Appendix III. Multilateral Peace Missions
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Appendix III. Multilateral peace missions UN peace missions (16 PKO, 2 PO/PKO,1 11 PO and PBO) Special Representative/ Country Existence Beginning- Soldiers/ head of mission (SR) (beginning-end and type end Military Special Envoy (SE) of armed of mission2 of Observers/ Personal Envoy (PE) and conflict) (resolution, mandate) mission Police Special Adviser (SA) (year appointed) AFRICA Continent of Africa (Office in Geneva) Special Adviser for Africa, Mohamed Sahnoun (Algeria) (1997) (Office in New York) Special Adviser for Africa, Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (Botswana) (2006) Region of West Africa UNOWA, SR’s Office (PO) since 03/02 SR Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (Mauritania) (2002) Great Lakes region SR’s Office (PO) since 19/12/97 SR Ibrahima Fall (Senegal) (2002) Burundi** (1993- 2006) ONUB3 (PKO) S/RES/1545 June 2004 5,336/189/87 SR C. McAskie (Canada) (2004), succeeded by Assistant SR, Nureldin Satti (Morocco) (2006) Burundi (1993-2006) BINUB (PBO), S/RES/1719 January 2007 Congo, DR (1998-) MONUC (PKO), S/RES/1279 Nov. 1999 16,622/776/ SR William Lacy Swing 1,075 (USA) (2003) Côte d’Ivoire(2002-) UNOCI4 (PKO), S/RES/1528 April 2004 7,849/195/992 SR Pierre Schori (Sweden) (2005) Eritrea-Ethiopia UNMEE (PKO) S/RES/1312 July 2000 2,062/222/- Pending appointment in (1998-2000) January 2007 Guinea-Bissau (1998-1999) UNOGBIS (PBO), S/RES/1216 March 1999 -/2/1 SR Joao Bernardo Honwana (Mozambique) (2004) succeeded by Shola Omoregie (Nigeria) (2006) Liberia (1989-2005) UNMIL (PKO), S/RES/1509 Sept. 2003 14,334/207/1,097 SR Alan Doss (United King- dom) (2005) Morocco-Western MINURSO (PKO) Sept. 1991 27/175/12 Pending appointment of Sahara * (1975-) S/RES/690 successor to SR Francesco Bastagli (Italy) (2005), and SE Peter van Walsum (Netherlands) Central African Republic BONUCA5 (PBO), S/RES/1271 Feb. 2000 -/5/6 SR Lamine Sissé (Senegal) (1996-2000) (2002-2003) (2001) Sierra Leone (1991-2001) UNIOSIL6 (PBO), S/RES/1620 January 2006 -/10/18 Executive Representative Victor da Silva Angelo (Portugal) (2006) Somalia (1988-) UNPOS7 (PO), S/RES/954 April 1995 SR François Lonseny Fall (Guinea) (2005) 1. The UNOTIL (Timor-Leste) and UNAMA (Afghanistan) political missions are directed and supported by the UN Department of Pea- ce-Keeping Operations. 2. Peace-keeping Mission (PKO), Political Office or Mission (PO) and Peace-building Operation (PBO). 3. The original AU mission (AMIB) was integrated into ONUB in June 2004. 4. A UN political mission (MINUCI, S/RES/1479) had been in place since May 2003, and this was joined by 1,300 ECOWAS troops (ECOMICI, ECOWAS Mission in Côte d’Ivoire) in April 2004, with support from 4,000 French troops (Operation Licorne). 5. MINURCA (1998-2000) (PKO). 6. UNOMSIL (1998-1999) (OMP), UNAMSIL (1999-2005) (OMP). 7. UNOSOM I (1992-1993) UNITAF (1992-1993, USA with a UN Security Council mandate) UNOSOM II (1993-1995) (PKO). Resolution S/RES/954 agreed the closure of UNOSOM II and established that the UN would continue observing events in Somalia through a Poli- tical Office based in Kenya. 