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| name = UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka
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| type = Observer Mission
| abbreviation = UNMOP
| leader_title  = Head
| leader_name = [[Rodolfo Sergio Mujica]]
| status = Completed
| formation = 15 January 1996
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20031219085017/http://www.un.org:80/Depts/dpko/missions/unmop/ UNMOP]
| parent_organization = [[United Nations Security Council]]
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'''UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka''' ('''UNMOP''') was established on 15 January 1996 in [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1038|Security Council Resolution 1038]]<ref name="UN_SRES10381996">{{UN document |docid=S-RES-1038(1996) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=1996 |resolution_number=1038 |accessdate=12 April 2008|date=15 January 1996}}</ref> as a peacekeeping mission to monitor the [[demilitarization]] of the disputed [[Prevlaka]] peninsula by carrying out daily foot and vehicle patrols on both sides of the border between Croatia and [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]] (specifically, its federal unit [[Republic of Montenegro (federal)|Montenegro]]).

Countries providing support for this mission included Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Switzerland and Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/unmop/facts.html|title=UNMOP: United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka - Facts and Figures}}</ref>
It was disbanded on 15 December 2002, the date set by the UN Security Council.<ref name="UN_SRES14372002_page2">{{UN document |docid=S-RES-1437(2002) |type=Resolution |body=Security Council |year=2002 |resolution_number=1437 |highlight=rect_178,140_815,190 |page=2 |accessdate=6 September 2008}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20031219085017/http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unmop/

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