MONUA
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| name = United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
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| type = Peacekeeping Mission
| abbreviation = MONUA
| leader_title = Head
| leader_name = Issa Diallo
| status = Terminated
| formation = 30 June 1997
| website = {{URL|http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/Monua/monua.htm}}
| parent_organization = United Nations Security Council
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The United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA, Mission d'Observation des Nations Unies à l'Angola) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1118 of 30 June 1997.{{UN document |docid=S-RES-1118(1997) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1997 |resolution_number=1118 |accessdate=2008-09-06}} Due to the collapse of the peace process in Angola, UN Secretary General recommended to the UN Security Council that MONUA's mandate not be renewed.{{UN document |docid=S-1999-49 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=1999 |document_number=49 |page=11 |accessdate=2008-09-06}} The mission officially terminated in on 26 February 1999, per the terms of Resolution 1213.{{UN document |docid=S-RES-1213(1998) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1998 |resolution_number=1213 |accessdate=2008-09-06}}
MONUA was the last peacekeeping mission in Angola, and was preceded by three other peacekeeping missions: UNAVEM I, II and III.
The Angolan Civil War raged between 1974 and 2002 and was the longest lasting conflict in Africa.
At the beginning of the mission in 1997, the UN peacekeeping force consisted of approximately 3500 soldiers, observers and police constables, coming from 17 countries. This number was reduced to 400 in 1999, when the mission ended. Seventeen Blue Helmets died in the conflict.{{cite journal|doi=10.1136/bmj.321.7254.166|last=Sheik|first=Mani|author2=Gutierrez, Maria Isabel |author3=Bolton, Paul |author4=Spiegel, Paul |author5=Thieren, Michel |author6= Burnham, Gilbert |year=2000|title=Deaths among humanitarian workers |journal=BMJ|volume=321|issue=7254|pages=166–168|pmid=10894699|pmc=1118167}}
See also
External links
- Records of [https://search.archives.un.org/united-nations-observer-mission-in-angola-monua-1997-1999 the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) (1997–1999)] at the United Nations Archives
- [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Janos_Besenyo/publication/320876006_A_participacao_da_Hungria_nas_missoes_de_paz_da_ONU_em_Angola/links/5a005df24585159634b76024/A-participacao-da-Hungria-nas-missoes-de-paz-da-ONU-em-Angola.pdf O contexto das missões UNAVEM/MONUA], in: A participação da Hungria nas missões de paz da ONU em Angola
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