Operation Alba

Albanian Rebellion of 1997
Part of the
Fighting groups
Forum for Democracy Committee of Public Salvation Government of National Reconciliation Operation Alba Volunteer Forces
Gangs of 1997
Gang of Çole Gang of Gaxhai Gang of Altin Dardha Gang of Pusi i Mezinit Gang of Cërrik Gang of Lushnje Gang of Tepelena Gang of Haklaj Family
Massacres in 1997
Massacre of 28 February 1997 Massacre of Qafë-Gjashta Massacre of Levan Massacre of Cërrik Massacre of Ura Vajgurore
Tragedies of 1997
Otranto Tragedy Qafë Shtama Tragedy
Treasury thefts
Krraba Stealing Stealing of Northern State Treasury
Rescue missions
Operation Silver Wake Operation Libelle Operation Kosmas
Agreements
6 March 1997 9 March 1997
UN Resolutions
Resolution 1101 Resolution 1114
Important events
Opening of the depots Desertion of 4 March 1997 7-8 March 1997 attack on Gjirokastër Visit of Romano Prodi Albanian parliamentary election, 1997 Albanian monarchy referendum, 1997
See also
Pyramid schemes in Albania Role of media in 1997 Literature on the events of 1997

Operation Alba ("Sunrise") was a multinational peacekeeping force sent to Albania in 1997. Led by Italy, it was intended to help the Albanian government restore law and order in their troubled country after the 1997 rebellion in Albania.^[1]

Following the degenerating loss of administrative control by the Government in the first days of March 1997, culminating in the desertion of most Police and many Republican Guard and Army units, leaving their armouries open to the inevitable looting which soon followed, several Nations autonomously helped evacuate their Nationals,^[2]^[3] causing wider concerns about the fate of others. The UN Security Council therefore agreed United Nations Security Council Resolution 1101 as a stop-gap operation to manage this and buy time, laying the foundations for another International Organisation to manage a planned reconstruction, which after six weeks of debate fell to the Western European Union, creating the Multinational Albanian Police Element around a command structure of Italian Military Carabinieri, which actually undertook the work of Judicial and Police reconstruction, extending into the elimination of the economic causes of the crisis.

The Italian 3rd Army Corps assumed responsibility for the stop-gap mission as Operation Alba, the first multinational Italian-led Mission since WWII. Eleven contributing European Nations ^[4] brought humanitarian aid to a country that was in a dramatic economic and political situation.^[5]

References

↑ Operation Alba on the UN website, accessed 2012 November
↑ Operation Silver Wake
↑ Operation Libelle
↑ Colonel Marchio, Riccardo (2000). "OPERATION ALBA": A EUROPEAN APPROACH TO PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN THE BALKANS. p. iii. "This operation,in which 11 European countries took part"
↑ NATO, NRDC-IT Emblem, accessed November 2011

External links

Colonel Marchio, Riccardo (2000). "OPERATION ALBA": A EUROPEAN APPROACH TO PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN THE BALKANS.
Contribution of the Hellenic Army in Operation Alba (Greek)

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