175 Appendix III. Multilateral peace missions UN peace missions (16 PKO, 2 PO/PKO, 11 PO and PBO) (continuation) Special Representative/ Country Existence Beginning- Soldiers/ head of mission (SR) (beginning-end and type end Military Special Envoy (SE) of armed of mission of Observers/ Personal Envoy (PE) and conflict) (resolution, mandate) mission Police Special Adviser (SA) (year appointed) Sudan (1983-2004) UNMIS8 (PKO), S/RES/1590 March 2005 8,732/611/680 Pending appointment of successor to SR Jan Pronk (Netherlands) (2004) Sudan (Darfur) (2003-) SE for Darfur, Jan Eliasson (Sweden) (2006) Uganda (1986-) SR for the areas affected by the LRA armed opposition group, Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique) (2006) AMERICA Region of Latin America SA Diego Cordovez (Ecuador) (1999) Guyana-Venezuela SR for the border dispute between the two countries, Oliver Jackman (Barbados) (1999) Haiti (2004-2005) MINUSTAH (PKO) S/RES/1542 June 2004 6,668/-/1,692 SR Juan Gabriel Valdés (Chile) (2004), succeeded by Edmond Mulet (Guatemala) (2006) ASIA Afghanistan9 (2002-) UNAMA (PO), S/RES/1401 March 2002 -/12/8 SR Tom Koenings (Germany), 27/12/05 Cambodia (1975-1979) Nov. 2005 SR for the human rights situation, Yash Gay (Kenya), 01/11/05 India-Pakistan* (1946-) UNMOGIP10(PKO), S/RES/91 January 1949 -/42/- Military head of the observer mission, General Guido Palmieri (Italy), succeeded by General Dragutin Repinc (Croatia), 12/12/05 Myanmar Pending appointment of successor to SE Razzali Ismail (Malaysia) (2000) Nepal (1996-2006) Personal Rep. Ian Martin (United Kingdom (2006) Tajikistan (1992-1997) UNTOP (PO) June 2000 -/-/1 SR Vladimir Sotirov (Bulgaria) (2002) Timor-Leste (1975-1999) UNOTIL11 (PO), S/RES/1599 May 2005 -/15/56 SR Sukehiro Hasegawa (Japan) (2004), succeeded by SR Abu Khare (India) (2006) 8. The duties of the UNAMIS political mission (created in 2004) were passed on to UNMIS in Resolution S/RES/1590 in March 2005. 9. This current phase of the armed conflict began with the attack by the USA and the United Kingdom in October 2001, though the country has been in armed conflict since 1979. 10. UNIPOM (1965-1966) (PKO). 176 11. UNTAET (1999-2002) (PKO), UNMISET (2002-2005) (PKO). Alert 2007 UN peace missions (16 PKO, 2 PO/PKO, 11 PO and PBO) (continuation) Special Representative/ Country Existence Beginning- Soldiers/ head of mission (SR) (beginning-end and type end Military Special Envoy (SE) of armed of mission of Observers/ Personal Envoy (PE) and conflict) (resolution, mandate) mission Police Special Adviser (SA) (year appointed) EUROPE Continent of Europe No special adviser12 Cyprus*(1974-) UNFICYP (PKO) S/RES/186 March 1964 854/-/64 SR Michael Moller (Denmark), 01/01/06 FYR Macedonia-Greece Personal Envoy for talks between the two countries, Matthew Nimetz (USA) (1999) Georgia (Abkhazia)* UNOMIG (PKO) August 1993 -/123/12 SR Heidi Tagliavini (1992-1993) S/RES/849, S/RES/858 (Switzerland) (2002), succeeded by SR Jean Arnault (France) (2006) Serbia (Kosovo) UNMIK (PKO) June 1999 -/37/1,883 SR Soren Jessen-Petersen (1998-1999) S/RES/1244 (Denmark) (2004) succeeded by SR Joaquim Rückner (Germany) (2006) SE for the future state of Kosovo, Marti Ahtisaari (Finland) (2005) MIDDLE EAST Iraq (2003-) UNAMI (PO), S/RES/1500 August 2003 -/4/- SR Ashraf Jehangir Qazi (Pakistan) (2004) Iraq-Kuwait (1990 - 1991) High