Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions
As of October of 2004, the UN has authorized 59 peacekeeping missions. 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.
1948 UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) authorized in June 1948 is the first UN peacekeeping mission.*Purpose: To monitor Arab-Israeli ceasefire**Status: Ongoing1949 UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)*Purpose: To monitor India-Pakistan ceasefire in Kashmir**Status: Ongoing
1956 UN Emergency Force I (UNEF I), first armed peacekeepers*Purpose: To supervise withdrawal of troops from Suez Crisis**Status: Ended June 19671958 UN Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) *Purpose: To prevent troops and weapons entering Lebanon during crisis**Status: Ended December 1958
1960 UN Operation in the Congo (ONUC) *Purpose: To prevent foreign intervention in and preserve territory of the Congo**Status: Ended June 19641962 UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian) (UNSF)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire during transition of West Irian from Dutch rule to Indonesian**Status: Ended April 19631963 UN Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM)*Purpose: Supervise disengagement of Saudi Arabia and Egypt from Yemen's civil war **Status: Ended September 19641964 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)*Purpose: Prevent conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots **Status: Ongoing1965 Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic (DOMREP)*Purpose: Monitor situation caused by rival governments in Dominican Republic**Status: Ended October 19661965 UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM)*Purpose: Supervise India-Pakistan ceasefire outside of Kashmir**Status: Ended March 1966
1973 UN Emergency Force II (UNEF II)*Purpose: Supervise withdrawal of forces from Sinai after Egypt, Syria and Israel battle.**Status: Ended July 19791974 UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)*Purpose: Maintain ceasefire between Syria and Israel in Golan Heights**Status: Ongoing1978 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)*Purpose: Supervise Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon**Status: Israeli completed full withdrawal from Lebanon*Purpose: Keep the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. **Status: Ongoing
1988 UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)*Purpose: Enforce Afghanistan and Pakistan from mutual non-interference **Status: Ended March 19901988 UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)*Purpose: Supervise Iran-Iraq ceasefire**Status: Ended February 19911989 UN Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)*Purpose: Supervise withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola**Status: Ended June 19911989 UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)*Purpose: Supervise Namibia's elections and transition to independence**Status: Ended March 19901989 UN Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire in Nicaragua**Status: Ended January 1992
1991 UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)*Purpose: Enforce Kuwait-Iraqi border after Gulf War**Status: Ended 20031991 UN Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II)*Purpose: Enforce ceasefire in Angolan civil war**Status: Ended February 19951991 UN Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)*Purpose: Enforce ceasefire in El Salvador civil war**Status: Ended April 19951991 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)*Purpose: Implement ceasefire and help promote referendum on area's future**Status: Ongoing1991 UN Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)*Purpose: Prepare way for UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia**Status: Ended March 19921992 UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and (UNPRODEP†)*Purpose: Protect area of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia **Status: restructured December 19951992 UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)*Purpose: Assist reorganization of Cambodia**Status: September 19931992 UN Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)*Purpose: Enforce ceasefire, reorganized as Unified Task Force (UNITAF†)**Status: Replaced March 1993 by UNOSOM II1992 UN Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire in Mozambique's civil war**Status: Ended December 19941993 UN Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)*Purpose: Stabilize Somalia and assist humanitarian efforts**Status: Ended March 19951993 UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR)*Purpose: To enforce ceasefire between Rwanda and rebel group based in Uganda**Status: Ended September 19941993 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)*Purpose: Enforce ceasefire between Georgia and Abkhaz separatists **Status: Ongoing1993 UN Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire and elections in Liberia**Status: Ended September 19971993 UN Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)*Purpose: Stabilize Haiti after coup overturned**Status: Ended June 19961993 UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire, and after Rwanda genocide, to promote relief efforts**Status: Ended March 19961994 UN Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)*Purpose: Monitor Libya's withdrawal from disputed territory given by International Court of Justice to Chad**Status: Ended June 19941994 UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire in Tajikistan civil war**Status: Ended May 20001995 UN Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire and disarmament**Status: Ends June 1997, but follow-up mission MONUA1995 UN Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO)*Purpose: Attempts to implement ceasefire**Status: Ended January 19961995 UN Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP)*Purpose: Replaced UNPROFOR in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and monitored border with Albania. **Status: Ended February 19991995 UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)*Purpose: Monitor human rights, demining, relief**Status: Ended 31 December 20021996 UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES)*Purpose: Supervises integration of region into Croatia **Status: Ended January 19981996 UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)*Purpose: Monitor demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula, Croatia**Status: Ended December 20021996 UN Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)*Purpose: Modernize police and army of Haiti**Status: Ended July 19971997 UN Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire in Guatemala's civil war**Status: Ended May 19971997 UN Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)*Purpose: Monitoring ceasefire and disarmament**Status: Ended February 19991997 UN Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)*Purpose: Help stabilize Haiti**Status: Ended November 19971997 UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)*Purpose: Modernize Haiti's police forces**Status: Ended March 20001998 UN Civilian Police Support Group (UNPSG)*Purpose: Monitor Croatian police**Status: Ended October 19981998 UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)*Purpose: Maintaining security and stability in Central African Republic**Status: Ended February 20001998 UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)*Purpose: Monitor disarmament and demobilization in Sierra Leone **Status: Ended October 19991999 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)*Purpose: Exercise administrative authority, including administration of justice in Kosovo**Status: Ongoing1999 UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)*Purpose: Help stabilize and disarm Sierra Leone**Status: Ongoing1999 UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)*Purpose: Transition East Timor to independence**Status: Ended May 20021999 UN Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)*Purpose: Monitor ceasefire in Democratic Republic of the Congo**Status: Ongoing († - not counted as separate missions by the UN DPKO, linked below)
2000 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)*Purpose: Enforce ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea**Status: Ongoing2002 United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)*Purpose: Two-year mission while East Timor develops government**Status: Ongoing2003 United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)*Purpose: Oversee ceasefire and train national police.**Status: Ongoing2004 United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)*Purpose: Facilitate implementation of peace process**Status: Ongoing2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)*Purpose: Return stability to Haiti**Status: Ongoing2004 United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB)*Purpose: To help implement the Arusha accords**Status: Ongoing
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