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{{Infobox United Nations
| image         = Emblem of the United Nations.svg
| image_size    = 120px
| name = United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
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| type = Peacekeeping Mission
| abbreviation = MONUA
| leader_title  = Head
| leader_name = [[Issa Diallo]]
| status = Terminated
| formation = 30 June 1997
| website = {{URL|http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/Monua/monua.htm}}
| parent_organization = [[United Nations Security Council]]
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The '''United Nations Observer Mission in Angola''' ('''MONUA''', Mission d'Observation des Nations Unies à l'Angola) was established by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1118|Resolution 1118]] of 30 June 1997.<ref name="UN_SRES11181997">{{UN document |docid=S-RES-1118(1997) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1997 |resolution_number=1118 |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> Due to the collapse of the peace process in Angola, UN Secretary General recommended to the UN Security Council that MONUA's mandate not be renewed.<ref name="UN_S199949_page11">{{UN document |docid=S-1999-49 |type=Document |body=Security Council |year=1999 |document_number=49 |page=11 |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> The mission officially terminated in on 26 February 1999, per the terms of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1213|Resolution 1213]].<ref name="UN_SRES12131998">{{UN document |docid=S-RES-1213(1998) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1998 |resolution_number=1213 |accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref>

MONUA was the last peacekeeping mission in Angola, and was preceded by three other peacekeeping missions: [[United Nations Angola Verification Mission I|UNAVEM I]], [[United Nations Angola Verification Mission II|II]] and [[United Nations Angola Verification Mission III|III]].

The [[Angolan Civil War]] raged between 1974 and 2002 and was the longest lasting conflict in Africa.

At the beginning of the mission in 1997, the UN peacekeeping force consisted of approximately 3500 soldiers, observers and police constables, coming from 17 countries. This number was reduced to 400 in 1999, when the mission ended. Seventeen Blue Helmets died in the conflict.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1136/bmj.321.7254.166|last=Sheik|first=Mani|author2=Gutierrez, Maria Isabel |author3=Bolton, Paul |author4=Spiegel, Paul |author5=Thieren, Michel |author6= Burnham, Gilbert |year=2000|title=Deaths among humanitarian workers |journal=BMJ|volume=321|issue=7254|pages=166–168|pmid=10894699|pmc=1118167}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Angolan Civil War]]
* [[Timeline of United Nations peacekeeping missions]]

== External links ==
* Records of [https://search.archives.un.org/united-nations-observer-mission-in-angola-monua-1997-1999 the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) (1997–1999)] at the United Nations Archives
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Janos_Besenyo/publication/320876006_A_participacao_da_Hungria_nas_missoes_de_paz_da_ONU_em_Angola/links/5a005df24585159634b76024/A-participacao-da-Hungria-nas-missoes-de-paz-da-ONU-em-Angola.pdf O contexto das missões UNAVEM/MONUA], in: A participação da Hungria nas missões de paz da ONU em Angola

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