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UN Peacekeeping Missions

Since 1948 there have been 63 UN peacekeeping operations, of which 47 have been created by the United Nations Security Council since 1988. Close to 130 nations have contributed personnel at various times, and 119 are currently providing peacekeepers. As of September 2007, there were 17 peacekeeping operations under way with more than 100,00 personnel. The top contributors of military and civilian personnel to current missions were Pakistan (10,173), Bangladesh (9,675), India (9,471), and Nepal (3,628).

Current UN Peacekeeping Operations

Region/Country Began
AFRICA
Western Sahara April 1991 
Democratic Republic
 of the Congo		 Nov. 1999
Ethiopia and Eritrea July 2000
Côte d'Ivoire April 2004
Liberia Oct. 2003
Burundi May 2004
Sudan March 2005
Darfur July 2007
Central African Republic Sept. 2007
Chad Sept. 2007
AMERICA
Haiti April 2004
ASIA
India/Pakistan Jan. 1949
Timor-Leste Aug. 2006
EUROPE
Cyprus March 1964
Georgia Aug. 1993
Kosovo June 1999
MIDDLE EAST
Middle East May 1948
Golan Heights June 1974
Lebanon March 1978

Completed UN Peacekeeping Operations

Region/Country Duration
AFRICA
Congo July 1960–June 1964
Angola Dec. 1988–May 1991
Namibia April 1989–March 1990
Angola May 1991–Feb. 1995
Somalia April 1992–March 1993
Mozambique Dec. 1992–Dec. 1994
Somalia March 1993–March 1995
Rwanda/Uganda June 1993–Sept. 1994
Liberia Sept. 1993–Sept. 1997
Rwanda Oct. 1993–March 1996
Chad/Libya May–June 1994
Angola Feb. 1995–June 1997
Angola June 1997–Feb. 1999
Sierra Leone July 1998–Oct. 1999
Sierra Leone Oct. 1999–Dec. 2005
Central African Republic April 1998–Feb. 2000
Burundi June 2004–Dec. 2006
AMERICAS
Dominican Republic May 1965–Oct. 1966
Central America
 Observer Group		 Nov. 1989–Jan. 1992
El Salvador July 1991–April 1995
Haiti Sept. 1993–June 1996
Haiti July 1996–July 1997
Guatemala Jan.–May 1997
Haiti Aug.–Nov. 1997
Haiti Dec. 1997–March 2000
MIDEAST
Middle East—1st UN
 Emergency Force		 Nov. 1956–June 1967
Lebanon June–Dec. 1958
Yemen July 1963–Sept. 1964
Middle East—2nd UN
 Emergency Force		 Oct. 1973–July 1979
Iran/Iraq Aug. 1988–Feb. 1991
Iraq/Kuwait April 1991–Oct. 2003
ASIA
West New Guinea Oct. 1962–April 1963
India/Pakistan Sept. 1965–March 1966
Afghanistan/Pakistan May 1988–March 1990
Cambodia Oct. 1991–March 1992
Cambodia March 1992–Sept. 1993
Tajikistan Dec. 1994–May 2000
East Timor Oct. 1999–May 2002
East Timor May 2002–May 2005
EUROPE
Former Yugoslavia Feb. 1992–March 1995
Croatia March 1995–Jan. 1996
Former Yugoslavia
 Rep. of Macedonia		 March 1995–Feb. 1999
Bosnia & Herzegovina Dec. 1995–Dec. 2002
Croatia Jan. 1996–Jan. 1998
Prevlaka Peninsula Feb. 1996–Dec. 2002
Croatia Jan. 1998–Oct. 1998
Source: United Nations Dept. of Public Information.

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