JOINT GUARD

Following the end of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOUR and the completion of the initial military tasks for implementing the peace agreement, NATO continued leading the international peacekeeping operation in Bosnia with a new focus and a smaller force now bearing the name Stabilisation Force (SFOR) instead of Implementation Force (IFOR).

Durata Missione:

20 dicembre 1996-20 giugno 1998

Luogo:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tipologia:

Peacekeeping

Base legale:

UN Security Council Resolution 1088

Paesi Partecipanti:

United States, Belgium, Canada, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Hungary, Turkey; non-NATO states: Australia, Austria, Argentina, Egypt, Finland, Ireland, Malaysia, Russia, Morocco, Ukraine, Sweden, New Zealand.

Forze impiegate:

Initially 32,000 then reduced to 12,000

Promotion of the peace and stabilisation processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina