Timeline of United Nations peacekeeping missions
The United Nations has authorized 63 peacekeeping missions as of February 2009. These do not include interventions authorized by the UN like the Korean War and the Gulf War. The 1990s saw the most UN peacekeeping operations to date.
1940s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | Ongoing | UN Truce Supervision Organization | UNTSO | To monitor Arab-Israeli ceasefire | authorized in June 1948. The first UN peacekeeping mission |
1949 | Ongoing | UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan | UNMOGIP | To monitor India-Pakistan ceasefire in Kashmir |
1950s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | 1967 | UN Emergency Force I | UNEF I | To supervise withdrawal of troops from Suez Crisis | First armed peacekeepers. Ended June 1967 |
1958 | 1958 | UN Observation Group in Lebanon | UNOGIL | To prevent troops and weapons entering Lebanon during crisis | Ended December 1958 |
1960s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | 1964 | UN Operation in the Congo | ONUC | To prevent foreign intervention in and preserve territory of the Congo | Ended June 1964 |
1962 | 1963 | UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian) | UNSF | Monitor ceasefire during transition of West Irian from Dutch rule to Indonesian | Ended April 1963 |
1963 | 1964 | UN Yemen Observation Mission | UNYOM | Supervise disengagement of Saudi Arabia and Egypt from Yemen's civil war | Ended September 1964 |
1964 | Ongoing | UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | UNFICYP | ||
1965 | 1966 | Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic | DOMREP | Monitor situation caused by rival governments in Dominican Republic | Ended October 1966 |
1965 | 1966 | UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission | UNIPOM | Supervise India-Pakistan ceasefire outside of Kashmir | Ended March 1966 |
1970s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | 1979 | UN Emergency Force II | UNEF II | Supervise withdrawal of forces from Sinai after Egypt, Syria and Israel battle. | Ended July 1979 |
1974 | Ongoing | UN Disengagement Observer Force | UNDOF | Maintain ceasefire between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights | |
1978 | Ongoing | UN Interim Force in Lebanon | UNIFIL | Supervise Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Keep the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. |
1980s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | 1990 | UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan | UNGOMAP | Enforce Afghanistan and Pakistan from mutual non-interference | Ended March 1990 |
1988 | 1991 | UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group | UNIIMOG | Supervise Iran-Iraq ceasefire | Ended February 1991 |
1989 | 1991 | UN Angola Verification Mission I | UNAVEM I | Supervise withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola | Ended June 1991 |
1989 | 1990 | UN Transition Assistance Group | UNTAG | Supervise Namibia's elections and transition to independence | Ended March 1990 |
1989 | 1992 | UN Observer Group in Central America | ONUCA | Monitor ceasefire in Nicaragua | Ended January 1992 |
1990s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | 2003 | UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission | UNIKOM | Enforce Kuwait-Iraqi border after Gulf War | Ended 2003 |
1991 | 1995 | UN Angola Verification Mission II | UNAVEM II | Enforce ceasefire in Angolan civil war | Ended February 1995 |
1991 | 1995 | UN Observer Mission in El Salvador | ONUSAL | Enforce ceasefire in El Salvador civil war | Ended April 1995 |
1991 | Ongoing | UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | MINURSO | Implement ceasefire and help promote referendum on area's future | |
1991 | 1992 | UN Advance Mission in Cambodia | UNAMIC | Prepare way for UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia | Ended March 1992 |
1992 | 1995 | UN Protection Force | UNPROFOR and UNPREDEP[1] | Protect area of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Republic of Macedonia | restructured December 1995 |
1992 | 1993 | UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia | UNTAC | Assist reorganization of Cambodia | Ended September 1993 |
1992 | 1993 | UN Operation in Somalia I | UNOSOM I | Enforce ceasefire, reorganized as Unified Task Force (UNITAF[2]) | Replaced March 1993 by UNOSOM II |
1992 | 1993 | UN Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea | UNOVER | Monitor referendum for independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia | Ended April 1993 |
1992 | 1994 | UN Operation in Mozambique | ONUMOZ | Monitor ceasefire in Mozambique's civil war | Ended December 1994 |
1993 | 1995 | UN Operation in Somalia II | UNOSOM II | Stabilize Somalia and assist humanitarian efforts | Ended March 1995 |
1993 | 1994 | UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda | UNOMUR | To enforce ceasefire between Rwanda and rebel group based in Uganda | Ended September 1994 |
1993 | 2009 | UN Observer Mission in Georgia | UNOMIG | Enforce ceasefire between Georgia and Abkhaz separatists | Russia vetoed extension in June 2009 |
1993 | 1996 | UN Observer Mission in Liberia | UNOMIL | Monitor ceasefire and elections in Liberia | Ended September 1997 |
1993 | 1996 | UN Mission in Haiti | UNMIH | Stabilize Haiti after coup overturned | Ended June 1996 |
1993 | 1996 | UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda | UNAMIR | Monitor ceasefire, and after Rwanda genocide, to promote relief efforts | Ended March 1996 |
1994 | 1994 | UN Aouzou Strip Observer Group | UNASOG | Monitor Libya's withdrawal from disputed territory given by International Court of Justice to Chad | Ended June 1994 |
1994 | 2002 | UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan | UNMOT | Monitor ceasefire in Tajikistan civil war | Ended May 2000 |
