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Demobilization – 1991

The United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) became operational as soon as the Paris Agreement was signed in October 1991. Brigadier-General Michel Loridon (France), Senior Military Liaison Officer, assumed command of the military elements of the United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) on November 12, 1991. As agreed on in the Paris agreement, parties had to demobilize 70 percent of the rival armies. But as of December 1991, the UN had failed to approve a budget or decide on the strength of the force it would send to Cambodia to monitor the ceasefire and demobilization of 70 percent of the rival armies and to help run the country before the UN-supervised elections.¹

1. “Speed up Cambodia UN force — Evans,” The Age (Melbourne, Australia), December 18, 1991; “Cambodia – UNAMIC Background,” United Nations, accessed July 22, 2010, http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/past/unamicbackgr.html.