United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur

United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur
UNAMID
Formation 31 July 2007
Type Peacekeeping mission
Legal status Active
Headquarters El Fasher, North Darfur
Head
 Leonard Muriuki Ngondi (Kenya)[1]
Parent organization
 UN Security Council / African Union
Website unamid.unmissions.org

The African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (known by its acronym UNAMID) is a joint African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission formally approved by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 on 31 July 2007,[2] to bring stability to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan while peace talks on a final settlement continue.[3]

Its initial 12-month mandate was extended to 31 July 2010.[4] As of 2008, its budget was approximately US $106 million per month.[5] Its force of about 26,000 personnel began to deploy to the region in October 2007. The 9,000-strong African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), which was previously responsible for peacekeeping, had completely merged into this new force by 31 December 2007.[6]

The mandate is for a force of up to 19,555 military personnel and 3,772 police, along with a further "19 formed police units comprising up to 140 personnel each."[7] The peacekeepers are allowed to use force to protect civilians and humanitarian operations. UNAMID is the first joint UN/AU force and the largest peacekeeping mission.

As of December 2008, it had deployed 15,136 total uniformed personnel, including 12,194 troops, 175 military observers, and 2,767 police officers, who were supported by 786 international civilian personnel, 1,405 local civilian staff, and 266 UN volunteers.[8]

Authorisation

Initial authorization for the mission was given by the UN Security Council in resolution 1769 of 31 July 2007.[9] This resolution set the strength of the mission as "... up to 19,555 military personnel, including 360 military observers and liaison officers, and an appropriate civilian component including up to 3,772 police personnel and 19 formed police units comprising up to 140 personnel each". The mission's authorisation was extended in essentially unchanged form for each of the following five years: UN Security Council resolution 1828 adopted on 31 July 2008, resolution 1881 on 30 July 2009, resolution 1935 on 30 July 2010, resolution 2003 on 29 July 2011, and resolution 2063 adopted on 31 July 2012.

Security Council resolution 2113 of 30 July 2013 extended the mandate of UNAMID for 13 months - to 31 August 2014 - but reduced the permitted force strength to 16,200 military personnel, 2,310 police personnel and 17 formed police units of up to 140 personnel.[10] The following year saw the mandate extended once again to 30 June 2015 (Security Council resolution 2173 of 27 August 2014).

Security Council resolution 2228 of 29 June 2015 further reduced the force strength, to no more than 15,845 military personnel, 1,583 police personnel and 13 formed police units of up to 140 personnel each.[11] This force authorisation was extended by another 12 months through Security Council resolution 2296 of 29 June 2016.[12]

The new Trump Administration in Washington argued for a reduction in UN peacekeeping budgets during the first half of 2017. Possibly arising from this, when the UNAMID mandate was renewed for a further 12 months by the UN Security Council on 29 June 2017, significant reductions in deployed personnel were announced.[13] The approved Force strength was to be reduced in two stages. By the end of 2017 the authorized numbers of troops and police would be 11,395 and 2,888, respectively. To be further reduced by mid-2018 to 8,735 troops (eight battalions) and 2,500 police.[14]

Leadership and Command

United Nations' missions come under a civilian Head of Mission, usually called the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. UNAMID, as a joint mission, has a civilian head appointed by both the UN Secretary General and AU Commission Chairman. In October 2015 Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (of Nigeria) was appointed as Joint Special Representative for Darfur and Head of UNAMID, succeeding Abiodun Oluremi Bashua (also of Nigeria).[15] On 3 April 2017 it was announced that Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa had been appointed as Joint Special Representative and Head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.[16] Now, Lieutenant General Leonard Muriuki Ngondi (from Kenya) appointed as a force commander on 8 August 2017.[17]

Force Commanders

No. Name Nationality From To Notes
1 Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai[18]  Nigeria 1 January 2008 31 August 2009
2 Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba[19]  Rwanda 1 September 2009 31 March 2013
3 Lt. Gen. Paul Ignace Mella[20]  Tanzania 4 June 2013 31 December 2015
4 Lt. Gen. Frank Mushyo Kamanzi[21]  Rwanda 1 January 2016 On 6 April 2017 it was announced that General Kamanzi had been appointed Force Commander for UNMISS in South Sudan.[22]
5 Maj. Gen. Fida Hussain Malik  Pakistan Mid-2017 Acting in the role.
6 Lt. Gen. Leonard Muriuki Ngondi[23]  Kenya August 2017 incumbent

