Unified Task Force

Operation Restore Hope
	Part of the Somali Civil War
Date	5 December 1992 – 4 May 1993; (6 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Somalia
UN Charter	Chapter VII
UN Resolution	794, 837
Result	Somali National Alliance Victory
Participants
UNITAF Australia; Bangladesh; Belgium; Botswana; Canada; Egypt; Ethiopia; France; Germany; Greece; India; Indonesia; Italy; Kuwait; Malaysia; Morocco; New Zealand; Nigeria; Norway; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Spain; Tunisia; Turkey; UAE; United Kingdom; United States; Zimbabwe; ;	Somali National Alliance
Commanders and leaders
Boutros Boutros-Ghali; George H. W. Bush; Bill Clinton; Robert B. Johnston;	Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Casualties and losses
82 killed 43 killed; 24 killed; 6 killed; 3 killed; 3 killed; 1 killed; 1 killed; 1 killed; ; ~300 wounded 153 wounded; 75+ wounded; 36 wounded; 23 wounded; 3 wounded; 2+ wounded; 4 wounded; ;	Several thousand both civilians and military insurgents (per Aidid)

The Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993. A United States initiative (code-named Operation Restore Hope), UNITAF was charged with carrying out United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 to create a protected environment for conducting humanitarian operations in the southern half of the country.

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