Disclaimer

Everything posted here is stricktly the opinion of the poster and shall not be taken to be the official position of UNMIS, UNMISS, UN, the Norwegian Armed Forces or any other organisation whatsoever.

About UNMIS

For in depth information, visit the UNMIS website, or see what Wikipedia has to say about UNMIS.

In short, UNMIS is a United Nation mission to support the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (often referred to as the CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People Liberation Movement/Army. UNMIS is also to perform certain functions in relation to humanitarian assistance as well as protecting and promoting human rights.

UNMIS has a number of tools available to perform these tasks, including but not limited to;
- roughly 9000 peace keeping troops, including de-mining personnel
- up to 750 military observers who, unarmed, makes sure that both parties adhere to the CPA and report any infractions to the UN
- up to 715 UN police, who help the local police to become self sufficient
- a number of international civilian personnel, local civilian staff and UN volunteers.

For a up to date map of sectors, units etc, see this PDF.

The mandate for UNMIS ended on July 9th 2011. A follow up mission (UNMISS) is in the works.