The United Nations Civilian Police Support Group (UNPSG) was established to continue monitoring the performance of the Croatian police in the Danube region, particularly with respect to the return of displaced persons, for a single nine-month period beginning on 16 January 1998 and ending on 15 October 1998. The Group took over policing tasks from the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) when that mission's mandate ended.