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Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia fonds [textual record, moving images, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1992-1997

Reference:

R633-0-1-E, RG33-158

Type of material:

Textual material, Moving images, Sound recordings

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

138294

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Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia fonds
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Date(s):

1992-1997

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

46.5 m of textual records
439 audio cassettes (ca. 800 h)
328 videocassettes (ca. 650 h)

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French
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Records of the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia [multiple media]

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Fonds consists of records created and/or maintained by Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia. Researchers are cautioned that unprocessed records in other media are not reflected in this description.

Audio-visual material consists of audio cassettes and videocassettes pertaining to the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia.

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Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia

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Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia : In December 1992, President George Bush of the United States formally requested that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney send Canadian troops to Somalia as part of an American led international United Nations force. The main purpose of the mission was to help break the power of Somali warlords who were causing chaos in the famine stricken country. As a result, the Canadian Armed Forces responded by committing about 1,300 Canadians to the mission. Of these, about 650 were from the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

Shortly after arriving in Somalia, two incidents involving members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment occurred, both in March 1993, which raised serious questions about discipline, training and the suitability of the regiment for peacekeeping. The first took place on 4 March when two Somali civilians were shot near the Canadian base at Belet Huen. One of them died. The second took place on 16 March and involved the torture and murder of a Somali youth, Shidane Arone, inside the Canadian base. These incidents were followed by a number of military investigations, charges and some courts martial in the Arone case. Matters came to public attention, in November 1994, when the manner in which Arone died became widely known in Canada.

Faced with these circumstances, Defence Minister David Collenette appointed a public inquiry on the deployment of the Canadian Forces to Somalia. On 20 March 1995, the terms of reference for the inquiry were announced. These were as follows: "to inquire into and report on the chain of command system, leadership within the chain of command, discipline, operations, actions, and decisions of the Canadian Forces and the actions and decisions of the Department of National Defence in respect of the Canadian Forces deployment to Somalia." The inquiry was to include pre-deployment, in-theatre and post-deployment phases of the Somalia mission (see Order in Council P.C. 1995-442, dated 20 March 1995, as amended by P.C. 1995-528, dated March 28, 1995; P.C. 1995-614, dated April 23 1995; P.C. 1995-1273, dated July 26, 1995; P.C. 1996-959, dated June 20, 1996; P.C. 1997-174, dated February 4, 1997; P.C. 1997-456, dated April 3, 1997). The chair was the Hon. Gilles Letourneau. Commissioners were Peter Desbarats and Robert Rutherford.

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Source of title:

Order in Council 1995-442, dated 20 March 1995.

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Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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1998-00701-4
1998-01149-6
2000-0056 VSA
93/001
RG33-158

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RG33-158

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2000-0056 VSA
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