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war in Croatia
Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia declared independence. The Yugoslav army then focused on Croatia, where a large number of Serbs lived. -
Operation Desert Storm
the first air attack occurred on this date. -
Operation Desert Storm
ground operations began and Iraq accepted all of the UN's regulations to help. -
Gulf War
UNIKOM was set up, there task was to monitor and protect a demilitarize zone along the Iraq-Kuwait border. It had the power to use force if necessary to ensure Iraq’s compliance with its mission. -
The Balkans
the UN created the UNPROFOR, they aim was to, support the humanitarian work of other UN agencies, monitor the ceasefire and the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Croatia and protect civilians and human rights. -
The Balkans
The UNPROFOR became more involved in protecting civilians, the demilitarisation was ineffective because in the places the Yugoslav army withdrew from, it left weapons behind for the Croatian Serbs to use. -
Bosnia
the UN sent a peacekeeping protection force to protect Sarajevo airport and convoys of food and medicine being flown in, protect convoys of civilians being transported across Bosnia by the International Red Cross -
Kosovo
Kosovo was a province of Yugoslavia. UNMIK’s mandate was
unprecedented because it was much more than peacekeeping. The Security Council had given UNMIK enormous, wide-ranging powers over the land, people, government and laws.