European Union Monitoring Mission

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European Union Monitoring Mission ( EUMM , German Observer Mission of the European Union ) is a program that is carried out under the umbrella of the Common Security and Defense Policy . The program started in 1991 with a mission in the former Yugoslavia .

EUMM in the former Yugoslavia

Award ribbon for participation in the mission in former Yugoslavia

The program started in 1991 under the name European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM, German observer mission of the European Community) with the monitoring of intra-ethnic relations, refugee flows and political and security developments in the former Yugoslavia. On December 22, 2000, the program was renamed the European Union Monitoring Mission .

The mission had a budget decided in Brussels and financed by the European Commission. The EUMM consisted of around 120 international observers and 75 local staff. Their headquarters were in Sarajevo . The mission has served in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Serbia , Montenegro , Albania and Macedonia . The EUMM in the former Yugoslavia ended on December 31, 2007.

Aceh Monitoring Mission

The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) was a civilian observer mission from September 15, 2005 to December 15, 2006 in Aceh , Indonesia , to monitor and support the implementation of the peace agreement between the government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement .

EUMM in Georgia

EUMM patrol on the South Ossetian border

As a result of the Caucasus conflict in summer 2008, the EU decided on September 15, 2008 to send an observer mission to Georgia . The main tasks of the mission are to be the European contribution to restoring / monitoring stability and normalizing the situation after the crisis, monitoring and analyzing the situation, in particular compliance with human rights and international humanitarian law, and the implementation of the six-point agreement agreed on 12 August 2008 -Planes . The mission area is Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia . The EUMM aims to normalize the situation and build trust between the parties. However, the mission has no access to the two Georgian parts of the country. The mission is also responsible for ensuring that there is no hostility between the parties and for keeping local residents and regions in and around Georgia informed of EU policies and guidelines.

The operational phase of the EUMM for Georgia started on October 1, 2008. The mission was initially led by the German diplomat Hansjörg Haber . Pole Andrzej Tyszkiewicz has been in charge since July 5, 2011. The mission should initially coordinate closely with the OSCE Mission to Georgia and the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia ( UNOMIG ). However, these two missions were suspended after the Georgian-Russian war in 2008. The staff of 350 in headquarters and staff as well as 200 observers are supported by 22 EU member states. The headquarters are in the Georgian capital Tbilisi , further regional offices (regional field offices) are in Mtskheta , Gori and Zugdidi . The mission's budget is 35 million euros , the duration of the mission is initially estimated at twelve months.

Erik Hoeg was appointed Head of Mission on December 19, 2017. The mission's current budget is around EUR 19,970,000.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Monitoring Mission in Former Yugoslavia (EUMM)" on the homepage of the Council of the European Union; viewed on March 29, 2009 ( memento of July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ EUMM in the former Yugoslavia ( Memento from May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Federal Foreign Office: Foreign Office - EUMM Georgia . In: Foreign Office DE . ( Auswaertiges-amt.de [accessed on June 19, 2018]).
  4. ↑ EUMM Georgia - Factsheet and Figures. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .
  5. ↑ HIGH REPRESENTATIVE CATHERINE ASHTON WELCOMES THE APPOINTMENT OF MR ANDRZEJ TYSZKIEWICZ AS HEAD OF THE EUMM IN GEORGIA. EUMM, accessed July 6, 2011 .
  6. ↑ EUMM Georgia - Head of Mission. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .

literature

  • Wolfgang Tiede and Jakob Schirmer: "The legal basis of the monitoring mission of the European Union in Georgia (EUMM)", in: Osteuropa-Recht , 4/2009, pp. 403-413.

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