Grupo de Observadores de las Naciones Unidas en Centroamérica
ONUCA | |
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operation area | Central America |
German name | United Nations Observer Group for Central America |
English name | United Nations Observer Group in Central America |
French name | Groupe d'Observateurs des Nations Unies en Amérique centrale |
Spanish name | Grupo de Observadores de las Naciones Unidas en Centroamérica |
Based on UN resolution | 644 (November 7 1989) |
Beginning | November 1989 |
The End | January 1992 |
Location of the operational area |
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The Grupo de Observadores de las Naciones Unidas en Centroamérica (German observation group of the United Nations for Central America , ONUCA ) was based on UN resolution 644 of November 7, 1989 and was deployed in Central America from November 1989 to January 1992 .
The aim of the UN mandate was to monitor the commitments made by Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras and Nicaragua to disengage troops and demobilize parties to the conflict. The ONUCA mission was managed from the headquarters in Tegucigalpa / Honduras. 260 military observers , an infantry fighting unit of almost 800 men , as well as troops and support staff from an air wing and a naval unit were deployed.
Web links
- Detailed presentation (English)