1995 | 1997 | UN Angola Verification Mission III | UNAVEM III | Monitor ceasefire and disarmament | Ended June 1997, but follow-up mission MONUA |
1995 | 1996 | UN Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia | UNCRO | Attempts to implement ceasefire | Ended January 1996 |
1995 | 1999 | UN Preventive Deployment Force | UNPREDEP | Replaced UNPROFOR in Macedonia and monitored border with Albania. | Ended February 1999 |
1995 | 2002 | UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | UNMIBH | Monitor human rights, demining, relief | Ended 31 December 2002 |
1996 | 1998 | UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium | UNTAES | Supervises integration of region into Croatia | Ended January 1998 |
1996 | 2002 | UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka | UNMOP | Monitor demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula, Croatia | Ended December 2002 |
1996 | 1997 | UN Support Mission in Haiti | UNSMIH | Modernize police and army of Haiti | Ended July 1997 |
1997 | 1997 | UN Verification Mission in Guatemala | MINUGUA | Monitor ceasefire in Guatemala's civil war | Ended May 1997 |
1997 | 1999 | UN Observer Mission in Angola | MONUA | Monitoring ceasefire and disarmament | Ended February 1999 |
1997 | 1997 | UN Transition Mission in Haiti | UNTMIH | Help stabilize Haiti | Ended November 1997 |
1997 | 2000 | UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti | MIPONUH | Modernize Haiti's police forces | Ended March 2000 |
1998 | 1998 | UN Civilian Police Support Group | UNPSG | Monitor Croatian police | Ended October 1998 |
1998 | 2000 | UN Mission in the Central African Republic | MINURCA | Maintaining security and stability in Central African Republic | Ended February 2000 |
1998 | 1999 | UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone | UNOMSIL | Monitor disarmament and demobilization in Sierra Leone | Ended October 1999 |
1999 | Ongoing | UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo | UNMIK | Exercise administrative authority, including administration of justice in Kosovo | |
1999 | 2005 | UN Mission in Sierra Leone | UNAMSIL | Help stabilize and disarm Sierra Leone | Ended December 2005 |
1999 | 1999 | UN Mission in East Timor | UNAMET | To oversee popular consultation on political relation to Indonesia | Ended 1999, See UNTAET the follow-up mission. |
1999 | 2002 | UN Transitional Administration in East Timor | UNTAET | Transition East Timor to independence | Ended May 2002. See UNMISET the follow-up mission. |
1999 | Ongoing | UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau | UNOGBIS | Facilitate elections in Guinea-Bissau and implementation of the Abuja Agreement | |
1999 | 2010 | UN Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo | MONUC | Monitor ceasefire in Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ended June 2010. See MONUSCO the follow-up mission. |
2000s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 2008 | UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea | UNMEE | Enforce ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea | Ended July 2008 after both Eritrea (forced out UN troops) and Ethiopia (refused to accept ICJ ruling on the border) refused to cooperate |
2002 | 2005 | United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor | UNMISET | To ensure security and stabilise the nascent state during the post-independence period. | Ended May 2005 |
2003 | Ongoing | United Nations Mission in Liberia | UNMIL | Oversee ceasefire and train national police. | |
2004 | Ongoing | United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire | UNOCI | Facilitate implementation of peace process | |
2004 | Ongoing | United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti | MINUSTAH | Return stability to Haiti | |
2004 | 2006 | United Nations Operation in Burundi | ONUB | To help implement the Arusha accords | ended December 2006, replaced by BINUB |
2005 | Ongoing | United Nations Mission in the Sudan | UNMIS | To support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, perform certain functions relating to humanitarian assistance, and protection and promotion of human rights | |
2006 | 2012 | United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste | UNMIT | To support the Government in consolidating stability, enhancing a culture of democratic governance, and facilitating political dialogue among Timorese stakeholders, in their efforts to bring about a process of national reconciliation and to foster social cohesion | |
2007 | Ongoing | United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur | UNAMID | To monitor arms trade and shipping, to cause and keep a ceasefire | |
2007 | 2010 | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad | MINURCAT | ended December 2010 due to opposition by Chadian government |
2010s
Start | End | Name | Acronym | Purpose | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Ongoing | UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | MONUSCO | Monitor ceasefire in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
2011 | Ongoing | UN Interim Security Force for Abyei | UNISFA | Monitor ceasefire in Abyei | |
2011 | Ongoing | UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan | UNMISS | Assist the new state of South Sudan | |
2011 | Ongoing | UN Support Mission in Libya | UNSMIL | Assist the state of Libya | |
2012 | 2012 | UN Support Mission in Syria | UNSMIS | Monitor the ceasefire agreement in Syria |
See also
- League of Nations, predecessor of the United Nations
- History of United Nations peacekeeping
- List of UN peacekeeping missions
- List of countries where UN peacekeepers are currently deployed
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/16/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.