Iran/Iraq - UNIIMOG
Prepared by the Department of Public Information, United Nations. This text was last updated effective 31 August 1996.
Not an official document of the United Nations.
Prepared by the Department of Public Information, United Nations. This text was last updated effective 31 August 1996.
Not an official document of the United Nations.
LOCATION: Iran and Iraq
HEADQUARTERS: Tehran and Baghdad
DURATION: August 1988 - February 1991
STRENGTH: 400 military personnel, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff
FATALITIES: 1 (military personnel)
EXPENDITURES: $177,895,000 net
FUNCTION: Established to verify, confirm and supervise the cease-fire and the withdrawal of all forces to the internationally recognized boundaries, pending a comprehensive settlement. UNIIMOG was terminated after Iran and Iraq had withdrawn fully their forces to the internationally recognized boundaries. Small civilian offices were established in Tehran and Baghdad to implement the remaining tasks which were essentially political. By the end of 1992, those offices were phased out
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