United Nations Protection Force
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United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key facts
- Active
- 1992–1995
- Role
- Peacekeeping
- Size
- 38,000
- Part of
- United Nations
- Colors
- Blue
- Engagements
- Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), Bosnian War (1992–1995)
- Notable commanders
- General Bernard Janvier
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Wikidata facts
- Headquarters
- Zagreb
- Conflict
- Yugoslav Wars
- Image
- UNOPROFOR.svg
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- Commons category
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1995-12-20
- inception
- 1992-00-00
- commanded by
- Philippe Morillon
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Encyclopedic overview
The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: Force de Protection des Nations Unies) was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars. The force was formed in February 1992 and its mandate ended in March 1995, with the peacekeeping mission restructuring into three other forces (the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in the Republic of Macedonia, and the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) in Croatia, with restructured UNPROFOR operations ongoing in Bosnia and Herzegovina until their replacement by NATO and EU missions in December 1995).
Personnel
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