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Current Missions Past Missions UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.. This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.
The 1990s saw the most UN peacekeeping operations to date. Peacekeeping operations are overseen by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and share some common characteristics, namely the inclusion of a military or police component, often with an authorization for use of force under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. [2]
This is a list of countries by total number of peacekeepers contributed to United Nations operations based on United Nations reporting as of 29 February 2024. [1]
In addition to military and police personnel, 5,187 international civilian personnel, 2,031 UN Volunteers and 12,036 local civilian personnel worked in UN peacekeeping missions as of March 2008. [46] A Polish peacekeeper in Syria. Through October 2018, 3,767 people from more than 100 countries had been killed while serving on peacekeeping ...
The first UN peacekeeping mission was a team of observers deployed to the Middle East in 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The mission was officially authorized on May 29, 1948. [4] This date is used as a memorial day to all the UN peacekeepers who have died known as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. [5]
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Friday to end a decade-long peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West African country's military junta abruptly asked two weeks ago for the 13,000 ...
Peacekeeping missions and operations involving the United Nations (6 C, 11 P) S. Special Envoys of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (1 C, 59 P)
Pages in category "Peacekeeping missions and operations involving the United Nations" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .