The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (or DPKO) is a department at the United Nations which is reponsible for the peacekeeping operations that the UN partakes in. It reports directly to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The modern-day DPKO was founded in 1948 with the creation of the UNMOGIP and UNTSO of 1948. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... UN Peacekeepers in Eritrea. ... Kofi Annan, current Secretary-General of the United Nations The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... UNMOGIP or United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan was set up in 1949 to supervise the ceasefire between India and Pakistan in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. ... UNTSO is an acronym for United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, an organization founded in 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. ...

After a peacekeeping force has been authorized by the Security Council, the DPKO works together with the Secretary General to administer and find donor nations willing to sponsor troops under Chapter VI resolutions. The DPKO then liaisons with the force commander and lead diplomat of the peacekeeping mission. A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ...

The current under secretary-general of the DPKO is the French diplomat Jean-Marie Guéhenno. Its most high profile mission recently was its role in the boosting of the UNIFIL mission in wake of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict as well as the debacle over whether the United Nations should intervene in Sudan. Jean-Marie Guéhenno currently serves as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. ... UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon) was created in 1978 by the United Nations to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. ... Combatants Hezbollah Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General) Dan Halutz (CoS), Moshe Kaplinsky[6], Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 fighters 3,000-5,000 available 10,000 reservist [3] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC) [7] Casualties Hezbollah militia: 74 dead confirmed by Hezbollah [4] 440 dead...

External Links

• United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Official Website