United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) is an entity that was formed by the United Nations in Security Council Resolution 1500 on 14 August 2003.[1]
Mandate
Its mandate operates through a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq. The first such representative was Sérgio Vieira de Mello who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing on 19 August 2003.[2]
The current mandate was extended to 31 July 2011, under Resolution 1936 adopted on 5 August 2010. One of its tasks is to implement the International Compact with Iraq. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ashraf Qazi was appointed on 14 July 2004 and retired on 18 September 2007.[3]
Ad Melkert was Special Representative of the Secretary-General from 2009-2011. The current Special Representative of the Secretary-General is former German Ambassador to Iraq Martin Kobler.[4]
Military Representatives and Guards
- Fiji - 221 Fijian troops are responsible for protecting UN buildings and staff in the Green Zone.[5] The contingent- trained, equipped and transported to Iraq by Australia- was first deployed to Iraq in December 2004, at which time it consisted of 134 troops.[6]
- Denmark - Two military observers.[5] Previously, around 35 troops had been deployed as UN guards (in addition to Denmark's contribution to the US-led Coalition).
- New Zealand - One military observer.[5]
- United Kingdom - One military observer.[5]
- Australia - Two military observers.[5]
- Jordan - Two military observers.[5]
- Nepal - One military observer.[5]
- United States - Four military observers.[5]
Withdrawn Participants
- Romania - 100 Romanian soldiers were sent to Iraq in March 2005 for a six-month deployment in support of UNAMI[7] (in addition to Romania's contribution to the US-led Coalition).
- Georgia - Around 550 soldiers were deployed in June 2005 to perform UN protection duties (in addition to Georgia's contribution to the US-led Coalition).[8] However, they were placed under U.S. command on a "middle ring security" mission in the Green Zone,[9] and were later re-deployed to join the Georgian Multinational Force Iraq contingent.
- Canada - One military observer was deployed from October 2004 to July 2007.[10]
- Austria - Had one military observer.[5]
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