United Nations Operation in Mozambique
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The United Nations Operations in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) was established in October 1992 under Security Council Resolution 797
on the basis of a report submitted by the Secretary-General.
Its purpose was to help implement the General Peace Agreement
, signed between the President of Mozambique
, Joaquim Chissano
, and the President of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo), Afonso Dhlakama
. The mandate included facilitating the implementation of the Agreement; monitoring the ceasefire
; monitoring the withdrawal of foreign forces and providing security in the transport corridors; providing technical assistance and monitoring the entire electoral process. ONUMOZ operated from December of 1992 to December of 1994.
The Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital
was deployed in the country under this mandate
United Nations Security Council Resolution 797
United Nations Security Council Resolution 797, adopted unanimously on December 16, 1992, after reaffirming Resolution 782 , the Council decided to establish the United Nations Operation in Mozambique as proposed by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in line with the peace agreement for...
on the basis of a report submitted by the Secretary-General.
Its purpose was to help implement the General Peace Agreement
Rome General Peace Accords
The Rome General Peace Accords between the Mozambican Civil War parties, the Frelimo and the Renamo , put an end to the Mozambique Civil War. It was signed on October 4, 1992. Negotiations preceding in began in July 1990...
, signed between the President of Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
, Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Alberto Chissano served as the second President of Mozambique for nineteen years from 6 November 1986 until 2 February 2005. Since stepping down as president, Chissano has become an elder statesman and is called upon by international bodies, such as the United Nations, to be an envoy or...
, and the President of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo), Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama is a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla organization that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agreement and becoming an opposition political party in the early 1990s.Dhlakama was...
. The mandate included facilitating the implementation of the Agreement; monitoring the ceasefire
Ceasefire
A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be declared as part of a formal treaty, but they have also been called as part of an informal understanding between opposing forces...
; monitoring the withdrawal of foreign forces and providing security in the transport corridors; providing technical assistance and monitoring the entire electoral process. ONUMOZ operated from December of 1992 to December of 1994.
The Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital
Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital
The Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital is a field hospital operated by the Argentine Air Force. It is one of three health centers of its kind worldwide .- Description :...
was deployed in the country under this mandate