7. Contemporary Peacekeeping Operations

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7. Contemporary Peacekeeping Operations
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7. Contemporary Peacekeeping

• Learning Objectives
• Familiar with contemporary peacekeeping
  operations
• Critically evaluate UN peacekeeping

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7.1. UN Peacekeeping Today
Peacekeeping Operations since 1948 63
Current Peacekeeping Operations 16
Current peace operations directed and supported by the DPKO 18
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7.1. UN Peacekeeping Today
Uniformed personnel Including 80,223 troops 10,921 police and 2,337 military observers 93, 481
Countries contributing uniformed personnel 117
International civilian personnel (31 March 2009) 5,875
Local civilian personnel (31 March 2009) 12,961
UNV Volunteers 2,260
Total number of personnel serving in 16 peacekeeping operations 114,577
Total number of personnel serving in 18 DPKO-led peace operations 116,855
Uniformed personnel Including 80,223 troops 10,921 police and 2,337 military observers 93, 481
Total number of fatalities in peace operations since 1948 2,591
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Current Peacekeeping Operations
Mission Est. Troops Observers Police Civilians UNV Total Fatalities Budget
UNTSO 1948 0 149 0 95/127 0 371 49 66,217,000
UNGOMIP 1949 0 40 0 23/43 0 106 11 16,957,100
UNIFCYP 1964 858 0 68 40/110 0 1,076 179 57,392,000
UNDOF 1974 1,045 0 0 37/96 0 1,178 43 47,859,100
UNFIL 1978 12,158 0 0 319/648 0 13,125 279 680,932,600
MINURSO 1991 20 203 6 94/159 19 501 15 47,702,500
UNOMIG 1993 0 132 14 93/201 0 440 11 36,084,000
UNMIK 1999 0 13 21 238/881 62 1,215 54 207,203,100
MONUC 1999 16,626 681 1,074 969/2,154 606 22,110 144 1,242,729,000
UNMIL 2003 10,029 137 1,208 483/977 229 13,063 128 631,689,100
UNOCI 2004 7,661 197 1,190 486/645 300 10,479 57 497,455,100
MINUSTAH 2004 7,048 0 2,049 498/1,221 203 11,019 44 601,580,100
UNMIS 2005 8,722 540 629 787/2,450 264 13,392 45 858,771,200
UNMIT 2006 0 33 1,485 372/887 129 2,906 5 180,841,100
UNAMID 2007 13,286 180 2,936 970/2,147 334 19,853 37 1,569,255,200
19,315 240 6,432 1,579/3,445 548
MINURCAT 2007 2,770 32 241 371/215 114 3,743 1 315,083,400
TOTAL 16 80,233 2,337 10,921 5,875/12,961 2,260 114,577 1,102 7.1 Billion
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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations

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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations
• Finance

Approved budgets for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 About 7.1 billion
Estimated total cost of operations from 1948 to 30 June 2008 About 54 billion
Outstanding contributions to peacekeeping (30 April 2009) About 1.75 billion
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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations
• Finance
• Contributions

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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations
• Finance
• Contributions
• Attacks on UN

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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations
• Finance
• Contributions
• Attacks on UN
• Sexual Crimes/Misconduct Corruption

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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations
• Finance
• Contributions
• Attacks on UN
• Sexual Crimes/Misconduct Corruption
• Western Imperialism?

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7.2. Issues and Debates

• UN capacity limitations
• Finance
• Contributions
• Attacks on UN
• Sexual Crimes/Misconduct Corruption
• Western Imperialism?
• Iraq and Afghanistan