AMBER FOX

Following the end of Operation ESSENTIAL HARVEST on 27 September 2001, The follow-on Operation Amber Fox provided protection for international monitors overseeing the implementation of the peace plan. In this mission, NATO began providing active and pre-arranged support measures to EU and OSCE monitors in FYROM who were observing the parties’ compliance with the Ohrid Peace Agreement, in particular, the re-entry of FYROM police into contested areas. This mission was initially conducted by the troops of Task Force Harvest until they were replaced by Task Force Fox on 4 October 2001. At the request of the FYROM government, Operation AMBER FOX was extended four times until 15 December 2002.

This is one of the NATO operations that demonstrated the strong inter-institutional cooperation between the Alliance, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.