The UN Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) was set up following the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1547 on 11 June 2004.

It was given the task of preparing for a full-fledged UN peace support mission to be deployed during the interim period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A).

In Paragraph 1 of the Resolution, the Security Council welcomed "the Secretary-General's proposal to establish for an initial period of three months, and under the authority of a Special Representative of the Secretary-General, a UN advance team in Sudan as a special political mission."

In Paragraph 4, the Security Council requested that the UN Secretary-General "take the necessary preparatory steps, including in particular pre-positioning the most critical logistical and personnel requirements to facilitate the rapid deployment of the above-mentioned possible operation, principally to assist the parties in monitoring and verifying compliance with the terms of a CPA as well as to prepare for the Organization's role during the transitional period in Sudan."

UNAMIS was transformed into the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on 24 March 2005, with the UN Security Council's adoption of Resolution 1590, which tasked UNMIS with supporting the Government of Sudan and the SPLM/A in the implementation of the CPA.

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