United Task Force Transfers Operational Authority to Second United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II)
Lieutenant-General Civik Bir of Turkey (second from left), Force Commander of UNOSOM II, and Lieutenant-General Robert B. Johnston (third from left) of the US Marine Corps, Commander, Joint Task Force on Somalia, inspecting troops at a transition ceremony held today in Mogadishu. The ceremony marked the transfer of operational authority from the Unified Task Force (UNITAF) to UNOSOM II.