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The history of peacekeeping started in the aftermath of World War II, with the formation of the United Nations. Peacekeeping, the use of neutral personnel in post-conflict areas to implement agreements between ex-combatants, was rarely even considered prior to 1945. Peacekeeping missions have taken place in the Middle East, particularly as a part of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, in the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, in Korea, in the Balkans, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom France and others Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II, also known as the... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... UN Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Combatants Arab nations State of Israel Arab-Israeli conflict series History of the Arab-Israeli conflict Views of the Arab-Israeli conflict International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics Participants Israeli-Palestinian conflict · Arab League · Soviet Union / Russia · Israel and the United Nations... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani administration. ... The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...

Foundation

United Nations peacekeeping was initially developed during the Cold War as a means of resolving conflicts between states by deploying unarmed or lightly armed military personnel from a number of countries, under UN command, to areas where warring parties were in need of a neutral party to observe the peace process. Peacekeepers could be called in when the major international powers (the five permanent members of the Security Council) tasked the UN with bringing closure to conflicts threatening regional stability and international peace and security. These included a number of so-called “proxy wars” waged by client states of the superpowers. As of October 2004, there have been 59 UN peacekeeping operations since 1948, with sixteen operations ongoing. Suggestion for new missions arise every year. The Cold War (Russian: Холодная война Kholodnaya Voina) was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. ... A superpower is a state with the first rank in the international system and the ability to influence events and project power on a worldwide scale; it is considered a higher level of power than a major power. ... The United Nations has authorized 61 peacekeeping missions as of 2005. ...

Israeli-Arab conflict

Lebanon

Main article: UNTSO

UNTSO is an acronym for United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, an organization founded in 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. ...

Sinai peninsula

Korean War

Main article: Korean War

Combatants Western Allied/UN combatants: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Communist combatants: North Korea, Peoples Republic of China, Soviet Union Commanders Douglas MacArthur Kim Il-sung, (Peng Dehuai de facto) Strength Note: All figures may vary according to source. ...

Kashmir conflict

Main article: UNMOGIP

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. ...

Africa

Somalia

Main article: UNOSOM II

Operation Restore Hope was an American military operation with the support of the United Nations which was formed to deliver humanitarian aid and restore order to the African nation of Somalia which was suffering from a severe famine, general anarchy, and domination by a number of warlords following the collapse...

Rwanda

Main article: UNAMIR

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was a relief mission instituted by the United Nations. ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sierra Leone and Liberia

Main article: [[UNMIL, UNAMSIL]]

This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) is a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone. ...

Sudan

Main article: [[UNMIS, Darfur conflict]]

The United Nations Mission In Sudan or UNMIS is the mission of the United Nation designed to provide humanitarian support the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by the government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement on January 9, 2005. ... Insert non-formatted ----#REDIRECT [[Insert text]]#REDIRECT [[Insert text]] == Headline text ==Italic textBold text text here The country of Sudan The Darfur conflict is an ongoing conflict in the Insert non-formatted text hereDarfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from local Baggara...

Southeast Europe

Bosnia

Kosovo

Haiti

Main article: UNSIMH

Future of peacekeeping