status.Since 2002 peacekeeping missions in the military were coordinated by the Section for International Integration and Peace Operations from the Operational Department of the General Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro.On October 14, 2003, this section became the National Center for Peacekeeping Missions, subordinated to the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro.