United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia

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The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was a major UN peacekeeping mission in the early 1990s that supervised a ceasefire, disarmament, repatriation of refugees, and the organization of free elections to help restore peace and political stability in Cambodia after years of conflict.

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ
multidimensional peace operation ⓘ
aimedTo establish a neutral political environment for elections ⓘ
facilitate national reconciliation in Cambodia ⓘ
restore peace in Cambodia ⓘ
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
budgetEstimate approximately 1.6 billion US dollars ⓘ
componentIncluded civil administration component ⓘ
civilian police component ⓘ
electoral component ⓘ
human rights component ⓘ
military component ⓘ
conflictAddressed Cambodian Civil War ⓘ
countryServed Cambodia ⓘ
dateEstablished 1992-02-28 ⓘ
electionDates 1993-05-23 to 1993-05-28 ⓘ
electionsOrganized 1993 Cambodian general election ⓘ
forceCommander John Sanderson ⓘ
headquartersLocation Phnom Penh ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Security Council Resolution 745 ⓘ
mandatedBy Paris Peace Agreements ⓘ
mandateIncluded civil administration supervision ⓘ
demobilization of combatants ⓘ
disarmament of factions ⓘ
human rights monitoring ⓘ
maintenance of law and order ⓘ
organization of free and fair elections ⓘ
rebuilding of key infrastructure ⓘ
repatriation and resettlement of displaced persons ⓘ
repatriation of refugees ⓘ
supervision of ceasefire ⓘ
missionEndDate 1993-09-24 ⓘ
missionStartDate 1992-03-15 ⓘ
monitored withdrawal of foreign forces from Cambodia ⓘ
operatedInTerritory Kingdom of Cambodia ⓘ
linked to: Cambodia
oversaw ceasefire among Cambodian factions ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
peaceProcessFramework Paris Conference on Cambodia ⓘ
peakCivilianPolice approximately 3,600 ⓘ
peakCivilianStaff approximately 1,700 ⓘ
peakMilitaryPersonnel approximately 15,900 ⓘ
policeComponentHead Saddiq Mohammed ⓘ
precededBy United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
resultedIn adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Cambodia ⓘ
formation of a Constituent Assembly in Cambodia ⓘ
restoration of the Kingdom of Cambodia ⓘ
shortName UNTAC ⓘ
specialRepresentativeOfSecretaryGeneral Yasushi Akashi ⓘ
succeededBy United Nations Human Rights Centre field presence in Cambodia ⓘ
United Nations Military Liaison Team in Cambodia ⓘ
troopContributingCountriesCount over 30 ⓘ

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United Nations peace process in Cambodia → hasPart → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ
United Nations peace process in Cambodia → oversightBy → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ
Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 → established → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ
Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 → implementedBy → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ
United Nations forces → hasNotableOperation → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ
UNTAC → fullName → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ
Supreme National Council of Cambodia → relatedToMission → United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