Peacekeeping operations
A peacekeeping operation is led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and works to create the conditions for lasting peace in a country torn by conflict.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Mongolian Peacekeepers, trained at the Tavan Tolgoi Peace Operations Support Training Centre, are deployed to Sierra Leone.
A peacekeeping operation consists of military, police and civilian personnel, who work to deliver security, political and early peacebuilding support.
What is peacekeeping?
Current operations
Find out where in the world we have existing missions, what they do, and how they are resourced.
Past operations
Explore all our previous operations that have taken place since 1948.