Rwanda/Uganda - UNOMUR
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: Ugandan side of the Uganda-Rwanda border
HEADQUARTERS: Kabale, Uganda
DURATION: June 1993 - September 1994
STRENGTH: 81 military observers, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff
FATALITIES: None
EXPENDITURES FROM INCEPTION TO 21 DECEMBER 1993: $2,298,500 net
[After that date, the costs related to UNOMUR were reflected in the costs of UNAMIR]
FUNCTION: Established to monitor the border between Uganda and Rwanda and verify that no military assistance -- lethal weapons, ammunition and other material of possible military use -- was being provided across it. While the tragic turn of events in Rwanda in April 1994 prevented UNOMUR from fully implementing its mandate, the Observer Mission played a useful role as a confidence-building mechanism in the months following the conclusion of the Arusha Peace Agreement and during UNAMIR's initial efforts to defuse tensions between the Rwandese parties and to facilitate the implementation of that agreement. UNOMUR was officially closed on 21 September 1994
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