The arrival of the United Nations in Somalia

The arrival of the United Nations in Somalia

After months of negotiations, the UN began sending peacekeepers to Somalia. Mohammed SAHNOUN, the United Nations ambassador inspects the camp of 500 Pakistani peacekeepers installed on the edge of Mogadishu. Their mission is limited to securing humanitarian convoys in the port, in order to avoid looting. Special Envoy John Paul LEPERS specifies that the UN mission is not to restore order in the Somali capital. He explains: "like us journalists, like non-governmental organizations, the United Nations must appeal for their protection to the very ones who are reigning chaos in Magadiscio". The UN observers, who have been in place for two months, are tasked with monitoring the ceasefire along the demarcation line and negotiating with the population. A resident of Mogadishu concluded: "The United Nations can bring peace, if, and only if, it collaborates with all the leaders of the different factions."

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File : Somalia 1992-1995

Publication date : 10 October 1992