5 December 1992 – 4 May 1993 (6 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Somalia
UN Charter
Chapter VII
UN Resolution
794, 837
Result
United Nations operational success [1]
Somali National Alliance political victory
Participants
UNITAF
Australia
Bangladesh
Belgium
Botswana
Canada
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Italy
Kuwait
Malaysia
Morocco
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Tunisia
Turkey
UAE
United Kingdom
United States
Zimbabwe
Somali National Alliance
Commanders and leaders
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Robert B. Johnston
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Casualties and losses
82 killed
43 killed
24 killed
6 killed
3 killed
3 killed
1 killed
1 killed[2]
1 killed
~300 wounded
153 wounded[3]
75+ wounded
36 wounded
23 wounded
3 wounded
2+ wounded
4 wounded
Several thousand both civilians and military insurgents (per Aidid)
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United Nations Intervention in Somalia (1992–1995)
UNOSOM I
Provide Relief
UNITAF / Restore Hope
Deliverance
Somalia affair
UNOSOM II
Pakistani Peacekeepers
UN killings of protestors
Abdi House raid
Checkpoint Pasta
Gothic Serpent
Black Hawk Down
United Shield
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