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UN peacekeeping operations are deployed with the consent of the main parties to the conflict.

The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the United Nations Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security. It is for the Security Council to determine when and where a UN peace operation…

The General Assembly plays a key role in the financing of peace operations. The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 Member States of the…

The UN Charter gives the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. In fulfilling this responsibility, the Council can establish a UN peace operation. UN peace operations…

Since 1948, the UN has helped end conflicts and foster reconciliation by conducting successful peacekeeping operations...

UN Peacekeeping has evolved significantly as a tool of international crisis response and proven itself an essential instrument for global peace and security over the past 75 years. UN peacekeeping operations around the world…

“Sexual violence is a threat to every individual's right to a life of dignity, and to humanity's collective peace and security.” António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, New York, 19 March 2017 Motivated by…

Civilians have increasingly become the victims of armed conflict. In response, the Security Council has made protecting civilians a focus of modern peacekeeping. During the mid-1990s, peacekeepers found themselves deployed in…

It is a major logistical operation to ensure troops and police units arrive in peace operations with their own equipment, ready to operate in challenging conditions. Memorandum of understanding The memorandum of understanding…

Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) are small-scale and low-cost projects, funded by our missions, that are planned and implemented within a short timeframe. QIPs respond to the needs expressed by local communities. As a result…