List of UN missions in Africa
UN peace missions in Africa :
Name abbreviation | official German translation | English name | French name | resolution | countries | Beginning | The End |
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Completed missions | |||||||
ONUC | United Nations operation in the Congo | United Nations Operation in the Congo | Operation des Nations Unies au Congo | 143 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1960 | 1964 |
UNAVEM I | United Nations verification mission in Angola I | United Nations Angola Verification Mission I | Mission de verification des Nations Unies en Angola I | 626 | Angola | 1988 | 1991 |
UNDAY | United Nations Support Unit for the Transitional Period | United Nations Transition Assistance Group | Groupe d'assistance des Nations Unies pour la période de transition en Namibie (GANUPT) | 632 | Namibia | 1989 | 1990 |
UNAVEM II | United Nations verification mission in Angola II | United Nations Angola Verification Mission II | Mission de verification des Nations Unies en Angola II | 696 | Angola | 1991 | 1995 |
UNOSOM I | United Nations Operation in Somalia I. | United Nations Operation in Somalia I | Opération des Nations Unies en Somalie I (ONUSOM I) | 751 | Somalia | 1992 | 1993 |
ONUMOZ | United Nations operation in Mozambique | United Nations Operations in Mozambique | Opération des Nations unies au Mozambique | 797 | Mozambique | 1992 | 1994 |
UNOSOME II | United Nations Operation in Somalia II | United Nations Operation in Somalia II | Opération des Nations Unies en Somalie II (ONUSOM II) | 814 | Somalia | 1993 | 1995 |
UNOMUR | United Nations observer mission in Rwanda and Uganda | United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda | Mission d'observation des Nations Unies Ouganda-Rwanda (MONUOR) | 846 | Rwanda , Uganda | 1993 | 1994 |
UNOMIL | United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia | United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia | Mission d'observation des Nations Unies au Libéria | 866 | Liberia | 1993 | 1997 |
UNAMIR | United Nations Support Mission to Rwanda | United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda | Mission des Nations unies pour l'assistance au Rwanda (MINUOR) | 872 | Rwanda | 1993 | 1996 |
UNASOG | United Nations observer group in the Aouzous Strip | United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group | Groupe d'observateurs des Nations Unies dans la bande d'Aouzou (GONUBA) | 915 | Chad , Libya | 1994 | 1994 |
UNAVEM III | United Nations verification mission in Angola III | United Nations Angola Verification Mission III | Mission de verification des Nations Unies en Angola III | 976 | Angola | 1995 | 1997 |
MONUA | United Nations observer mission in Angola | United Nations Observer Mission in Angola | Mission d'Observation des Nations Unies en Angola | 1118 | Angola | 1997 | 1999 |
MINURCA | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic | Mission des Nations Unies en République centrafricaine | 1159 | Central African Republic | 1998 | 2000 |
UNOMSIL | United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone | United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone | Mission d'observation des Nations Unies en Sierra Leone (MONUSIL) | 1181 | Sierra Leone | 1998 | 1999 |
UNAMSIL | United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone | United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone | Mission des Nations unies in Sierra Leone | 1270 | Sierra Leone | 1999 | 2005 |
ONUB | United Nations Mission in Burundi | United Nations Operation in Burundi | Operation des Nations Unies au Burundi | 1545 | Burundi | 2004 | 2006 |
UNIOSIL | United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone | United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone | Bureau intégré pour la consolidation de la paix en Sierra Leone (BINUSIL) | Sierra Leone | 2006 | 2008 | |
UNMEE | United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea | United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea | Mission des Nations unies en Ethiopie et en Érythrée (MINUEE) | 1320 | Ethiopia , Eritrea | 2000 | 2008 |
UNIPSIL | United Nations Integrated Office for Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone | United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone | Bureau intégré pour la consolidation de la paix en Sierra Leone (BINUCSIL) | 1829 | Sierra Leone | 2008 | 2010 |
BINUB | United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi | United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi | Bureau Intégré des Nations Unies au Burundi | 1719 | Burundi | 2007 | 2010 |
MINURCAT | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad | Mission des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine et au Tchad | 1778 | Chad | 2007 | 2010 |
UNMIS | United Nations Mission in Sudan | United Nations Mission in Sudan | Mission des Nations unies au Soudan | 1590 | Sudan | 2005 | 2011 |
BNUB | United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi | United Nations Office in Burundi | Bureau des Nations Unies au Burundi | 1959 | Burundi | 2011 | 2014 |
ONUCI | United Nations operation in Côte d'Ivoire | United Nations operation in Côte d'Ivoire | Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire | 1528 | Ivory Coast | 2004 | 2017 |
UNMIL | United Nations Mission in Liberia | United Nations Mission in Liberia | Mission des Nations unies au Libéria | 1509 | Liberia | 2003 | 2018 |
Ongoing missions | |||||||
MINURSO | United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara | United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | Mission des Nations Unies pour l'organization d'un référendum au Sahara occidental | 690 | Western Sahara | 1991 | |
MONUSCO (until 2010: MONUC ) | United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (until 2010: United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (until 2010: United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) |
Mission de l'Organisation des Nations unies pour la stabilization en République démocratique du Congo (until 2010: Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo ) |
1291 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1999 | |
UNIOGBIS | United Nations mission to stabilize the African country of Guinea-Bissau | United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau | Oficina Integrada de les Nacions Unides per la Consolidació de la Pau a Guinea Bissau | 1233 | Guinea-Bissau | 1999 | |
UNAMID | Hybrid deployment of the African Union and the United Nations in Darfur | African Union / United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (abbreviation originally from United Nations Mission in Darfur) | African Union / United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur | 1769 | Sudan / Darfur | 2007 | |
UNISFA | United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei | United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei | Force intérimaire de sécurité des Nations Unies pour Abyei | 1990 | Abyei area ( Sudan / South Sudan ) | 2011 | |
UNMISS | United Nations Mission in South Sudan | United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan | Mission des Nations Unies au Soudan du Sud | 1996 | South Sudan | 2011 | |
UNSMIL | United Nations Assistance Mission in Libya | United Nations Support Mission in Libya | بعثة الأمم المتحدة للدعم في ليبيا | 2009 | Libya | 2011 | |
MINUSMA | Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission of the United Nations in Mali | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali | Mission multidimensional intégrée des Nations Unies pour la stabilization au Mali | 2100 | Mali | 2013 | |
UNSOM | UN Mission in Support of the African Union Mission in Somalia | United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia | Mission d'assistance des Nations Unies en Somalie | 2102 | Somalia | 2012 | |
MINUSCA | Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission of the United Nations in the Central African Republic | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic | Mission multidimensional intégrée des Nations Unies pour la stabilization de la République centrafricaine | 2149 | Central African Republic | 2014 |