The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is a United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 peacekeeping

Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....

 force in Abyei

Abyei

The Abyei Area is an area of in Sudan accorded "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the resolution of the Abyei conflict in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. The capital of Abyei Area is Abyei Town...

, which is contested between the Republic of Sudan and the newly-independent Republic of South Sudan. UNISFA was approved on 27 June 2011 by the United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of...

 in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990, adopted unanimously on June 27, 2011, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in Sudan and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Council established the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei in the disputed Abyei region...

 after a flareup in the South Kordofan conflict earlier in June 2011. The UNISFA is composed of soldiers of the Ethiopian Army only.

External link

• United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei