UN Peacekeeping Operations

GPTKB entity

Statements (69)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf International Organization Activity
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:UN_General_Assembly
gptkb:UN_Security_Council
gptkbp:budget approximately $6.5 billion (2023-2024)
gptkbp:department gptkb:Department_of_Peace_Operations
gptkbp:established 1948
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:UN_Truce_Supervision_Organization_(UNTSO)
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UN Peacekeeping Operations
gptkbp:largestMission MONUSCO (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
gptkbp:mandate Promote human rights
Protect civilians
Restore rule of law
Support organization of elections
Assist in disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration
Support political processes
Support security sector reform
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:UNIFIL_(Lebanon)
gptkb:UNAMID_(Darfur)
gptkb:UNMIL_(Liberia)
gptkb:MINUSTAH_(Haiti)
gptkb:MINUSMA_(Mali)
gptkb:UNAMIC_(Cambodia)
gptkb:UNFICYP_(Cyprus)
gptkb:UNTSO_(Middle_East)
over 10 as of 2024
UNTAET (East Timor)
MINURSO (Western Sahara)
UNAMET (East Timor)
UNAMIR (Rwanda)
UNAVEM (Angola)
UNDOF (Golan Heights)
UNISFA (Abyei)
UNMEE (Ethiopia and Eritrea)
UNMIBH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
UNMIH (Haiti)
UNMIK (Kosovo)
UNMIN (Nepal)
UNMISS (South Sudan)
UNMIT (Timor-Leste)
UNMOGIP (India and Pakistan)
UNMOT (Tajikistan)
UNOCI (Côte d'Ivoire)
UNOMIG (Georgia)
UNOMIL (Liberia)
UNOMUR (Uganda-Rwanda border)
UNOSOM (Somalia)
UNPREDEP (Macedonia)
UNPROFOR (former Yugoslavia)
UNTAC (Cambodia)
UNTAES (Eastern Slavonia)
gptkbp:numberOfLaunches over 70 since 1948
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://peacekeeping.un.org/
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:peacekeepersKilled over 4,200 since 1948
gptkbp:peacekeepersKnownAs gptkb:Blue_Helmets
gptkb:Blue_Berets
gptkbp:purpose Maintain international peace and security
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Rwanda
over 120
gptkbp:typesOfPersonnel gptkb:military
police
civilian
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_K._S._Thimayya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6