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United Nations peacekeeping was initially developed during the Cold War as a means of resolving conflicts between states by deploying unarmed or lightly armed military personnel from a number of countries, commanded by the UN, to areas where warring parties were in need of a neutral party to observe the peace process.
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.
Peacekeepers Total Male Female Per million population [a] 1 Nepal: 6110 5458 652 209.50 2 India: 6069 5945 124 4.33 3 Rwanda: 5910 5324 586 446.16 4 Bangladesh: 5827 5349 478 34.31 5 Pakistan: 4122 3965 157 17.07 6 Indonesia: 2707 2589 118 9.70 7 Ghana: 2641 2204 437 85.66 8 China: 1870 1801 69 1.33 9 Morocco: 1710 1661 49 46.19 10 Egypt: 1635 ...
The UN Truce Supervision Organisation and the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan are excluded from the Peacekeeping Operations budget and are financed through the regular UN budget. The top 5 providers of assessed contributions to the UN Peacekeeping Operations budget for 2020-2021 were: United States (27.89%), China (15.21% ...
The United Nations Security Council on Monday expressed strong concern after several U.N. peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon came under fire amid clashes between the Israeli military and ...
Wikipedia: Featured list candidates/List of countries where United Nations peacekeepers are currently deployed
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The United Nations' peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said on Friday that the Israeli military's "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property was a "flagrant ...
Eleven U.N. peacekeepers stationed in Central African Republic have been accused of sexual exploitation and abuse, the United Nations said Friday. Investigations were still underway, but ...