ABSTRACT
Operation Restore Hope covered 40 percent of Somalia. It was limited to the central and southern regions, and neither Unified Task Force (UNITAF) nor United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), with some almost irrelevant exceptions, established a presence in the northwestern or northeastern areas of the country. International efforts to restore the Somali justice system contained fundamental flaws in operational planning and implementation. US planning for Operation Restore Hope did not follow successful lessons from the Gulf War, after which civil affairs units in Kuwait helped rebuild the police and judiciary. Security Council Resolution 733 focused UN attention on Somalia and created UNOSOM I. In April 1992, Mohamed Sahnoun was named the special representative of the secretary-general (SRSG). He traveled extensively and met Somalis from all factions. In the non-UNITAF part of Somalia, efforts to rebuild the Somali justice system, although supported by the communities, were severely hampered by lack of resources.
