private company industry security consulting founded 2000 founder gordon conroy headquarters singapore singapore slogan strength in unity website http www.unityresourcesgroup.com unity resources group is an australian owned 1 private military and security consulting company . contents 1 background 2 services 3 subsidiary companies 4 incidents 5 references background edit unity resources group unity was established in australia in 2000 and operates across the core markets of australia africa the americas the middle east central asia and europe . 2 it describes itself as having a diverse client base spanning government non government and multi national business sectors . 3 with the conclusion of the war in iraq in 2003 unity developed the business from a small consultancy through to independently winning and managing a number of large contracts with multi national corporates and government agencies which continue to be serviced by unity today . citation needed unity has said its headquarters are in dubai united arab emirates but unity s only licensed entity in the uae is no longer trading and official records show that it has no employees . in 2015 unity attempted to liquidate its only uae licensed entity by filing an application with the department of economic development . in australia its registered place of business changed eight times in its first 10 years of operation . 4 the company is mainly staffed by australian nationals . 5 however in 2010 most of the guard duties at the australian embassy in baghdad were being done by chilean military veterans . 6 unity is a member of the international stability operations association and was a member of the private security company association of iraq before that organisation dissolved in 2011 . 7 services edit unity is an integrated risk mitigation solutions provider for clients in complex challenging and fragile environments globally . 8 it offers the following services 9 security services advisory services crisis services aviation services facilities management unity has partnered with tokio marine hcc to provide its kidnap and ransom policyholders with crisis response services on a worldwide basis . 10 subsidiary companies edit australia unity resources group pty ltd asia unity resources pakistan pvt ltd unity resources group pte ltd middle east unity resources group pte ltd iraq africa unity resources group kenya ltd europe unity resources group uk ltd unity aviation ltd incidents edit on january 17 2007 american aid worker andrea andi parhamovich and three of her urg guards were killed when their convoy was ambushed by insurgents in the baghdad neighborhood of yarmouk . parhamovich was returning from a meeting at iraqi islamic party headquarters when the well planned attack occurred . there had been three reported attacks in and around yarmouk in the previous five days . 11 on october 9 2007 employees of the company shot at an approaching car in baghdad . two civilian women both in the front seat were killed marou awanis 48 a mother of three and genevia askander 30 . 12 the shooting has provoked strong outrage in iraq since it follows closely on the blackwater baghdad shootings of september 16 2007 that led to the iraqi government s attempt to ban blackwater from iraq . 13 both women have been identified as armenian christians . 14 15 the company defends the actions of its employees who fired over nineteen rounds of ammunition before speeding away from the scene and has since been cleared of any wrongdoing . 16 17 unity is the security provider for usaid contractor rti international . rti was however not the client under protection when the shooting occurred . 18 the passengers in the back seat including one child survived the incident . 13 in march 2006 a unity employee was blamed in the shooting of a 72 year old australian at a checkpoint in baghdad . 18 the victim professor kays juma had been a resident of baghdad for 25 years and drove through the city every day . it was alleged that he sped up his vehicle as he approached the guards . 19 references edit security company unity resources group defends shooting by mary dunn herald sun australia october 11 2007 . international development unity resources group . devex.com . 2011 . retrieved 7 june 2011 . about unity from the unity resource group website . mendes jessicah ; mitchell scott 15 september 2010 . who is unity resources group . abc news . retrieved 13 may 2016 . dubai security firm admits to latest iraq shooting abc news australian broadcasting co. & reuters oct 10 2007 mendes jessicah ; mitchell scott 15 september 2010 . chilean mercenaries guarding australian embassy . abc news . retrieved 15 may 2016 . home unity resources group . retrieved 22 april 2016 . international development unity resources group . devex.com . 2011 . retrieved 7 june 2011 . unity resources group risk management . unityresourcesgroup.com . 2011 . retrieved 8 june 2011 . tokio marine hcc specialty insurance . hastings michael 2008 . i lost my love in baghdad first ed . . new york ny scribner . p. 216 . isbn 978 1 4165 6097 5 . mcneill sophie 21 november 2007 . the killing of mary awanis . special broadcasting service australia . retrieved 14 may 2016 . a b aussies in iraqi firing line by tom allard and craig skehan the sydney morning herald october 11 2007 . 2 women killed in security shooting are buried in iraq by andre e. kramer and james glanz the new york times october 11 2007 . private security guards kill two iraqi christian women daily news wire services oct. 10 2007 . security company unity resources group defends shooting by mary dunn herald sun australia october 11 2007 . threat levels by daniel politi slate oct. 10 2007 . a b funeral for 2 slain in security shooting by qassim abdul zahra associated press october 10 2007 . dead link australia withdraws troops guarding iraq embassy . abc news . retrieved 10 august 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title unity resources group & oldid 742273212 categories companies established in 2000international stability operations associationmercenariesprivate military contractorssecurity consulting firmssecurity companiesaustralian mercenariescompanies based in dubaihidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 19 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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