United Nations Civilian Police Support Group | |
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| Abbreviation | UNPSG |
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| Predecessor | United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium |
| Formation | 16 January 1998 |
| Dissolved | 15 October 1998 |
| Type | Peacekeeping mission |
| Headquarters | Zagreb (United Nations Liaison Office) andVukovar (Police HQs) and the 20Croatian police stations throughout the Danube region.[1] |
Head of Support Group |  Syrian Arab Republic - Souren Seraydarian[1] |
Police Commissioner |  Norway - Halvor Hartz[1] |
TheUnited Nations Civilian Police Support Group (UNPSG) was aUnited Nationspeacekeeping operation monitoring the performance of theCroatian police in theDanube region from 16 January 1998 to 15 October 1998.[1] The mission was active in the same area of the former parallelEastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia which was previously directly governed by theUNTAES transitional administration between 1996 and 1998.[2] The mission took over vehicles, equipment and othersupport assets from UNTAES.[2] UNPSG was not the firstCIVPOL engagement in the region as earlier missions ofUNPROFOR,UNCRO and UNTAES all included civilian police components.[2]
TheUnited Nations Security Council authorised the mission inUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1145 on 19 December 1997.[3] There was in 114 police officers supported by international and local civilian staff coming fromArgentina,Austria,Denmark,Egypt,Fiji,Finland,Indonesia,Ireland,Jordan,Kenya,Lithuania,Norway,Poland,Russian Federation,Sweden,Switzerland,Ukraine andUnited States.[1] The mission cooperated with theOSCE Mission to Croatia which was active in the region at the same time.
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