United Nations Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping operations

• What is peacekeeping?
  • Peace and Security
  • Principles of peacekeeping
  • Success in peacekeeping
  • Mandates and the legal basis for peacekeeping
  • Role of the Security Council
  • Role of the General Assembly
  • Partnerships
  • History of peacekeeping
    • The early years
    • Post Cold-War surge
    • The present
  • Reform of peacekeeping
    • New Horizon
  • Peacekeepers Day
  • UN Medals
  • Dag Hammarskjöld and UN Peacekeeping
  • A Conversation with Brian Urquhart
• Current operations
  • MINURSO, Western Sahara
  • MINUSMA, Mali
  • MINUSTAH, Haiti
  • MONUSCO, D.R. of the Congo
  • UNAMA, Afghanistan
  • UNAMID, Darfur
  • UNDOF, Syrian Golan Heights
  • UNFICYP, Cyprus
  • UNIFIL, Lebanon
  • UNISFA, Abyei
  • UNMIK, Kosovo
  • UNMIL, Liberia
  • UNMISS, South Sudan
  • UNMOGIP, India and Pakistan
  • UNOCI, Côte d'Ivoire
  • UNTSO, Middle East
• Past operations
• Forming a new operation
• Financing peacekeeping

Current peacekeeping operations

There are currently 15 peacekeeping operations and one special political mission – the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) – led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.