| a. |
The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), was the first UN peacekeeping force
in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars. It existed between the beginning of UN involvement in February 1992, and its restructuring into other forces in March 1995. In French, its name was FORPRONU (Force de Protection des Nations Unies) |
| b. |
The initial mandate of the UNPROFOR was to ensure conditions for peace talks, and security in three demilitarised “safe-haven” enclaves designated as United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs) located in the former Yugoslav republic of Croatia: Eastern Slavonia, Western avonia and Krajina. They were places with strong Serb populations that had organised into the selfstyled
Republic of Serbian Krajina, which had led to tensions and fighting. |
| c. |
Eventually, UNPROFOR monitored cease-fires in Bosnia in February 1994 and January 1995. On 31 March 1995, UNPROFOR was restructured into three coordinated peace operations. On 20 December 1995 the forces of the UNPROFOR were reflagged under the NATO led Implementation Force (IFOR) whose task was to implement the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (GFAP - otherwise known as the Dayton Accords or Dayton
Agreement). |
| d. |
Many countries including Malaysia contributes at least military and police to this mission. |