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EU deployment in 2006 in DR Congo
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German Troops during EUFOR
European Union Force RD Congo , commonly referred as EUFOR RD Congo , was a
European Union deployment in 2006 in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo . On 25 April 2006, the
United Nations Security Council adopted
Resolution 1671 (2006), authorising the temporary deployment of a
European Union force to support the
United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) during the period encompassing
the general elections in the DR Congo, which began on 30 July 2006.
The European Council approved the launching of the EU military operation and appointed Lieutenant General Karlheinz Viereck (Germany) Operation Commander and Major General Christian Damay (France) EU Force Commander. The Operational Headquarters was the German-nominated Armed Forces Operational Command -
Einsatzführungskommando - at
Potsdam , Germany.
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The mission was tasked with:
supporting and providing security to MONUC installations and personnel;
contributing to airport protection in
Kinshasa ;
contributing to the protection of civilians under imminent threat of physical violence;
evacuation operations in case of emergency.
The mission came to an end on 30 November 2006.
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See also
Notes and references
Military operations
[Ground] force (EUFOR) Naval force (EUNAVFOR)
Military missions
Military assistance mission (MAM) , Training mission (EUTM)
Civilian missions
Police mission (EUPOL, EUPM) Capacity building mission (EUCAP) Border assistance mission (EUBAM) Rule of law mission (EULEX) Monitoring mission (EUMM) Military advisory mission (EUMAM) Aviation security mission (EUAVSEC) Mission in support of the security sector reform (EUSSR) Integrated rule of law mission (EUJUST) Mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform (EUSEC) Advisory mission (EUAM) Police advisory team (EUPAT) Other
1 : Conducted by the
Western European Union prior to 2003. These missions were not named using conventional prefixes such as EUFOR, EUNAVFOR etc.