Deputy Force Commanders

No. Name Nationality From To
1 Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Karenzi Karake  Rwanda 1 January 2008[24] April 2009[25]
2 Maj. Gen. Duma Dumisani Mdutyana  South Africa 31 May 2009[26]
3 Maj. Gen. Wynjones Kisamba [27]  Tanzania September 2011 2013[28]
4 Maj. Gen. Balla Keita[29]  Senegal 2013 2015
5 Maj. Gen. Mohammad Maksudur Rahman  Bangladesh October 2015[30]

Organisation

Sectors

The preceding African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) was organised in a number of Sectors, each under the command of a Colonel. When UNAMID took over from AMIS some of these sectors were merged and Sectors became Brigadier's commands.[31] Initially the Force was divided into three Sectors:

By mid-2015 a further two Sectors had been established:

Major Units

A UNAMID map showing force deployment in December 2016 reveals the force comprised 14 infantry battalions (in addition to engineer, signals, medical and other support units).[32] These battalions were deployed as follows:

Sector North

Sector West

Sector Central

Sector South

Sector East

Participants

On 12 August 2007, Alpha Oumar Konare, chairman of the AU, announced that UNAMID was likely to be an all-African peacekeeping force.[33][34] As of 30 June 2013, the total number of personnel in the mission was 19,735:[35][36]

Country Police Experts Troops
 Bangladesh[37][38] 764 16 196
 Benin 1
 Bolivia 2
 Burkina Faso 184 12 808
 Burundi 71 8 2
 Cambodia 3
 Cameroon 14
 China[39] 233
 Ivory Coast 6
 Djibouti 151
 Egypt 245 24 1,062
 Ethiopia 26 16 2,549
 Gambia 156 211
 Germany 6 8
 Ghana 158 8 12
 Indonesia 156 4 1
 Iran 2 16
 Jamaica 12
 Jordan 531 13 12
 Kenya 5 80
 Kyrgyzstan 7 2
 Lesotho 2 1
 Libya 14
 Madagascar 9
 Malawi 59
 Malaysia 44 2 14
 Mali 7 1
 Mongolia 70
 Namibia 10 3
   Nepal 297 18 363
 Nigeria 372 14 2,573
 Pakistan 244 6 504
 Palau 1 1 1
 Peru 4
 Rwanda[40] 212 11 3,239
 Senegal[41] 300 19 795
 Sierra Leone 95 10 11
 South Africa 16 809
 South Korea 2
 Tajikistan 14
 Tanzania[42] 208 21 894
 Thailand 8 7
 Togo 140 7
 Tunisia 67
 Turkey 79
 Yemen 204 47 4
 Zambia 63 12 5
 Zimbabwe 6 2

Former contributors

Casualties

UNAMID deaths by nationality

 Nigeria: 37
 Rwanda: 30
 Ethiopia: 26
 Sudan: 25
 Senegal: 16
 Tanzania: 14
 Burkina Faso: 13
 Sierra Leone: 13
 Egypt: 8
 South Africa: 8
 Gambia: 7
 Bangladesh: 6
 Jordan: 4
   Nepal: 4
 Uganda: 4
 Zambia: 4
 Ghana: 3
 Kenya: 3
 Barbados: 1
 Fiji: 1
 Liberia: 1
 Malawi: 1
 Malaysia: 1
 Morocco: 1
 Pakistan: 1
 Russian Federation: 1
 Thailand: 1
 Togo: 1
 Yemen: 1

TOTAL: 236[49]

As of 30 June 2017, 250 UN personnel had died whilst serving with UNAMID.[50]

Incidents

See also

References

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  2. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769. S/RES/1769(2007) 31 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
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  4. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1881. S/RES/1881(2009) 31 July 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
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  11. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 2228. S/RES/2228(2015) 29 June 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 2296. S/RES/2296(2016) 29 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  13. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 2363.(2017) S/RES/2363 (2017) 29 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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