The United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (I UNAVEM) was a

peacekeeping Peacekeeping comprises activities, especially military ones, intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed w ...

mission that existed from January 1989 to June 1991 in

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

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 The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

created a follow-up mission,

United Nations Angola Verification Mission II The United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II), established May 1991 and lasting until February 1995, was the second United Nations peacekeeping mission, of a total of four, deployed to Angola during the course of the Angolan Civ ...

, in 1991.

Awards

The UN issued awards for this mission:

References

{{Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Nations Angolan Civil War United Nations operations in Angola Organizations established in 1989 Organizations disestablished in 1991 1989 establishments in Angola 1990 in Angola 1991 disestablishments in Angola

Awards

See also

References