United Nations Protection Force

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The United Nations Protection Force was a UN peacekeeping mission deployed during the Yugoslav Wars in the early 1990s to help ensure security and facilitate humanitarian aid in conflict-affected areas of the former Yugoslavia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNPROFOR
United Nations peacekeeping mission
military peacekeeping operation
abbreviation United Nations Protection Force self-linksurface differs
surface form: UNPROFOR
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
conflict Bosnian War
Croatian War of Independence
Yugoslav Wars
country United Nations
dateOfResolution 1992-02-21
endTime 1995
foundedBy United Nations Security Council
hasLanguage English
French
hasPart UNPROFOR Bosnia and Herzegovina Command
UNPROFOR Sector East
UNPROFOR Sector North
UNPROFOR Sector South
UNPROFOR Sector West
headquartersLocation Croatia
Zagreb
legalBasis United Nations Security Council Resolution 743
mandate ensure conditions of peace and security
facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid
monitor ceasefires
protect Sarajevo airport and aid routes
protect designated United Nations Protected Areas
notableControversy failure to prevent Srebrenica massacre
notableEvent protection of UN Safe Areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Siege of Sarajevo
surface form: siege of Sarajevo
operatedBy United Nations
operationalArea Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Yugoslavia
surface form: former Yugoslavia
parentOrganization Department of Peace Operations
surface form: United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
partOf United Nations peace operations
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
replacedBy Implementation Force
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
United Nations Protection Force self-linksurface differs
surface form: United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

United Nations forces
surface form: United Nations Peace Forces
resolutionNumber 743
safeArea Bihać
Goražde
Sarajevo
Srebrenica
Tuzla
Žepa
startTime 1992
typeOfMission peacekeeping
useOfForcePolicy limited to self-defence

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Blue Helmets hasNotableMission United Nations Protection Force
Armed Forces of the Netherlands participatedIn United Nations Protection Force
this entity surface form: UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Nations Protection Force replacedBy United Nations Protection Force self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Nations Protection Force abbreviation United Nations Protection Force self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: UNPROFOR
Bosnian War involvedOrganization United Nations Protection Force
Sarajevo International Airport usedBy United Nations Protection Force
this entity surface form: United Nations forces during Bosnian War
Siege of Sarajevo opposedBy United Nations Protection Force
SFOR alternativeName United Nations Protection Force
this entity surface form: Stabilization Force
United Nations forces hasNotableOperation United Nations Protection Force