United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
UNIKOM | |
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operation area | Iraq , Kuwait |
German name | United Nations Observer Mission to Iraq and Kuwait |
English name | United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission |
Based on UN resolution | 689 (April 9, 1991) |
Beginning | April 1991 |
The End | October 6, 2003 |
Operating strength (max.) | 254 military observers 933 military officers + civilian staff |
Military out | Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Austria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia (USSR to December 24, 1991), Sweden, Switzerland, Senegal, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Hungary, Uruguay, Venezuela, United Kingdom and United States of America |
Deaths | 18th |
costs | approximately USD 600 million |
The United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (German observer mission of the United Nations for Iraq and Kuwait , UNIKOM ) was a peacekeeping mission of the United Nations in the Middle East after the Second Gulf War . It was based on UN resolution 689 of April 9, 1991 and was deployed in Iraq and Kuwait from April 1991 ; her mandate ended on October 6, 2003.
The aim of the mission was to monitor the demilitarized zone on the border between Iraq and Kuwait. It was managed from the headquarters in Umm Qasr / Iraq . Originally 300 military observers and additional civil forces were mandated. At the beginning of the mission, from April to June 1991 five infantry companies (one each from Austria , Denmark , Fiji , Ghana and Nepal ) and a logistics company from Sweden were deployed to protect the mission . These have been withdrawn from the existing UNFICYP and UNIFIL missions . Later, the mission's total strength increased to over 3,600; when withdrawn it consisted of four military observers and 131 civilian employees.
losses
- 8 military personnel
- 5 military observers
- 4 International civil servants
- 1 local civil employee
financing
As of November 1, 1993, two thirds of the mission costs were borne by Kuwait. The rest was raised through donations from other member states.
Chief Military Observer and Force Commander
No. | Surname | nationality | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment | Remarks |
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1. | Major General Günther Greindl | Austria | Apr. 1991 | July 1992 | previously Force Commander UNDOF and UNFICYP |
2. | Maj. Gen. Timothy K. Dibuama | Ghana | July 1992 | Aug 1993 | |
3. | Brigadier General Vigar Aabrek | Norway | Aug 1993 | Dec 1993 | interim |
4th | Major General Krishna NS Thapa | Nepal | Dec 1993 | Dec 1995 | previously Chief of Staff UNTSO , from January 1994 change of position to Force Commander |
5. | Major General Gian Giuseppe Santillo | Italy | Dec 1995 | Nov 1997 | |
6th | Major General Esa Kalervo Tarvainen | Finland | Dec 1997 | Nov 1999 | |
7th | Major General John Vice | Ireland | Nov 1999 | Nov 2001 | |
8th. | Major General Miguel Moreno | Argentina | Nov 2001 | Nov. 2002 | |
9. | Major General Franciszek Gagor | Poland | Jan. 2003 | July 2003 | |
10. | Brigadier General Upinder Singh Klair | India | Aug 2003 | Oct 2003 |
Web links
- Information from the United Nations about the mission ( Memento of January 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )