The United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) was established by the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 1233 in April 1999 to facilitate the general election and implementation of the Abuja Accord.[1]
This followed a ceasefire agreement signed in Praia on 26 August 1998[2] reaffirmed on 1 November (known as the Abuja Accord) with the promise of elections[3] with an additional protocol arranging for a government of national unity signed on 15 December[4] and strengthened by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1216.[5] The agreement was overseen by ECOMOG and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The mandate of UNOGBIS was extended following the 1999 elections into the post-electoral period.[6]