Photo stories: International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Accompanied by local children, Portuguese blue helmets serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor, now Timor-Leste, patrol the Becora district of the capital, Dili. (1 March 2000) UN Photo

Sergeant Dora Doroye of Ghana debriefs her fellow peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) after patrolling the city of Buchanan. (17 April 2009) UN Photo

In the wake of Tropical Storm Noel, a member of a Brazilian battalion of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) carries an infant to safety in Cité Soleil, an impoverished neighbourhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince. (30 October 2007) UN Photo

A police officer from Cameroon serving with the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) speaks with youth about protecting themselves from HIV/AIDS. (12 June 2007) UN Photo

An Italian peacekeeper with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrols the so-called Blue Line running along the Lebanese-Israeli border. (17 January 2009) UN Photo

A police adviser serving with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) speaks to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Abu Shock camp. (16 April 2009) UN Photo

Peacekeepers with the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) escort members of the militia known as the Patriotic Force of Resistance to talks with the Government on disarmament and integration into the national army. (18 November 2006) UN Photo

A police officer with the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) interviews a rape victim; often, victims of sexual crimes are more comfortable speaking to women police officers. (20 August 2007) UN Photo

A Filipino peacekeeper with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) talks to a student at a school for orphans in the capital, Port-au-Prince. (24 October 2008) UN Photo

Indian police officers who have received specialized training in high-risk operations and managing crowds, and serve with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), carry out a night patrol. (8 February 2007) UN Photo