n Conflict Trends - UNAMSIL : UN Mission in Sierra Leone - : fact file

Abstract

The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1270 of 22 October 1999 established the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) specifically to build the capacity of security service organisations in a country that was torn apart by political instability. As the Mission made progress, the Security Council in its resolution 1537 of 30 March 2004, announced that the UNAMSIL would retain a residual presence in Sierra Leone for an initial period of six months from 1 January 2005.