United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

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UNMEE
operation area Ethiopia , Eritrea
German name United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
English name United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
French name Mission des Nations unies en Ethiopie et en Érythrée
Based on UN resolution 1320 (September 15, 2000)
Other UN resolutions 1827 (July 30, 2008)
Type of mission Peace mission
Beginning July 2000
The End July 31, 2008
management Azouz Ennifar ( Tunisia )

August 2006 - July 2008

Joseph Legwaila ( Botswana )

October 2000 - July 2006

Deaths 20th
Location of the operational area LocationEritreaPlusEthiopia.svg

The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea ( UNMEE , English: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea ) refers to the July 2000 to July 2008, the current use of the United Nations in Ethiopia and Eritrea to monitor the Algiers Agreement . The troop strength at the end of the mission (as of January 31, 2007) was around 2,050 soldiers and 221 military observers (including two German officers), 194 local and 149 international civilians and 46 UN volunteers. 13 military and 7 civilian members of the mission were killed at UNMEE.

UNMEE soldiers on patrol

The UNMEE budget totaled 1.32 billion US dollars . Joseph Legwaila presided over the mission from September 9, 2000 to July 2006 , but he was called to special advisor for Africa on May 1, 2006 . He was followed by Azouz Ennifar.

The mission ended when Eritrea imposed restrictions on it and cut off fuel supplies . The UN therefore saw the mission as no longer feasible. On July 30, 2008, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for UN troops to be withdrawn, which it then did.

States involved

Algeria - Bangladesh - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - People's Republic of China - Denmark - Germany - Finland - France - Gambia - Ghana - Greece - India - Iran - Italy - Jordan - Croatia - Kenya - Malaysia - Namibia - Nepal - Nigeria - Norway - Austria - Paraguay - Peru - Poland - Romania - Russia - Zambia - Sweden - Switzerland - Spain - South Africa - Tanzania - Tunisia - Czech Republic - Ukraine - United States - Uruguay

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the operational command
  2. ↑ Facts and Figures. unmissions.org, accessed June 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea is withdrawn. unmissions.org, July 30, 2008, accessed June 6, 2018 .