Is a joint African Union and UN peacekeeping mission formally approved by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 on 31 July 2007 to bring stability to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan while peace talks on a final settlement continue. It was initially given a mandate of 12 months (i.e. until 31 July 2008) with a force of about 26,000 personnel, and is to begin to deploy to the region in October 2007. The 7,000-strong African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), which is presently responsible for peacekeeping, is expected to be merged into this new force by 31 December 2007.[1]The force will include up to 19,555 military personnel and up to 3,772 police, along with a further "19 formed police units comprising up to 140 personnel each." [2] The peacekeepers will be allowed to use force to protect civilians and humanitarian operations. UNAMID will be the first joint UN/AU force and the largest peacekeeping mission. On 12 August 2007 Alpha Oumar Konare, the chairman of the African Union, announced UNAMID was likely to be an all-African peacekeeping force.[3] However, the following countries have stated they are likely to take part in the peacekeeping mission at one point or another:. Countries taking part include Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and United Kingdom. Question Conranger, What type of Unit is Ireland supplying? Any of your mates going? I will know in about 2 weeks if I am going and what post I get. Looks like a reasonably sized force is being put into place, however having seen Bangladesh, Nepalese (they are not Gurkha standard), Pakistan and several of the African countries troops before during previous missions they are not much to rely on, But good to see the French are there (oxymoron I know, but it’s the Legion not really Frenchmen), UK and solid Scandinavians, what was a surprise was seeing China involved, until I did some research and see they are building Sudan’s oil pipeline and are the major purchasers of said oil.
2007-12-10
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