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The United Nations has authorized 61 peacekeeping missions as of 2005. 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 Main article: League of Nations The term United Nations was coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, to refer to the Allies. ...
The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...
The Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to cease-fire on July 27, 1953 (technically speaking, the war has not yet ended), was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...
Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders General Norman Schwarzkopf, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Strength Casualties The 1991 Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United...
// Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
UNTSO is an acronym for United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, an organization founded in 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ...
| 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 | // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan (CoS of the IDF) General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 200 Israelis, 107 British, 43 French dead or...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
| 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 | Prevent conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Yemen entered into a state of civil war in 1962. ...
For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was established in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. ...
| | | 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 | 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...
| 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 | Purpose: Supervise Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Keep the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. | Israel completed full withdrawal from Lebanon | The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force UNDOF was established by the United Nations by the Agreement on Disengagement between Israeli and Syrian Forces on the Golan Heights signed on May 31, 1974. ...
Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
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. ...
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. ...
| 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 | The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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| 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 UNPRODEP[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[1]) | Replaced March 1993 by UNOSOM II | | 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 | Ongoing | UN Observer Mission in Georgia | UNOMIG | Enforce ceasefire between Georgia and Abkhaz separatists | | | 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 former Yugoslav Republic of 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 | Ongoing | UN Mission in Sierra Leone | UNAMSIL | Help stabilize and disarm Sierra Leone | | | 1999 | 1999 | UN Mission in East Timor | UNAMET | | 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 Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo | MONUC | Monitor ceasefire in Democratic Republic of the Congo | | - ^ a - not counted as separate missions by the UN DPKO, linked below)
The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
UNIKOM, the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission, was established on April 9, 1991 following the Gulf War by Security Council resolution 689 (1991) and fully deployed by early May. ...
Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders General Norman Schwarzkopf, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Strength Casualties The 1991 Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map of Angola The United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II), established May 1991 and lasting until February 1995, was the second United Nations peacekeeping mission of four deployed to Angola during the course of the Angolan Civil War, the longest war in modern African history. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Pocket badge of the UNPROFOR The United Nations Protection Force, UNPROFOR, were the primary UN peacekeeping troops in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars. ...
Official languages Macedonian Capital Skopje President Branko Crvenkovski Prime Minister Vlado BuÄkovski Area â Total â % water Ranked 146th 25,333 km² 1. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Operation Provide Relief (UNOSOM I) was a United Nation (UN) sponsored effort to provide humanitarian relief for the people of Somalia who were facing a severe famine, initiated and exacerbated by the ongoing Somoli civil war. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
United Nations Operations in Mozambique (ONUMOZ). ...
Cite error 4; Invalid call; no input specified 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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...
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The United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda was a peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations from June 1993 to September 1994. ...
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The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established on 24 August 1993 by Security Council Resolution 858 to verify compliance with the 27 July 1993, ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces in Abkhazia with special attention given to the situation in the city of Sukhumi...
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аÌзиÑ/Abhazia) is a region of 8,600 km² (3,300 sq. ...
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The United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda was a relief mission instituted by the United Nations to aid the implementation of the Arusha Accords, signed August 4, 1993 in order to ease tensions between the Hutu-dominated Rwandese government and the Tutsi rebels (for the most part centered in the...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Peace Palace, seat of the ICJ. The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation, commonly known as UNCRO is a completed UN Mission. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) is an international organization formed under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1035, as extended by Security Council Resolution 1357. ...
December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) (January 15, 1996 - December 15, 2002) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission that monitored the demilitarization of the disputed Prevlaka peninsula by carrying out daily foot and vehicle patrols on both sides of the border between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...
The Prevlaka Peninsula is a small peninsula at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The United Nations Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is an interim civilian administration of the Serbian province (as part of Serbia and Montenegro) called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), under the authority of the United Nations. ...
Kosovo (Serbian: ÐоÑово и ÐеÑоÑ
иÑа / Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova) is a province of Serbia. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) is a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
MONUC is a French acronym for Mission de l Organisation des Nations unies en République démocratique du Congo, in English: Mission of the United Nations (UN) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ...
Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United Nations Operation in Cote dIvoire (UNOCI) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Arusha Accords (also known as the Arusha Peace Agreement, or the Arusha negotiations) were a set of five accords (or protocols) signed by the Rwandese Patriotic Front and the Government of Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania on 4 August 1993, ending the civil war. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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. ...
See also UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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