UNTAC

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UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia) was a UN peacekeeping mission that administered Cambodia in the early 1990s to implement a political settlement, oversee a ceasefire, repatriate refugees, and organize free elections after years of conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations peacekeeping mission
transitional authority
abbreviation UNTAC
administered Cambodia
authorizedPersonnelCeiling about 22000
civilianPoliceStrength about 3600
civilianStaffStrength about 5000
component civil administration component
civilian police component
electoral component
human rights component
military component
rehabilitation component
repatriation component
conflictContext Cambodian civil war
linked to: Cambodian Civil War

Cambodian–Vietnamese War aftermath
countryServed Cambodia
electionDate 1993-05-23
1993-05-24
electionOutcome adoption of a new Cambodian constitution
formation of a Constituent Assembly in Cambodia
endYear 1993
establishedBy United Nations Security Council
followedBy United Nations Military Liaison Team in Cambodia
fullName United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
headquartersLocation Phnom Penh
involvedParty FUNCINPEC
linked to: FUNCINPEC party

Khmer People's National Liberation Front
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
State of Cambodia government
leaderTitle Special Representative of the Secretary-General
legalBasis United Nations Security Council Resolution 745
mandateEndDate 1993-09-24
mandateStartDate 1992-03-15
militaryForceCommander John Sanderson
militaryPersonnelStrength about 15000
notableLimitation incomplete disarmament of Khmer Rouge forces
notableOfficial John Sanderson
Yasushi Akashi
objective disarm and demobilize factions
monitor foreign military withdrawal
organize and conduct free and fair elections
oversee ceasefire
promote and protect human rights
repatriate refugees
supervise civil administration in key sectors
operatedIn Cambodia
parentOrganization United Nations
peaceAgreementImplemented Paris Peace Agreements
precededBy United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia
primaryObjective implement the political settlement of the Cambodian conflict
refugeesRepatriated over 360000 Cambodian refugees
significance major step in Cambodia's transition to democracy
one of the first UN missions to directly administer a state
specialRepresentative Yasushi Akashi
startYear 1992
typeOfMission multidimensional peacekeeping operation

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