Missions

There are 15 current UN peacekeeping operations administered by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO). The Better World Campaign has provided a brief background on each of these operations and has illustrated how UN peacekeeping operations can serve American foreign policy and security interest.

Africa

There are seven active peace missions in Africa:

• African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
• United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
• United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
• United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA)

• United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
• United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)

AMERICAS

There is only one active peace mission in the Americas:

• United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)

Asia

There are three active peace missions in Asia and the Pacific:

• United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor–Leste (UNMIT)
• United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
• United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

EUROPE

There are two active peace missions in Europe:

• United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
• United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)

MIDDLE EAST

There are four active peace missions in the Middle East:

• United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
• United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)