United Nations Security Council Resolution 879

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UN Security Council
Resolution 879
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Date29 October 1993
Meeting no.3,300
CodeS/RES/879 (Document)
SubjectThe situation in Mozambique
Voting summary
15 voted for
None voted against
None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members

United Nations Security Council resolution 879, adopted unanimously on 29 October 1993, after reaffirming resolutions 782 (1992), 797 (1992), 818 (1993), 850 (1993) and 863 (1993) on the situation in Mozambique, the Council reiterated the importance of the Rome General Peace Accords and extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique for an interim period ending 5 November 1993. [1]

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Mozambique was a Portuguese colony, overseas province and later a member state of Portugal. It gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

Mozambican Civil War civil war

The Mozambican Civil War was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992. Like many regional African conflicts during the late twentieth century, the Mozambican Civil War possessed local dynamics but was also exacerbated greatly by the polarizing effects of Cold War politics. The war was fought between Mozambique's ruling Marxist Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and anti-communist insurgent forces of the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO).

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References

  1. United Nations, Dept. of Public Information (1996). The Blue helmets: a review of United Nations peace-keeping (3rd ed.). United Nations, Dept. of Public Information. p. 327. ISBN   978-92-1-100611-7.