Lewis Wharton MacKenzie CM, MSC, OOnt, CD is a Canadian retired major general, author and media commentator. MacKenzie is known for establishing and commanding Sector Sarajevo as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia in 1992. MacKenzie was criticized for his role in the Somalia Affair and for Canada's peacekeeping failures in Bosnia. He was later a vocal opponent of NATO's involvement in the Kosovo War.
Major General MacKenzie in 2010
Lewis MacKenzie at the wheel of his Formula Ford car on Friday, 28 August 2009, as part of the NAPA 200 race weekend on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
United Nations Protection Force
The United Nations Protection Force was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars. The force was formed in February 1992 and its mandate ended in March 1995, with the peacekeeping mission restructuring into three other forces.
UNPROFOR Dutch Transportbatallion en route in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Route Triangel April 1995
Dutch UN transport batallion crossing a pontoon bridge over the river Neretva from the M17 towards the west.
The only airplane visible on Sarajevo airport, beyond repair since the beginning of the war. The airport was on the frontline between the Serbs and the Bosniaks.
Dutch UN Transportbatallion in No man's land near Serbian position. Armed guidance. April 1995
