Peacekeeping operations
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This page lists all of the peacekeeping missions established by the Security Council. Current missions are denoted in bold.
Mission | Acronym | Established | Closed | Region | Notes |
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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization | UNTSO | 1948-05 | Ongoing | Middle East | First peacekeeping mission |
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan | UNMOGIP | 1949-01 | Ongoing | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Emergency Force I | UNEF I | 1956-11 | 1967-06 | Middle East | Suez; Egypt-Israel |
United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon | UNOGIL | 1958-06 | 1958-12 | Middle East | |
United Nations Operation in the Congo | ONUC | 1960-07 | 1964-06 | Africa | |
United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea | UNSF | 1962-10 | 1963-04 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Yemen Observation Mission | UNYOM | 1963-06 | 1964-09 | Middle East | |
Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic | DOMREP | 1965-05 | 1966-10 | Americas | |
United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission | UNIPOM | 1965-09 | 1966-03 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Emergency Force II | UNEF II | 1973-10 | 1979-07 | Middle East | Suez; Egypt-Israel |
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | UNFICYP | 1974-03 | Ongoing | Europe | |
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force | UNDOF | 1974-05 | Ongoing | Golan Heights; Israel-Syria | |
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon | UNIFIL | 1978-03 | Ongoing | Middle East | Mandate and strength significantly expanded in 2006[1] |
United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group | UNIIMOG | 1988-08 | 1991-02 | Middle East | |
United Nations Transition Assistance Group | UNTAG | 1989-04 | 1990-03 | Africa | Namibia |
United Nations Observer Group in Central America | ONUCA | 1989-11 | 1992-01 | Americas | |
United Nations Angola Verification Mission I | UNAVEM I | 1989-12 | 1991-06 | Africa | |
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | MINURSO | 1991-04 | Ongoing | Africa | |
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission | UNIKOM | 1991-04 | 2003-10 | Middle East | |
United Nations Angola Verification Mission II | UNAVEM II | 1991-05 | 1995-02 | Africa | |
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador | ONUSAL | 1991-05 | 1995-04 | Americas | |
United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia | UNAMIC | 1991-10 | 1992-03 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia | UNTAC | 1992-02 | 1993-09 | Asia/Pacific | follow-on to UNAMIC |
United Nations Protection Force | UNPROFOR | 1992-02 | 1995-03 | Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, TFYR Macedonia |
United Nations Operation in Somalia I | UNOSOM I | 1992-04 | 1993-03 | Africa | |
United Nations Operation in Mozambique | ONUMOZ | 1992-12 | 1994-12 | Africa | |
United Nations Operation in Somalia II | UNOSOM II | 1993-03 | 1995-03 | Africa | |
United Nations Observer Mission Uganda - Rwanda | UNOMUR | 1993-06 | 1994-09 | Africa | |
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia | UNOMIG | 1993-08 | 2009-06 | Europe | Russia vetoed mandate renewal |
United Nations Mission in Haiti | UNMIH | 1993-09 | 1996-06 | Americas | |
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia | UNOMIL | 1993-09 | 1997-09 | Africa | |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda | UNAMIR | 1993-10 | 1996-03 | Africa | |
United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group | UNASOG | 1994-05 | 1994-06 | Africa | Chad—Libya |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan | UNMOT | 1994-12 | 2000-05 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Angola Verification Mission III | UNAVEM III | 1995-02 | 1997-06 | Africa | |
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia | UNCRO | 1995-03 | 1996-01 | Europe | |
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force | UNPREDEP | 1995-03 | 1999-02 | Europe | TFYR Macedonia |
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | UNMIBH | 1995-12 | 2002-12 | Europe | |
United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium | UNTAES | 1996-01 | 1998-01 | Europe | |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka | UNMOP | 1996-01 | 2002-12 | Europe | Croatia-Yugoslavia |
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti | UNSMIH | 1996-06 | 1997-07 | Americas | |
United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala | MINUGUA | 1997-01 | 1997-05 | Americas | |
United Nations Observer Mission in Angola | MONUA | 1997-06 | 1999-02 | Africa | |
United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti | UNTMIH | 1997-07 | 1997-11 | Americas | follow-up to UNSMIH |
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti | MIPONUH | 1997-11 | 2000-03 | Americas | |
United Nations Civilian Police Support Group | UNCPSG | 1998-01 | 1998-10 | Europe | follow-up to UNTAES |
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic | MINURCA | 1998-03 | 2000-02 | Africa | |
United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan | UNGOMAP | 1998-05 | 1990-03 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone | UNOMSIL | 1998-07 | 1999-10 | Africa | |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo | UNMIK | 1999-06 | Ongoing | Europe | Executive mandate until 2008[2] |
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone | UNAMSIL | 1999-10 | 2005-12 | Africa | |
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor | UNTAET | 1999-10 | 2002-05 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | MONUC | 1999-11 | 2010-06 | Africa | |
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea | UNMEE | 2000-07 | 2008-07 | Africa | |
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor | UNMISET | 2002-05 | 2005-05 | Asia/Pacific | |
United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire | MINUCI | 2003-05 | 2014-04 | Africa | |
United Nations Mission in Liberia | UNMIL | 2003-09 | 2018-03 | Africa | |
United Nations Operations in Côte d'Ivoire | UNOCI | 2004-04 | 2017-06 | Africa | ONUCI (Fr) |
United Nations Operation in Burundi | ONUB | 2004-05 | 2006-12 | Africa | |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti | MINUSTAH | 2004-06 | 2017-10 | Americas | 2010 Haiti earthquake |
United Nations Mission in the Sudan | UNMIS | 2005-03 | 2011-07 | Africa | |
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste | UNMIT | 2006-08 | 2012-12 | Asia/Pacific | |
African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur | UNAMID | 2007-07 | Ongoing | Africa | First UN/AU hybrid operation |
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad | MINURCAT | 2007-09 | 2010-12 | Africa | |
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | MONUSCO | 2010-07 | Ongoing | Africa | MONUC name change[3] |
United Nations Interim Force in Abyei | UNISFA | 2011-06 | Ongoing | Africa | Sudan-South Sudan |
United Nations Mission in South Sudan | UNMISS | 2011-07 | Ongoing | Africa | Mandate changed in response to Dec 2013 crisis[4] |
United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria | UNSMIS | 2012-04 | 2012-08 | Middle East | |
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali | MINUSMA | 2013-04 | Ongoing | Africa | |
United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti | MINUJUSTH | 2017-10 | Ongoing | Americas | follow-up to MINUSTAH |
Other activities financed as peacekeeping
Name | Acronym | Established | Closed | Region | Notes |
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Light Support Package for the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) | LSP | 2006-12[5] | Africa | ||
Heavy Support Package for the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) | HSP | 2007-04[6] | Africa | UNAMID formally replaced AMIS in December 2007 | |
United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) | UNSOA | 2009-01 | 2015-11 | Africa | Originally referred to as "Activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009)" |
United Nations Support Office in Somalia | UNSOS | 2015-11 | Ongoing | Africa | replaced UNSOA; also supports UNSOM |
See also
References
- ↑ Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)
- ↑ Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2008/692)
- ↑ Security Council resolution 1925 (2010)
- ↑ Security Council resolution 2155 (2014)
- ↑ Date of approval by Sudan, as per para 41 of S/2007/307/Rev.1
- ↑ Date of approval by Sudan, as per para 45 of S/2007/307/Rev.1