Somalia peacekeeping operations

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Somalia peacekeeping operations were international military and humanitarian missions in the early 1990s aimed at stabilizing Somalia amid civil war and famine under United Nations mandates.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations operation
humanitarian intervention
military operation
peacekeeping operation
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
conflict Somali Civil War
country Somalia
endTime 1995
goal protection of civilians
protection of humanitarian aid deliveries
restoration of law and order
stabilization of Somalia
support for political reconciliation
hasCause Somali Civil War
famine in Somalia
state collapse in Somalia
hasPart UNITAF
UNOSOM I
UNOSOM II
headquartersLocation Mogadishu
legalBasis United Nations Security Council Resolution 751
United Nations Security Council Resolution 794
United Nations Security Council Resolution 814
mainSubject Somali Civil War
nature military and humanitarian
notableEvent Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
participant Australian Defence Force
Bangladesh Armed Forces
Belgian Armed Forces
Canadian Armed Forces
Egyptian Armed Forces
Ethiopian Armed Forces
French Armed Forces
German Armed Forces
Greek Armed Forces
Indian Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Italian Armed Forces
Malaysian Armed Forces
Moroccan Armed Forces
Nigerian Armed Forces
Pakistan Army
Somali factions
Tunisian Armed Forces
Turkish Armed Forces
United States Armed Forces
result failure to establish stable central government
partial improvement of humanitarian situation
withdrawal of UN forces in 1995
scope international
startTime 1992
typeOfIntervention Chapter VII UN operation
underMandateOf United Nations

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Australian Army
conflict
Operation Gothic Serpent ("U.S. intervention in Somalia")
partOf

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