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UN Peacekeeping Around the Globe

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The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) currently administers 16 operations of peacekeeping around the world.

Click on a continent to see how UN peacekeeping operations can serve American foreign policy and security interest.

The UN Development Program and UN peacekeeping operations support, on average, one free and democratic election somewhere in the world every two weeks.

The UN plays a key role in bringing democracy to countries like the newly established South Sudan.

The UN does not have its own military force. It depends on contributions from Member States.

Currently, 118 countries contribute military and police personnel to UN peacekeeping.

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South African army chief says troops ready for Congo after learning lessons in CAR | 5.16.13
South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief said Thursday.

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UN Peacekeeping Succeeds in Timor-Leste