Sentence examples for To unamsil from inspiring English sources
The United Nations and several of the contributing nations to UNAMSIL applied pressure on the British government to integrate its forces into UNAMSIL, but the MoD lacked faith in the competence of UNAMSIL headquarters and was unwilling to place its troops under UNAMSIL command.
Of course the price tag for that would be considerably higher than the $70 million the United States government is now contributing to Unamsil.
Many West Side Boys fled the area during the assault, and over 300 surrendered to UNAMSIL forces within a fortnight.
Kallay, the gang's leader, recorded a message for broadcast on Sierra Leonean radio urging the remaining West Side Boys to surrender to UNAMSIL.
Thus, the British government refused to place combat troops under UN command, but did second additional staff officers to UNAMSIL, to the UN headquarters in New York, and to the SLA.
On 5 May, the British government continued to state that it would provide only logistical and technical support to UNAMSIL, but was privately exploring its options for a military deployment.
These were: to establish sustainable peace and security in Sierra Leone, to support UNAMSIL operations, to prevent another humanitarian disaster in Freetown, to see the release of captive UN personnel, and finally to avoid British casualties and devise an exit strategy that avoided "mission creep" without undermining UNAMSIL or the Sierra Leonean government.
All contingents faced great difficulties in this complex mission and continued to support UNAMSIL through its darkest hours.BERNARD MIYETUnder-secretary-generalDepartment of Peacekeeping OperationsUNNew YorkClearing the airSIR Your attempt to liken the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change to the Global Climate Coalition is like trying to compare apples and oranges (Face value, August 12th).
Meanwhile, President Ahmad Kabbah formed an alliance of militia groups (including the self-styled Civil Defence Force and the West Side Boys) and the remnants of the SLA, totalling around 6,000 personnel, to assist UNAMSIL forces in blocking the RUF advance.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advocated a full-scale intervention to assist UNAMSIL, arguing that a non-combatant evacuation operation would not be sufficient and would undermine the UN, but the MoD believed that the armed forces would be unable to sustain a larger-scale operation.
On 6 May, the RUF blocked the road connecting Freetown to Lungi airport, prompting UNAMSIL staff to evacuate to the Mamy Yoko Hotel in preparation for a total withdrawal from Sierra Leone if the RUF advance continued towards Freetown.
