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The United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) was established on 31 March 1995 in Security Council Resolution 983 to replace the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the Republic of Macedonia. The mandate of UNPREDEP remained essentially the same: to monitor and report any developments in the border areas which could undermine confidence and stability in the country and threaten its territory. It is widely considered to be an instance of a successful deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in the prevention of conflict and violence against civilians. The operation was shut down on 28 February 1999, after its last extension in Resolution 1186 when China vetoed its renewal in 1999 following Macedonia's diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. This mission was unique as it was the first peacekeeping operation to undertake conflict prevention before the outbreak of conflict. The premature termination of UNPREDEP in 1999 predates the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.

See also

• Yugoslav Wars

References

1. Mayersen, Deborah “Current and potential capacity for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities within the United Nations system,” Australian Political Science Association Conference 2010: Connected Globe: Conflicting Worlds (Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2010), p.SE-30-I.
2. Taiwan, Humanitarian Aid and Global Governance by Alain Guilloux, page 139, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York, 2009.
3. UNPREDEP RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
4. UNPREDEP operations were terminated on 28 February 1999, after the Security Council did not renew the mandate of UNPREDEP due to a veto by China, a permanent Member of the Security Council. Record of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) (1995–1999) at the United Nations Archives

External reference

• Records of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) (1995–1999) at the United Nations Archives

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