United Nations Operation in Somalia II

United Nations Operation in Somalia II
Part of the Somali Civil War
Date March 1993 – 28 March 1995 (2 years) Location Somalia
Belligerents
United Nations  Australia  Austria  Bangladesh  Belgium  Botswana  Canada  Egypt  Fiji  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  India  Indonesia  Ireland  Italy  Kuwait  Jordan  Malaysia  Morocco    Nepal  New Zealand  Nigeria  Norway  Pakistan  Romania  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden  Tunisia  Turkey  UAE  United Kingdom  United States  Zimbabwe	United Somali Congress
Commanders and leaders
Boutros Boutros Ghali Thomas M. Montgomery William F. Garrison	Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Strength
28,000 personnel, including 22,000 troops and 8,000 logistic and civilian staff	Unknown
Casualties and losses
12 killed 24 killed 22 killed	Unknown

 United Nations

United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) was the second phase of the United Nations intervention in Somalia, from March 1993 until March 1995.

UNOSOM II carried on from the United States-controlled (UN-sanctioned) Unified Task Force (UNITAF), which had in turn taken over from the ineffectual United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) mission. All three of these interventions were aimed at creating a secure enough environment for humanitarian operations to be carried out in the increasingly lawless and famine-stricken country.

The UNOSOM II intervention is well known for the Battle of Mogadishu and the resulting events portrayed in the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, and its associated film Black Hawk Down.

Following the failure of the monitoring mission created as UNOSOM by the United Nations, the United States offered to lead a substantial intervention force, chiefly made up of American personnel. This was accepted by the UN and made possible through United Nations Security Council Resolution 794, authorising the use of "all necessary means to establish as soon as possible a secure environment for humanitarian relief operations in Somalia". The Security Council then urged the Secretary-General and member states to make arrangements for "the unified command and control" of the military forces that would be involved. On the evening of 4 December 1992, U.S. President George H. W. Bush made an address to the nation, informing them that U.S. troops would be sent to Somalia. The U.S. contribution would be known as Operation Restore Hope, which joined a multinational force and became known as the United Task Force (UNITAF). The operations of UNOSOM I were suspended. UNITAF was authorized under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.

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