United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia

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UNAMIC
operation area Cambodia
German name United Nations advance mission in Cambodia
English name United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia
French name Mission préparatoire des Nations unies au Cambodge
Based on UN resolution 717 (October 16, 1991)
Type of mission Peace mission
Beginning October 1991
The End March 1992
management AHS Ataul Karim ( Bangladesh )
Deaths 45 soldiers, 14 police officers
costs over $ 1.5 billion
Location of the operational area LocationCambodia.svg

The United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia ( advance Mission to the United Nations in Cambodia , UNAMIC ), a UN peacekeeping mission , based on the UN Resolution 717 of 16 October 1991 and was used from October 1991 to March 1992 in preparation for the Mission Transitional Administration United Nations in Cambodia (UNTAC).

On June 24, 1991, all Cambodian civil war parties, including the Khmer Rouge, signed a UN-negotiated ceasefire . The chairman of the transitional government, the "Supreme National Council", was Norodom Sihanouk . In 1992 the Khmer Rouge refused to allow themselves to be disarmed under UN supervision in accordance with this Paris Peace Agreement. The civil war flared up again.

Nations involved

UNAMIC was managed from the headquarters in Phnom Penh . Highest liaison officer was AHS Ataul Karim from Bangladesh and responsible for the leadership of the armed forces was Brigadier General Michel Loridon from France . UNAMIC was staffed by Algeria , Argentina , Australia , Belgium , Federal Republic of Germany , PR China , France, Ghana , Great Britain , India , Indonesia , Ireland , Canada , Malaysia , New Zealand , Austria , Pakistan , Poland , Russia (until December 24, 1991 still Soviet Union ), Senegal , Thailand , Tunisia , Uruguay and the USA . A total of 15,900 soldiers and 3,600 police officers were deployed within the framework of UNAMIC, including numerous pioneer units for clearing mines. The UN mission cost over $ 1.5 billion.

German participation

The UNTAC mission, in which the Federal Republic of Germany also participated with troops from the Bundeswehr Medical Service , is considered to be the first official medical cooperation between the Bundeswehr and the United Nations . The experience gathered here had a decisive influence on the further development of the Bundeswehr's medical services. At the beginning of UNAMIC there were three medical officers and three non-commissioned officers on duty, replaced in mid-February 1992 by three medical officers, four non-commissioned officers and two team ranks and then a total of 12 soldiers of the Bundeswehr in Cambodia until the UNTAC contingent arrived.

losses

45 soldiers and 14 police officers were killed and several members of the UN mission were injured during the UN mission.

Web links

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  1. ↑ Wolfgang-Ullrich Weinert: UNAMIC 1991/92 - First direct experiences from the technical cooperation with the United Nations. , Military medicine and military pharmacy, edition: 1/2000.