The United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (I UNAVEM) was a
peacekeeping
Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare.
Within the United N ...
mission that existed from January 1989 to June 1991 in
Angola during
the civil war.
[Meisler, Stanley. ''United Nations: The First Fifty Years'', 1997. Page 368.] It was established by
United Nations Security Council Resolution 626
United Nations Security Council resolution 626, adopted unanimously on 20 December 1988, after noting an agreement between Angola and Cuba regarding the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola and considering a report by the Secretary-General of t ...
on December 20, 1988.
In the civil war, the Soviet Union and Cuba backed the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), while South Africa and the United States backed the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA). The MPLA became the stronger party.
UNAVEM I's purpose was oversee withdrawal of the Cuban troops.
This mission was a success.
The
United Nations created a follow up mission,
United Nations Angola Verification Mission II, in 1991.
See also
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Cuban intervention in Angola
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western National Unio ...
O contexto das missões UNAVEM/MONUA in: A participação da Hungria nas missões de paz da ONU em Angola
Experiências dos operacionais húngaros em Angola depoimentos in: A participação da Hungria nas missões de paz da ONU em Angola.
References
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