Operation Allied Provider
The Operation Allied Provider was a multinational naval mission of NATO to protect ships of the United Nations World Food Program ( English United Nations World Food Program. - WFP ), of October to December 2008 with forces of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 was performed.
history
background
90% of the United Nations' food aid to the people of Somalia reaches the country by sea. As these ships were repeatedly the target of pirate attacks in the past , the Secretary General of the United Nations asked NATO on September 25, 2008 to protect ships on behalf of the WFP until the EU mission NAVFOR Somalia ( Operation Atalanta ) was ready for action.
Course of operation
The mission began with the arrival of the first ships in the assigned sea area and assumption of operational tasks on October 24, 2008. The first orders were the escort for a transport ship on behalf of the African Union (AU) on October 25 and for a ship of the WFP on October 26 October 2008. By the end of the mission on December 12, 2008, escort protection for WFP ships was provided eight times.
See also: EU Navfor Somalia - Operation Atalanta .
assignment
mission
Protection of freighters and other ships of the United Nations World Food Program ( WFP ) in the Gulf of Aden .
Legal basis
Operation Allied Provider was carried out on the basis of United Nations Security Council resolutions 1814 (2008), 1816 (2008) and 1838 (2008). Based on these resolutions, the Secretary General of the United Nations applied to NATO on September 25, 2008.
organization
Forces involved
The four ships involved with around 1,000 soldiers were provided from the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, a permanent NATO fleet association. At the time of the application by the United Nations, this was on the way to the Gulf region.
The flagship was the destroyer ITS Durand de la Penne (D 560) (also flagship of SNMG 2) of the Italian Navy . The frigates Themistoklis (F 465) from Greece , Gokova from Turkey and HMS Cumberland of the Navy of the United Kingdom were available as emergency services for escort tasks . In addition, the frigate supported De Ruyter the Netherlands Navy . However, it was not under NATO command.
guide
The operations forces were on site under the command of the Italian Rear Admiral Giovanni Gumiero on the ITS Durand de la Penne. The operation was led by the Allied Maritime Component Command Headquarters Naples ( Naples , Italy ). The superior headquarters on the operational level was the Allied Joint Force Command Naples , the management on the military-strategic level was carried out by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons , Belgium .
At the same time, coordination with other forces from NATO member states in the area of operations and the WFP mission in Kenya had to be ensured.