Level Coordinator for Iraq’s compliance with its obligations regarding the repatriation and return of Kuwaitis and other third-party nationals, Yuli Vorontsov (Russian Federation) (2000) Israel-Palestine13 (1948-) UNSCO14 (PO) May 1948 SA for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative for the PLO and the PNA, Álvaro de Soto (Peru), 06/05/05 Israel-Syria (Golan Heights) UNDOF(PKO) June 1974 1,048/-/- Head of mission, General (1967, 1973) Bala Nanda Sharma (Nepal) (2004) Israel-Lebanon (1967, UNIFIL (PKO), S/RES/425 March 10,884/-/- SR Geir O. Pedersen (Norway) 1982-2000, 2006) SRES/426, S/RES/1701 1978 (2005) Middle East (1948-) UNTSO(PKO), S/RES/50 June 1948 -/150/- Military chief, General Ian Campbell Gordon (Australia) (2006) Middle East (1948-) SE for compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, Terje Roed-Larsen (Norway) (2005) 12. The UN Secretary General’s former Special Adviser for European Affairs, Jean-Bernard Merimée (France), officially resigned his post in 2002, and is currently appearing before the courts as a result of his involvement in the UN “Oil for Food” corruption scandal in Iraq. However, until October 2005, Jean-Bernard Merimée still featured as a Special Adviser in the United Nations organisation chart, a fact that has given rise to an important controversy. 13. Although the armed conflict began in 1948, this report only examines the most recent phase of the conflict which began with the 2nd Intifada in September 2000. 14. UNEF I (1956-1967) (PKO) UNEF II (1973-1979) (PKO). 177 Appendix III. Multilateral peace missions OSCE operations (18 missions)15 Special Representative/ Country Existence Beginning- Soldiers/ head of mission (SR) (beginning-end and type end Military Special Envoy (SE) of armed of mission of Observers/ Personal Envoy (PE) and conflict) (resolution, mandate) mission Police Special Adviser (SA) (year appointed) ASIA CENTRAL Central Asia OSCE President’s Personal Envoy for Central Asia, Martti Ahtisaari (Finland) Kazakhstan OSCE Centre in Almaty January 1999 Ambassador Ivar Kristian (PC/DEC 243, 23/07/98) Vikki (Norway) Kyrgyzstan OSCE Centre in Bishek, January 1999 Ambassador Markus Mueller PC/DEC 245, 23/07/98 (Switzerland) Tajikistan OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, Min. Feb. 1994 -/16/- Ambassador Alain Couanon Council, 01/12/93 (France) Turkmenistan OSCE Centre in Ashgabad January 1999 Ambassador Ibrahim Djikic (PC/DEC 244, 23/07/98) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Uzbekistan OSCE Centre in Tashkent, 1995 Ambassador Miroslav Jenca PC/DEC 397, 14/12/00)16 (Slovakia) CAUCASUS Armenia OSCE Office in Yerevan, Feb. 2000 Ambassador Vladimir PC/DEC 314, 22/07/99 Pryakhin (Russian Federation) Azerbaijan OSCE Mission in Baku, July 2000 Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi PC/DEC 318, 16/11/99 (Italy), succeeded by José Luis Herrero Ansola (Spain) in February 2006 Azerbaijan (Nagorno- Personal Rep. of the President of August 1995 Ambassador Andrzej Karabakh) (1991-1994) the Minsk Conference Kasprzyk (Poland) Georgia (1992-1993) OSCE Mission in Georgia December -/144/- Ambassador Roy Stephen CSO 06/11/92 1992 Reeve (United Kingdom) EASTERN EUROPE Belarus OSCE Office in Minsk, January 2003 Ambassador Ake Peterson