United Nations Protection Force

United Nations Protection Force
United Nations Protection Force insigna
Active1992–1995
RolePeacekeeping
Size38,000
Part of United Nations
ColorsBlue
EngagementsCroatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
Bosnian War (1992–1995)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Bernard Janvier

The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: Force de Protection des Nations Unies) was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars. The force was formed in February 1992 and its mandate ended in March 1995, with the peacekeeping mission restructuring into three other forces (the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in the Republic of Macedonia, and the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) in Croatia, with restructured UNPROFOR operations ongoing in Bosnia and Herzegovina until their replacement by NATO and EU missions in December 1995).