The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) is an entity that was formed by the United Nations in Security Council Resolution 1500 on 14 August 2003.^[1]

Contents 1 Mandate 2 Military Representatives and Guards 2.1 Withdrawn Participants 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Mandate

Its mandate operates through a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq. The first such representative was Sérgio Vieira de Mello who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing on 19 August 2003.^[2]

The current mandate has been extended to August 2009.^[3] One of its tasks is to implement the International Compact with Iraq. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ashraf Qazi was appointed on 14 July 2004 and retired on 18 September 2007.^[4] Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Swedish-Italian Staffan de Mistura as new Special Representative.^[5]

[edit] Military Representatives and Guards

•  Fiji - 219 Fijian troops are responsible for protecting UN buildings and staff in the Green Zone^[6]. The contingent- trained, equipped and transported to Iraq by Australia- was first deployed to Iraq in December 2004, at which time it consisted of 134 troops^[7].
•  Denmark - Two military observers^[6]. Previously, around 35 troops had been deployed as UN guards (in addition to Denmark's contribution to the US-led Coalition).
•  New Zealand - One military observer^[6].
•  United Kingdom - One military observer^[6].
•  Austria - One military observer^[6].

[edit] Withdrawn Participants

•  Romania - 100 Romanian soldiers were sent to Iraq in March 2005 for a six-month deployment in support of UNAMI^[8] (in addition to Romania's contribution to the US-led Coalition).
•  Georgia - Around 550 soldiers were deployed in June 2005 to perform UN protection duties (in addition to Georgia's contribution to the US-led Coalition)^[9]. However, they were placed under U.S. command on a "middle ring security" mission in the Green Zone^[10], and were later re-deployed to join the Georgian Multinational Force Iraq contingent.
•  Canada - One military observer was deployed from October 2004 to July 2007^[11].
•  Australia - One military observer withdrawn by April 2008.

[edit] See also

• Multinational Force in Iraq

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• "UN Assistance Mission in Iraq". United Nations. http://www.uniraq.org/. 
• Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit

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