List of United Nations peacekeeping missions

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UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.

This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.

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Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. UN peacekeepers—soldiers and military officers, police officers and civilian personnel from many countries—monitor and observe peace processes that emerge in post-conflict situations and assist ex-combatants in implementing the peace agreements they have signed. Such assistance comes in many forms, including confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengthening the rule of law, and economic and social development.

The Charter of the United Nations gives the Security Council the power and responsibility to take collective action to maintain international peace and security. For this reason, the international community usually looks to the Security Council to authorize peacekeeping operations. Most of these operations are established and implemented by the United Nations itself with troops serving under UN operational command. In other cases, where direct UN involvement is not considered appropriate or feasible, the Council authorises regional organisations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the Economic Community of West African States or coalitions of willing countries to implement certain peacekeeping or peace enforcement functions. In modern times, peacekeeping operations have evolved into many different functions, including diplomatic relations with other countries, international bodies of justice (such as the International Criminal Court), and eliminating problems such as landmines that can lead to new incidents of fighting.

Current missions (12)

Africa

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1991United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Western Sahara conflict
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Republic
2010United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Kivu conflict
2011United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Abyei conflict
2011United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Ethnic violence in South Sudan
South Sudanese Civil War
2014United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Central African Republic Civil War

Americas

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
2024Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti (MSS)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Haitian crisis

Asia

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1949United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)Flag of India.svg India Kashmir conflict
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan

Europe

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1964United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Cyprus dispute
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus
1999United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Kosovo War
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo

West Asia

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1948United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) Middle East (Monitors the various ceasefires and assists UNDOF and UNIFIL)
1974United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)Flag of Israel.svg Israel Agreed withdrawal by Syrian and Israeli forces following the Yom Kippur War.
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
1978United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Israeli invasion of Lebanon and 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

1. ^ The United Nations and all foreign governments but Turkey recognise the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, whose flag is shown first, over the whole island of Cyprus. The second flag is that of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a de facto state, by virtue of controlling the northern third of the island, which is recognised only by Turkey.

2. ^ The first flag is the flag of Serbia, used by Republic of Serbia which claims sovereignty over Kosovo. The second is the flag of the Republic of Kosovo which is in de facto control over the territory. As of16April2025,it is recognised by 101 UN member countries. For more information see Kosovo.

Completed missions (61)

Africa

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1960–1964United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC)Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) (1960-1963).svg Republic of the Congo Congo Crisis
1988–1991United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)Flag of Angola.svg Angola Angolan Civil War
1989–1990United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Namibian War of Independence
1991–1995United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II)Flag of Angola.svg Angola Angolan Civil War
1992–1994United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Mozambican Civil War
1992–1993United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Somali Civil War
1993–1997United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia First Liberian Civil War
1993–1994United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR)Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda Rwandan Civil War
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
1993–1996United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda Rwandan Civil War
1993–1995United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Somali Civil War
1994United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)Flag of Chad.svg Chad Aouzou Strip dispute
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
1995–1997United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III)Flag of Angola.svg Angola Angolan Civil War
1997–1999United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)Flag of Angola.svg Angola Angolan Civil War
1998–1999United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Civil War
1998–2000United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Central African Republic mutinies
1999–2005United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Civil War
2000–2008United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea Eritrean–Ethiopian War
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
2004–2007United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB)Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Burundi Civil War
1999–2010United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Second Congo War
2007–2010United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)Flag of Chad.svg Chad
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Darfur Conflict, Civil war in Chad (2005–2010)
2005–2011United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Second Sudanese Civil War
2003–2004United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast First Ivorian Civil War
2004–2017United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast First Ivorian Civil War
2003–2018United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Second Liberian Civil War
2007–2020United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan War in Darfur
2013–2023Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) [a] Flag of Mali.svg Mali Northern Mali conflict

Americas

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1965–1966Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic (DOMREP)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Operation Power Pack
1989–1992United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Central American crisis
Nicaraguan Civil War
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
1991–1995United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador El Salvador Civil War
1993–1996United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 1991 coup and military rule in Haiti
1996–1997United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Stabilizing Haiti's new democracy
1997United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Guatemalan Civil War
1997United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Training of the Haitian National Police
1997–2000United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Training of the Haitian National Police
2000–2001United Nations General Assembly International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti (MICAH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Training of the Haitian National Police
2004–2017United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 2004 Haitian coup d'état
2017–2019United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH)Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 2004 Haitian coup d'état

1. ^ Shown are the flags of the five countries in which ONUCA operated. They are in this order (sorted alphabetically): Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Asia-Oceania

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1947–1950United Nations Commission for Indonesia (UNCI)Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch East Indies Transfer of sovereignty over Dutch East Indies
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
1962–1963United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea (UNSF)Morning Star flag.svg Netherlands New Guinea Transfer of sovereignty over West New Guinea
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
1965–1966United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM)Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Flag of India.svg India
1988–1990United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP) Flag of Afghanistan (1987-1992).svg Afghanistan Soviet–Afghan War
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
1991–1992United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)Flag of the State of Cambodia (1989-1992).svg  Cambodia Conflict in Cambodia
1992–1993United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)Flag of Cambodia (1992-1993).svg  Cambodia Conflict in Cambodia
1994–2000United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Tajikistan Civil War
1999United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor Indonesian invasion of East Timor
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
1999–2002The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor Indonesian invasion of East Timor
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
2002–2005United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor Indonesian invasion of East Timor
2006–2012United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 2006 East Timorese crisis

1. ^ Shown are the flags of the newly independent East Timor and its former occupier, Indonesia (in that order).

Europe

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1992–1995United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav Wars
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Flag of Macedonia (1992-1995).svg Republic of Macedonia
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia
1993–2009United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Abkhazian War
1994–1996United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (UNCRO)Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Croatian War of Independence
1995–2002United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian War
1995–1999United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP)Flag of North Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia Aftermath of the Yugoslav wars
1996–1998United Nations Transitional Authority in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES)Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Croatian War of Independence
1996–2002United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Prevlaka territorial dispute
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia
1998United Nations Civilian Police Support Group (UNPSG)Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Croatian War of Independence

1. ^ This mission operated within former Yugoslav successor states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). The flags are shown in this order.

2. ^ Prevlaka Peninsula was claimed by both Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the flags are shown in this order. Upon resolution, all parties accepted Croatia's claim to the territory.

West Asia

Dates of operationName of operationLocationConflictWebsite
1956–1967First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I)Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Egypt Suez Crisis
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
1958United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL)Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1958 Lebanon crisis
1963–1964United Nations Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM)Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic.svg North Yemen Yemen Civil War
1973–1979Second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II)Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt Yom Kippur War
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
1988–1991United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)Flag of Iran.svg Iran Iran–Iraq War
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq
1991–2003United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq Gulf War
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
2012United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS)Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg Syria Syrian civil war

See also

Notes

  1. MINUSMA's mandate was terminated by the United Nations Security Council on 30 June 2023; this is subject to a 6-month drawdown period until 31 December 2023, in order to facilitate an orderly withdrawal of UN personnel and equipment from Mali. [1]

References

  1. "Analysis: What's next for Mali after MINUSMA withdrawal?". Al Jazeera. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
See individual mission websites with their listing.

Further reading