Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

has authorized 63 peacekeeping

Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....

missions as of February 2009. These do not include interventions authorized by the UN like the Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

and the Gulf War

Gulf War

The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

. The 1990s saw the most UN peacekeeping operations to date

1940s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose	Comment
1948	Ongoing	UN Truce Supervision Organization	UNTSO	To monitor Arab-Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... i ceasefire	authorized in June 1948. The first UN peacekeeping mission
1949	Ongoing	UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan	UNMOGIP	To monitor India-Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... ceasefire in Kashmir Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

1950s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose	Comment
1956	1967	UN Emergency Force I	UNEF I	To supervise withdrawal of troops from Suez Crisis Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, Suez War was an offensive war fought by France, the United Kingdom, and Israel against Egypt beginning on 29 October 1956. Less than a day after Israel invaded Egypt, Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to Egypt and Israel,...	First armed peacekeepers. Ended June 1967
1958	1958	UN Observation Group in Lebanon	UNOGIL	To prevent troops and weapons entering Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among... during crisis	Ended December 1958

1960s

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...	Ended June 1964
1962	1963	UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian)	UNSF	Monitor ceasefire during transition of West Irian from Dutch Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... rule to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... n	Ended April 1963
1963	1964	UN Yemen Observation Mission	UNYOM	Supervise disengagement of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... and Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... from Yemen Yemen The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east.... 's civil war	Ended September 1964
1964	Ongoing	UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus	UNFICYP	Prevent conflict between Greek and Turkish Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... Cypriots Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
1965	1966	Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic	DOMREP	Monitor situation caused by rival governments in Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...	Ended October 1966
1965	1966	UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission	UNIPOM	Supervise India-Pakistan ceasefire outside of Kashmir	Ended March 1966

1970s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose	Comment
1973	1979	UN Emergency Force II	UNEF II	Supervise withdrawal of forces from Sinai after Egypt, Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... 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	Supervise Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Keep the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area.

1980s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose	Comment
1988	1990	UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan	UNGOMAP	Enforce Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world... and Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... from mutual non-interference	Ended March 1990
1988	1991	UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group	UNIIMOG	Supervise Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... -Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... ceasefire	Ended February 1991
1989	1991	UN Angola Verification Mission I	UNAVEM I	Supervise withdrawal of Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city... n troops from Angola Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...	Ended June 1991
1989	1990	UN Transition Assistance Group	UNTAG	Supervise Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... 's elections and transition to independence	Ended March 1990
1989	1992	UN Observer Group in Central America	ONUCA	Monitor ceasefire in Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...	Ended January 1992

