UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) was established on 15 January 1996 in
Security Council Resolution 1038 as a peacekeeping mission to monitor the
demilitarization
Demilitarisation or demilitarization may mean the reduction of state armed forces; it is the opposite of militarisation in many respects. For instance, the demilitarisation of Northern Ireland entailed the reduction of British security and milita ...
of the disputed
Prevlaka peninsula by carrying out daily foot and vehicle patrols on both sides of the border between Croatia and
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
(specifically, its federal unit
Montenegro
, image_flag = Flag of Montenegro.svg
, image_coat = Coat of arms of Montenegro.svg
, coa_size = 80
, national_motto =
, national_anthem = ()
, image_map = Europe-Mont ...
).
Countries providing support for this mission included Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Switzerland and Ukraine.
It was disbanded on 15 December 2002, the date set by the UN Security Council.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20031219085017/http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unmop/
United Nations operations in the former Yugoslavia
1038
Croatia and the United Nations
Serbia and Montenegro and the United Nations
Croatia–Montenegro border
Croatia–Serbia relations
History of Dalmatia
1996 establishments in Croatia
1996 establishments in Montenegro
2002 disestablishments in Croatia
2002 disestablishments in Montenegro
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