In an effort to help people better understand the value, the necessity, and the utility of the United Nations, this series will outline the basic details of every United Nations peacekeeping mission from the organization’s inception until present-day.
Part I: Africa
United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC)
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Duration: July 1960 – July 1964
Maximum Strength: 19,828 military supported by civilian staff
Contributors: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liberia, Malaya, Federation of Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 169 (1961), Resolution 161 (1961), Resolution 143 (1961)
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United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
Location: Angola
Duration: 20 December 1988 – 30 May 1991
Maximum Strength: 70 military supported by civilian staff
Contributors: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Congo, Czechoslovakia, India, Jordan, Norway, Spain and Yugoslavia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 626 (1988)
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United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
Location: Namibia and Angola
Duration: April 1989 – 21 March 1991
Maximum Strength: 4,493
Contributors: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Fiji, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 632 (1989)
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United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II)
Location: Angola
Duration: May 1991 – February 1995
Maximum Strength: 350 observers + 126 police
Contributors: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Czechoslovakia (Slovak Republic from January 1993), Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 696 (1991); Resolution 747 (1992); Resolution 804 (1993); Resolution 811 (1993); Resolution 834 (1993); Resolution 952 (1994); Resolution 966 (1994)
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United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
Location: Mozambique
Duration: December 1992 – December 1994
Maximum Strength: 6,576 soldiers; 354 observers; 1,144 civilian police
Contributors: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, United States, Uruguay and Zambia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 797 (1992)
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United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
Location: Somalia
Duration: April 1992 – March 1993
Maximum Strength: 54 observers, 893 troops
Contributors: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 751 (1992); Resolution 775 (1992); Resolution 794 (1992)
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United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
Location: Liberia
Duration: September 1993 – September 1997
Maximum Strength: 303 military observers, 20 medical personnel, 45 military engineers
Contributors: Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Congo, Czech Republic, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden and Uruguay
Related Resolutions: Resolution 866 (1993); Resolution 1020 (1995)
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United Nations Observer Mission in Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR)
Location: Ugandan side of the Uganda/Rwanda border
Duration: June 1993 – September 1994
Maximum Strength: 81 military observers
Contributors: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Hungary, Netherlands, Senegal, Slovak Republic and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 846 (1993)
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United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)
Location: Rwanda
Duration: October 1993 – March 1996
Maximum Strength: 2,548 military personnel (2,217 troops, 331 observers, 60 police)
Contributors: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 872 (1993); Resolution 912 (1994); Resolution 918 (1994); Resolution 997 (1995); Resolution 965 (1994); Resolution 1029 (1995)
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United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
Location: Somalia
Duration: March 1993 – March 1995
Maximum Strength: 28,000 military/police personnel
Contributors: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 814 (1993); Resolution 837 (1993); Resolution 897 (1994)
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United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
Location: Aouzou Strip, Republic of Chad
Duration: May to June 1994
Maximum Strength: 9
Contributors: Bangladesh, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria
Related Resolutions: Resolution 915 (1994)
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United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III)
Location: Angola
Duration: February 1995 – 30 June 1997
Maximum Strength: 4,220
Contributors: Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Guinea-Bisau, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia, Sweden, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 976 (1995); Resolution 1008 (1995); Resolution 1045 (1996); Resolution 1055 (1996)
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United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
Location: Angola
Duration: June 1997 – February 1999
Maximum Strength: 3,026 troops, 253 observers, 289 police
Contributors: Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Congo, Egypt, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1118 (1997)
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United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
Location: Sierra Leone
Duration: 13 July 1998 – 22 October 1999
Maximum Strength: 210 observers
Contributors: Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay and Zambia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1181 (1998)
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United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
Location: Central African Republic
Duration: April 1998 – February 2000
Strength: 1,350 troops, 24 police
Contributors: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, France, Gabon, Mali, Portugal, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1159 (1998); Resolution 1182 (1998); Resolution 1201 (1998); Resolution 1230 (1999)
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United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
Location: Sierra Leone
Duration: 22 October 1999 – 31 December 2005
Maximum Strength: 17,500 military personnel, 260 observers, 170 police
Contributors: Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1270 (1999); Resolution 1289 (2000); Resolution 1346 (2001)
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United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
Location: Ethiopia and Eritrea
Duration: 31 July 2000 – 31 July 2008
Maximum Strength: 3,940 military, 214 police
Contributors: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Zambia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1320 (2000); Resolution 1430 (2002)
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United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB)
Location: Burundi
Duration: 1 June 2004 – 31 December 2006
Maximum Strength: 5,650 military personnel
Contributors: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Yemen and Zambia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1545
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United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Duration: 30 November 1999 – 30 June 2010
Maximum Strength: 19,815 military personnel, 760 observers, 391 police
Contributors: Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia/Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Zambia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1291 (2000); Resolution 1565 (2004); Resolution 1797 (2008); Resolution 1856 (2008); Resolution 1925 (2010)
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United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
Location: Central African Republic, Sudan, and Chad
Duration: 25 September 2007 – 31 December 2010
Maximum Strength: 5,200 military personnel, 25 military liaison officers, 300 police officers
Contributors: Austria, Albania, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Egypt, France, Finland, Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Italy, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Madagascar, Mongolia, Malawi, Mali, Norway, Nepal, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Poland, Pakistan, Paraguay, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Yemen, and Zambia
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1778 (2007); Resolution 1861 (2009); Resolution 1923 (2010)
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United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
Location: Sudan
Maximum Strength: 9,304 soldiers, 513 military observers, 702 police officers
Contributors: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgystan, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Related Resolutions: Resolution 1590 (2005)
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