United Nations Mission in Sudan
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The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590[1] of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on January 9, 2005, in Sudan.
Abbreviation | UNMIS |
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Formation | 24 March 2005 |
Type | Peacekeeping Mission |
Legal status | Accomplished |
Head | Haile Menkarios |
Parent organization | United Nations Security Council |
Website | un.org/unmis |
UNMIS tasks are to support the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, to perform certain functions relating to humanitarian assistance, protection, promotion of human rights, and to support the African Union Mission in Sudan.[2] The mandate of UNMIS ended on 9 July 2011; the UNSC officially ended the mission on 11 July 2011, with a drawdown by 31 August 2011. Equipment and personnel will be transferred to UNISFA and UNMISS.[3]
Its best-known employee was journalist Lubna al-Hussein, who resigned in order to waive her immunity.