UN Peacekeeping Missions

  • UNTSO- United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

    •Location- Middle East
    •Countries- Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic
    •Leader- Major General Juha Kilpia
    •Outcome- ongoing
  • UNMOGIP- United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

    •Location- India and Pakistan
    •Countries- India, Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir
    •Leader- Major General Young-Bum Choi
    •Outcome- ongoing
  • UNEF I- First United Nations Emergency Force

    •Location- Egypt
    •Countries- Egypt and Israel
    •Leader- Colonel Lazar Musicki
    •Outcome- put an end to a destructive war and, for more than 10 years, it effectively maintained peace in one of the most sensitive areas of the Middle East, the root cause of the conflict between Egypt and Israel remained unresolved
  • UNOGIL- United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon

    •Location- Lebanon
    •Countries- Lebanon and Syria
    •Leader- Galo Plaza Lasso
    •Outcome- no illegal infiltration of personnel or supply of arms or other material across the Lebanese borders
  • ONUC- United Nations Operation in the Congo

    •Location- Republic of the Congo
    •Countries- Republic of the Congo and Belgium
    •Leader- Lieutenant-General Carl C. von Horn
    •Outcome- withdrawal of Belgian forces from the Republic of the Congo
  • UNIPOM- United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission

    •Location- India
    •Countries- India and Pakistan
    •Leader- Major-General B.F. Macdonald
    •Outcome- supervise the ceasefire along the India-Pakistan border except in the State of Jammu and Kashmir
  • UNEF II- Second United Nations Emergency Force

    •Location- Egypt
    •Countries- Egypt and Israel
    •Leader- Lieutenant-General Ensio P. H. Siilasvuo
    •Outcome- supervise the ceasefire between Egyptian and Israeli forces, supervise the redeployment of Egyptian and Israeli forces and to man and control the buffer zones established under those agreements
  • UNIFIL- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

    •Location- Lebanon
    •Countries- Lebanon and Israel
    •Leader- Major General Paolo Serra
    •Outcome- ongoing
  • UNGOMAP- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    •Location- Afghanistan and Pakistan
    •Countries- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Islamabad
    •Leader- Major-General Rauli Helminen
    •Outcome- assist in ensuring the implementation of the Agreements on the Settlement of the Situation Relating to Afghanistan, investigate and report possible violations of any of the provisions of the Agreements
  • ONUCA- United Nations Observer Group in Central America

    •Location- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
    •Countries- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
    •Leader- Brigadier-General Lewis MacKenzie
    •Outcome- verify compliance by the Central American Governments with their undertakings to cease aid to irregular forces and insurrectionist movements in the region and not to allow their territory to be used for attacks on other States
  • UNIKOM- United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

    •Location- Iraq/Kuwait
    •Countries- Iraq and Kuwait
    •Leader- Major-General Krishna N.S. Thapa
    •Outcome- monitor the demilitarized zone along the Iraq-Kuwait border, deter border violations and report on any hostile action
  • MONUC UN- Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    •Location- Democratic Republic of the Congo
    •Countries- DRC
    •Leader- Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye
    •Outcome- ongoing
  • UNMEE- United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

    •Location- Ethiopia and Eritrea
    •Countries- Ethiopia and Eritrea
    •Leader- Major-General Mohammad Taisir Masedeh
    •Outcome- maintain liaison with the parties and establish a mechanism for verifying the ceasefire
  • UNMIT- United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

    •Location- Timor-Leste
    •Countries- Timor-Leste
    •Leader- Finn Reske-Nielsen
    •Outcome- ongoing