United Nations Operation in the Congo

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Cold War conflict United Nations peacekeeping mission military operation

The United Nations Operation in the Congo was a major early UN peacekeeping mission in the 1960s aimed at stabilizing the newly independent Congo amid political turmoil and secessionist conflicts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Congo Crisis	6
United Nations Operation in the Congo canonical	2
Opération des Nations Unies au Congo	1
United Nations Operation in the Congo II (no direct successor mission, but later UN missions in the DRC drew on its experience)	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War conflict ⓘ United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ military operation ⓘ
abbreviation	ONUC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United Nations Operation in the Congo ⓘ surface form: Opération des Nations Unies au Congo
authorizedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
authorizedByResolution	United Nations Security Council Resolution 143 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 145 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 146 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 161 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 169 ⓘ
casualties	over 250 UN personnel killed ⓘ
conflictType	peacekeeping operation ⓘ
countryServed	Congo-Léopoldville ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ
endTime	1964-06-30 ⓘ
followedBy	United Nations Operation in the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations Operation in the Congo II (no direct successor mission, but later UN missions in the DRC drew on its experience)
forceCommander	Lieutenant General Carl von Horn ⓘ Lieutenant General Kebbede Guebre ⓘ Lieutenant General Prem Chand ⓘ Lieutenant General Sean MacEoin ⓘ
headOfMission	Ghalib Himmat ⓘ Ralph Bunche ⓘ Robert Gardiner ⓘ Sture Linner ⓘ
headquarters	Kinshasa ⓘ surface form: Léopoldville
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ decolonization of Africa ⓘ
involvedIn	United Nations Operation in the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Congo Crisis
locatedIn	Central Africa ⓘ Congo ⓘ
mandateExpanded	1961 ⓘ
mandateIncluded	assistance in maintaining territorial integrity of the Congo ⓘ support for restoration of law and order ⓘ use of force to prevent civil war ⓘ
notableEvent	Niemba ambush ⓘ Siege of Jadotville ⓘ
objective	assist Congolese government in maintaining law and order ⓘ ensure withdrawal of Belgian forces ⓘ prevent civil war in the Congo ⓘ prevent external interference in the Congo ⓘ stabilization of the Congo after independence ⓘ
opposed	Katanga secession ⓘ South Kasai secession ⓘ
organizer	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping
precededBy	United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
shortName	ONUC ⓘ
startTime	1960-07-14 ⓘ
supportedGovernment	Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ surface form: Central Congolese authorities in Léopoldville Patrice Lumumba ⓘ surface form: Government of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba
troopContributingCountry	Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Guinea ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