1998 5 NOVEMBER 1999 AID TO THE POPULATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MITCH 1997 L Albania. Alba. Multinational force to provide humanitarian aid to the population (March – August). L Moldavia. OSCE observers (March 1997 – September 1999). L Nagorno-Karabakh. OSCE observers (September 1997 – August 2004). 1998 L Georgia. OSCE observers (January 1998 – December 2002). L Kosovo. OSCE observers (January 1998 – March 1999). L Central America. Alpha-Charlie. Humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricane Mitch (November 1998 – January 1999). 1999 L Former Yugoslavia. Allied Force. NATO air operation (March – June). L Albania. Alpha-Romeo. NATO mission to provide aid to refugees (April– June). L Kosovo. KFOR. NATO multinational force (June 1999 – September 2009). L Western Sahara. MINURSO. UN observers (August). 12 JUNE OF INTERNATIONAL FIRST CONTINGENT OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCE FOR KOSOVO (KFOR) DEPLOYED 30 YEARS MISSIONS Humanitarian aid THE Armed Forces have alleviated serious situations caused by movements of refugees, earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, etc. Spain took part in Provide Comfort (1991) in defence of the Kurdish people; provided aid to the victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America (1998); managed a Kosovo-Albanian refugee camp in Albania (1999); and helped the victims of the earthquake in Turkey (1999) and the tropical rains in Mozambique (2000). Our military personnel also took part in ‘Respuesta Solidaria I’ (2005) in the wake of the tsunami which devastated South East Asia, and ‘Respuesta Solidaria II’ (2005-2006) after the earthquake in Pakistan. The latter, led by the Spanish headquarters in Bétera, was the first humanitarian aid mission in NATO’s history. In the present decade, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) has taken action in catastrophes such as the earthquakes in Haiti, Nepal, Ecuador and Mexico and the forest fires in Chile, Greece and Portugal. Air Force transport aircraft have also taken to the skies on numerous occasions to help nations beset by war, catastrophe, drought, famine, etc. December 2019 Revista Española de Defensa 13
RED_367_ingles_1
To see the actual publication please follow the link above