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Year Funding sources by country/source Description Total 2015–2016 $8.3bn [10] 2016–2017 United States 28.57% China 10.29% Japan 9.68% Germany 6.39% France 6.31% United Kingdom 5.80% Russia 4.01% Italy 3.75% Canada 2.92% Spain 2.44% Less than 0.5% of world military expenditures (estimated at $1,747 billion in 2013). The resources financed ...
Rank Country Deaths 1 Afghanistan 35,941 2 Mexico 33,341 3 Yemen 22,201 4 Syria 20,130 5 Iraq 4,920 6 Nigeria 4,850 7 Somalia 3,862 8 Saudi Arabia 3,509 9 DR Congo
Since 1948, 56 peacekeepers have been killed each year on average, but recent decades have seen this number almost double, with 110 deaths per year since 2001. 30% of the fatalities in the first 55 years of UN peacekeeping occurred between 1993 and 1995. [31]
Bubble chart of wars with over 1.5 million deaths. [222] Combatant deaths in conventional wars, 1800-2011. [223] Seven deadliest wars after 1900. The length of each spiral segment is proportional to the war's duration and its area size to its death toll.
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]
The Worldwide Atrocities Dataset has been referenced in academic research on the impact of climate change on violence in Africa. [3] It has also been referenced alongside the ACLED dataset and the Peacekeeping Operations Locations and Event Dataset in a paper on the geography of conflict by Wiedmann and Kuse (2009).
Previously known as the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), it was created in 1992 as part of a restructuring of the UN's peace and security apparatus. [3] The DPO retains the core functions and responsibilities of its predecessor, with a greater emphasis on cohesion, integrating different resources and knowledge, and promoting human ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...