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UN Peacekeeping Force – 2001

As of the Secretary General’s March 2001 report, “É UNAMSIL continued to remind RUF of its obligation under the Abuja agreement and discussed predominantly military issues with the rebel group. In particular, UNAMSIL pressed RUF to return the weapons seized from some UNAMSIL contingents in May 2000, to reopen the long-closed roads and to facilitate free movement of people and goods in REU-held areas.”¹

According to the Secretary General’s June 25, 2001 report on UNAMSIL, 246 military observers and 12,163 troops were deployed.²

As the elections approached, the UNAMSIL deployment covered a considerable part of Sierra Leone. By the September 7, 2001 Report of the Secretary General on UNAMSIL (S/2001/857), the UNAMSIL troop strength had increased to 16,664. The UNAMSIL military observers played important role in screening and processing the combatants as well as developing local disarmament arrangements with the faction commanders. As of the Secretary General’s report on UNAMSIL, the mission reached the authorized ceiling of 17,500 and the mission had been deployed in all districts of Sierra Leone.³

1. “Secretary General’s Report on UNAMSIL,” S/2001/228, March 14, 2001, p. 1.
2. “Secretary General’s Report on UNAMSIL,” S/2001/627, June 25, 2001.
3. “Secretary General’s Report on UNAMSIL,” S/2001/857, September 7, 2001.