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Peacekeeping Operations : Ongoing Operations : Europe
- Breakthrough in Cyprus?
-- (May 23, 2002) The 38-year-old peacekeeping mission to Cyprus could be ending soon. Kofi Annan’s visit to the island reinforced to US and EU pressures on the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders. Although old differences persist, the intensive dialogue and creative new language could help bring a solution to the conflict.
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- Cyprus Still Split by a Zone Where Time Stands Still
-- [Global Policy Forum] (January 22, 2002) The new round of reunification talks brought optimism in breaking the 27 year-long stalemate dividing Cyprus. Yet the road to resolution is steep as the UN buffer zone is not “only a line on a map but a state of mind and a way of life.”
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- Cyprus's Chance
-- (June 20, 2002) With the EU summit in Copenhagen approaching, the UN has increased the pressure on Greek and Turkish Cypriots to reach a peaceful settlement. While Greek Cypriots hope to accede to the EU at the end of 2002, Turkey’s leaders use the peace process to leverage Turkey’s chances to join the EU.
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- Georgian National Security Council Wants Peacekeeping Area Expanded
-- (May 18, 2002)
The Georgian National Security Council proposed that the UN expand the peacekeeping zone in Abkhazia. The proposal cannot succeed, because Georgia’s military is too weak to pressure Abkhaz separatists to cooperate, and because Russia will not support the plan.
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- Kosovo Serbs Fear Day They'll Have to Walk Alone
-- [Global Policy Forum] (March 24, 2002)As the international community shifts its focus to Afghanistan, it seems that the international policing and peacekeeping forces in Kosovo will exit soon. Yet what will happen when the force leaves that has kept Kosovo’s ethnic hatred in check?
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- UNFICYP - Cyprus
-- UNFICYP was set up in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. After the hostilities of 1974, The Mission's responsibilities were expanded. UNFICYP remains on the island to supervise ceasefire lines, maintain a buffer zone and undertake humanitarian activities.
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- UNMIBH - Bosnia/Herzegovina
-- Set up in 1995, UNMIBH exercised a wide range of functions related to the law enforcement activities and police reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Mission also coordinated other UN activities in the country relating to humanitarian relief and refugees, demining, human rights, elections and rehabilitation of infrastructure and economic reconstruction. Following the successful conclusion of its mandate, UNMIBH was terminated on 31 December 2002.
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- UNMIK - Kosovo
-- Provides regular updates on UNMIK news and developments.
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- UNMOP - Prevlaka
-- UNMOP was established in February 1996 to take over from the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (UNCRO) the task of monitoring the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula, a strategic area disputed by Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Following the successful completion of its mandate, the Mission was terminated on 15 December 2002.
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- UNOMIG - Georgia
-- UNOMIG was established in August 1993 to verify compliance with the ceasefire agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Abkhaz authorities in Georgia. UNOMIG's mandate was expanded following the signing by the parties of the 1994 Agreement on a Ceasefire and Separation of Forces.
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