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EUFOR RD Congo was a short European Union deployment in 2006 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 25 April 2006, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1671 (2006), authorising the temporary deployment of a European Union force to support the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) during the period encompassing the general elections in the DR Congo, which began on 30 July 2006. The European Council approved the launching of the EU military operation and appointed Lieutenant General Karlheinz Viereck (Germany) Operation Commander and Major General Christian Damay (France) EU Force Commander. The Operational Headquarters was the German-nominated Armed Forces Operational Command - Einsatzführungskommando - at Potsdam, Germany.〔COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/319/CFSP of 27 April 2006 on the European Union military operation in support of the UN Mission in the Congo〕 The mission was tasked with: * supporting and providing security to MONUC installations and personnel; * contributing to airport protection in Kinshasa; * contributing to the protection of civilians under imminent threat of physical violence; * evacuation operations in case of emergency. The mission came to an end on 30 November 2006.〔(EUFOR RD Congo ), Council of the European Union, accessed 13 January 2007〕 == See also == * European Union Force * Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EUFOR RD Congo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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