Operation Amber Fox
| Operation Amber Fox | |
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| operation area | Macedonia |
| English name | Operation Amber Fox |
| Based on UN resolution | 1371 (September 26, 2001) |
| Type of mission | Peacekeeping |
| Beginning | September 27, 2001 |
| The End | December 15, 2002 |
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| Military out |
 Netherlands Germany
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The Operation Amber Fox was a NATO -led operation in Macedonia that of Germany and the Netherlands was led and initially under the command of the German Brigadier General Heinz-Georg Keerl stood. It followed Operation Essential Harvest , which was also led by NATO .
history
The background for a NATO operation was the need to provide international military protection in crisis situations to the international observers who were active in Macedonia after the framework agreement of Ohrid and the Albanian uprising in spring 2001 and who were important for the further stabilization of Macedonia.
In a letter dated September 18, 2001, the Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski asked the NATO Secretary General for a military presence of NATO, which should make an additional contribution to the security of the international observers working in the country after the conclusion of Operation Essential Harvest.
On the occasion of the letter from President Trajkovski, NATO developed Operation Plan 10417 Amber Fox , which was approved by the NATO Council on September 26, 2001. The letter from President Trajkovski represents the legal basis of the operation. The operation was also in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. In its resolution No. 1371 of September 26, 2001, the United Nations Security Council approved the operation which, at the request of the Macedonian government, is going back to creating a multinational security presence in the country.
The mission officially started on September 27, 2001 with a three-month mandate, with the Bundeswehr initially taking over overall management. In June 2002 the Netherlands took over the management. 700 soldiers, 600 of them Germans, were deployed to achieve the objectives of the operation. Of these, 300 were permanently stationed in the republic on the Vardar River . The mission finally ended on December 15, 2002.
On December 16, 2002, the smaller successor operation Allied Harmony was started, which should enable Macedonia to guarantee security throughout the country with its own resources.
Web links
- Operation Amber Fox (Task Force Fox) official site
Individual evidence
- ^ NATO to Continue Supporting the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In: Press Release (2002) 131. NATO, November 29, 2002, accessed October 19, 2009 .