United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau
- United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau
Infobox UN
name = United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office to Guinea-Bissau
caption =
type = Peacebuilding Mission
acronyms = UNOGBIS
head = Shola Omoregie
status = Active
established = 6 April 1999
website = http://www.unogbis.org/homepage.html
parent = United Nations Security Council
subsidiaries =
commons =
footnotes =
The United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) was established by the United Nations Security Council in April 1999 to facilitate the general election and implementation of the Abuja Accord.[UN document |docid=S-RES-1233(1999) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1999 |resolution_number=1233 |highlight=rect_82,943_915,1142 |page=2 |accessdate=2008-07-01] ]This followed a ceasefire agreement signed in Praia on 26 August 1998[UN document |docid=S-1998-825 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=1998 |document_number=825 |accessdate=2008-07-01|date=1 September 1998] reaffirmed on 1 November (known as the Abuja Accord) with the promise of elections][UN document |docid=S-1998-1028 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=1998 |document_number=1028 |accessdate=2008-07-01|date=3 November 1998] with an additional protocol arranging for a government of national unity signed on 15 December][UN document |docid=S-1998-1178 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=1998 |document_number=1178 |accessdate=2008-07-01|date=16 December 1998] and strengthened by a United Nations Security Council Resolution.][UN document |docid=S-RES-1216(1998) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1998 |resolution_number=1216 |highlight=rect_70,685_953,972 |page=1 |accessdate=2008-07-01|date=21 December 1998] The agreement was overseen by ECOMOG and ECOWAS.]The mandate of UNOGBIS was extended following the 1999 elections into the post-electoral period. [ UN document |docid=S-PV-4121 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=4121 |page=2 |anchor=pg002-bk08 |date=29 March 2000 |speakername=Kiernan Prendergast | speakernation=United Nations |accessdate=2008-07-01 ]
There have been numerous reports submitted and meetings of the United Nations Security Council over the years.
The mandate of UNOGBIS was extended and revised in 2004.[UN document |docid=S-RES-1580(2004) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=2004 |resolution_number=1580 |accessdate=2008-07-01|date=22 December 2004] ]Concerns relating to drug trafficking from Latin America were raised.[UN document |docid=S-2007-576 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=2007 |document_number=576 |accessdate=2008-07-01|date=28 September 2007|title=Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country] as well as financial stability. [ UN document |docid=S-PV-5925 |body=Security Council |type=Verbotim Report |meeting=5925 |page=2 |anchor=pg002-bk08 |date=25 June 2008 |speakername=Mr. Omoregie | speakernation=United Nations |accessdate=2008-07-01 ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.unogbis.org/homepage.html UNOGBIS homepage]
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