Timeline of United Nations Involvement in Somalia
- 23 January 1992: United Nations Security Council Resolution 733 imposed an arms embargo on Somalia
- 17 March 1992: United Nations Security Council Resolution 746 creates United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I), a force composed of 50 military observers, 3,500 security personnel, up to 719 logistic support personnel, and approximately 200 international civilian staff. The mission of UNOSOM I was:
- 1. to monitor the cease-fire in Mogadishu and help to restore order in Somalia after the dissolution of its central government
- 2. to provide security for United Nations personnel, equipment and supplies at the seaports and airports in Mogadishu
- 3. to escort deliveries of humanitarian supplies from there to distribution centers in and around Mogadishu
- 24 April 1992: United Nations Security Council Resolution 751
- 27 July 1992: United Nations Security Council Resolution 767
- 28 August 1992: United Nations Security Council Resolution 775 expands the mandate and strength of UNOSOM I, tasking it with the protection of humanitarian aid convoys and distribution centers throughout Somalia. UNOSOM troop strength was increased to 4,219 troops and 50 military observers. The additional security personnel began to arrive in Mogadishu on 14 September 1992.
- 3 December 1992: United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 approved a greatly expanded coalition of United Nations peacekeepers to be led by the United States. The reorganized force would be called Unified Task Force (UNITAF).
- 4 December 1992: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces the commencement of Operation Restore Hope, under which the United States would assume command of all U.N. forces in order to carry out the mandate of Resolution 794.
- 9 December 1992: UNITAF forces begin to arrive in Somalia on 9 December 1992 to carry out the mandate of United Nations Security Council Resolution 794. UNITAF was tasked with ensuring the safe distribution of humanitarian aid throughout Somalia (primarily in the south) to alleviate famine conditions.
- 26 March 1993: United Nations Security Council Resolution 814 establishes United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- 4 May 1993: UNITAF is dissolved, and UNOSOM II assumes responsibility for all U.N. operations in Somalia.
- 5 June 1993: UNOSOM II peacekeepers fired into a mob of stone-throwing women and children who acted as a human shield to conceal one or more Somali snipers. 24 UNOSOM II troops (all of whom were Pakistanis) and about 20 Somali civilians were killed in the exchange.
- 6 June 1993: United Nations Security Council Resolution 837
- August 1994: the UN requested that the US lead a coalition to aid in the final withdrawal of UNOSOM II forces from Somalia.
- December 1994: POTUS agreed to the UN request, and directed CINC CENTCOM (General Binford Peay of the United States Army) to execute Operation United Shield.
- 9 January to 3 March 1995: Operation United Shield
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