TITLE

Fact sheet: Somalia--Operation Restore Hope

PUB. DATE

December 1992

SOURCE

U.S. Department of State Dispatch;12/21/92, Vol. 3 Issue 51, p898

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents a rundown on coalition response to United Nations Resolution 794 (December 3, 1992) on sending a US force of approximately 30,000 troops to achieve a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian relief. Mission of the US-led coalition to Somalia; Background of the war, famine and refugees; Deteriorating situation; Varied conditions across the country: Mogadishu, other regions. INSET: Chronology: Background to Operation Restore Hope, January 1991....

ACCESSION #

9301250464

Tags: UNITED States -- Armed Forces

 

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