1990s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose	Comment
1991	2003	UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission	UNIKOM	Enforce Kuwait Kuwait The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the... -Iraqi border after Gulf War Gulf War The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...	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 El Salvador El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America... 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 Cambodia Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...	Ended March 1992
1992	1995	UN Protection Force	UNPROFOR and UNPREDEP UNPREDEP The United Nations Preventive Deployment Force was established on 31 March 1995 in Security Council Resolution 983 to replace the United Nations Protection Force in the Republic of Macedonia...	Protect area of Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ... , Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the... , and Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...	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 United Nations Operation in Somalia I was the first part of a United Nations sponsored effort to provide, facilitate, and secure humanitarian relief in Somalia, as well as to monitor the first UN-brokered ceasefire of the Somali Civil War conflict in the early 1990s.The operation was established...	UNOSOM I	Enforce ceasefire, reorganized as Unified Task Force (UNITAF)	Replaced March 1993 by UNOSOM II
1992	1993	UN Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea	UNOVER	Monitor referendum for independence of Eritrea Eritrea Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast... from Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...	Ended April 1993
1992	1994	UN Operation in Mozambique	ONUMOZ	Monitor ceasefire in Mozambique Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest... 's civil war	Ended December 1994
1993	1995	UN Operation in Somalia II UNOSOM II United Nations Operation in Somalia II was the second phase of the United Nations intervention in Somalia, from March 1993 until March 1995....	UNOSOM II	Stabilize Somalia and assist humanitarian efforts	Ended March 1995
1993	1994	UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda	UNOMUR	To enforce ceasefire between Rwanda Rwanda Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo... and rebel group based in Uganda Uganda Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...	Ended September 1994
1993	2009	UN Observer Mission in Georgia	UNOMIG	Enforce ceasefire between Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... and Abkhaz Abkhazia Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny... separatists	Russia vetoed extension in June 2009
1993	1996	UN Observer Mission in Liberia	UNOMIL	Monitor ceasefire and elections in Liberia Liberia Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...	Ended September 1997
1993	1996	UN Mission in Haiti	UNMIH	Stabilize Haiti Haiti Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island... after coup overturned	Ended June 1996
1993	1996	UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda	UNAMIR	Monitor ceasefire, and after Rwanda Rwanda Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo... genocide, to promote relief efforts	Ended March 1996
1994	1994	UN Aouzou Strip Observer Group	UNASOG	Monitor Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... 's withdrawal from disputed territory given by International Court of Justice International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands... to Chad Chad Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...	Ended June 1994
1994	2002	UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan	UNMOT	Monitor ceasefire in Tajikistan Tajikistan Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.... 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 The United Nations Preventive Deployment Force was established on 31 March 1995 in Security Council Resolution 983 to replace the United Nations Protection Force in the Republic of Macedonia...	UNPREDEP	Replaced UNPROFOR in Macedonia and monitored border with Albania Albania Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea... .	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 Prevlaka Prevlaka is a small peninsula in southern Croatia, at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor in the eastern Adriatic. The word prevlaka means portage. The cape Oštro, located at the tip of the peninsula, is the southernmost point of mainland in Croatia.... 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 MINUGUA was a ten-year United Nations humanitarian mission in Guatemala that involved, at the most critical point in the peace process, a three-month peacekeeping mission....	MINUGUA	Monitor ceasefire in Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast... 's civil war Guatemalan Civil War The Guatemalan Civil War ran from 1960-1996. The thirty-six-year civil war began as a grassroots, popular response to the rightist and military usurpation of civil government , and the President's disrespect for the human and civil rights of the majority of the population...	Ended May 1997
1997	1999	UN Observer Mission in Angola MONUA The United Nations Observer Mission in Angola was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1118 of 30 June 1997.. Due to the collapse of the peace process in Angola, UN Secretary General recommended to the UN Security Council that MONUA's mandate not be renewed...	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 Central African Republic The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...	Ended February 2000
1998	1999	UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone	UNOMSIL	Monitor disarmament and demobilization in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...	Ended October 1999
1999	Ongoing	UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo	UNMIK	Exercise administrative authority, including administration of justice in Kosovo Kosovo Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
1999	2005	UN Mission in Sierra Leone	UNAMSIL	Help stabilize and disarm Sierra Leone	Ended December 2005
1999	1999	UN Mission in East Timor United Nations Mission in East Timor The United Nations Mission in East Timor was established by Security Council Resolution 1246 on 11 June 1999 for a period up to 31 August 1999...	UNAMET	To oversee popular consultation on political relation to Indonesia	Ended 1999, See UNTAET the follow-up mission.
1999	2002	UN Transitional Administration in East Timor	UNTAET	Transition East Timor East Timor The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor... to independence	Ended May 2002. See UNMISET the follow-up mission.
1999	Ongoing	UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau	UNOGBIS	Facilitate elections in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.... and implementation of the Abuja Agreement
1999	2010	UN Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo	MONUC	Monitor ceasefire in Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...	Ended June 2010. See MONUSCO the follow-up mission.

2000s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose	Comment
2000	2008	UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea was established by the United Nations Security Council in July 2000 to monitor a ceasefire in the border war that began in 1998 between Ethiopia and Eritrea....	UNMEE	Enforce ceasefire between Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... and Eritrea Eritrea Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...	Ended July 2008 after both Eritrea (forced out UN troops) and Ethiopia (refused to accept ICJ ruling on the border) refused to cooperate
2002	2005	United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	UNMISET	To ensure security and stabilise the nascent state during the post-independence period.	Ended May 2005
2003	Ongoing	United Nations Mission in Liberia	UNMIL	Oversee ceasefire and train national police.
2004	Ongoing	United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	UNOCI	Facilitate implementation of peace process
2004	Ongoing	United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	MINUSTAH	Return stability to Haiti
2004	2006	United Nations Operation in Burundi	ONUB	To help implement the Arusha accords Arusha Accords The Arusha Accords were a set of five accords signed in Arusha, Tanzania on August 4, 1993, by the government of Rwanda and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front , under mediation, to end a three-year Rwandan Civil War...	ended December 2006, replaced by BINUB
2005	Ongoing	United Nations Mission in the Sudan	UNMIS	To support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, perform certain functions relating to humanitarian assistance, and protection and promotion of human rights
2006	Ongoing	United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste	UNMIT	To support the Government in consolidating stability, enhancing a culture of democratic governance, and facilitating political dialogue among Timorese stakeholders, in their efforts to bring about a process of national reconciliation and to foster social cohesion
2007	Ongoing	United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur	UNAMID	To monitor arms trade and shipping, to cause and keep a ceasefire
2007	2010	United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad	MINURCAT		ended December 2010 due to opposition by Chadian government

2010s

Start	End	Name	Acronym	Purpose
2010	Ongoing	UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	MONUSCO	Monitor ceasefire in Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
2011	Ongoing	UN Interim Security Force for Abyei	UNISFA	Monitor ceasefire in Abyei Abyei The Abyei Area is an area of in Sudan accorded "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the resolution of the Abyei conflict in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. The capital of Abyei Area is Abyei Town...
2011	Ongoing	UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan	UNMISS	Assist the new state of South Sudan South Sudan South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...
2011	Ongoing	UN Support Mission in Libya	UNSMIL	Assist the state of Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....