FACT SHEET: 31 December 2015
In January 2011, the title of this document was renamed from "UN Peacekeeping Operations Background Note" to "UN Peacekeeping Operations Fact Sheet"
Peacekeeping operations since 1948………………….…………..
Current peacekeeping operations…………………….…………….
71
16
PERSONNEL
Uniformed personnel….…………………………………………….
106,830
(91,140 troops, 13,854 police and 1,836 military observers)
Countries contributing uniformed personnel…………………….
123
International civilian personnel (as of 31 July 2015)………………………………..
5,256
Local civilian personnel (as of 31 July 2015)....…………………………..………..………..
11,215
UN Volunteers ………………….…………………………………….. 1,796
Total number of personnel serving in
16 peacekeeping operations………………………………………….. 125,097
Total number of fatalities in all
UN peace operations since 1948……………………………………….. 3,438 *
FINANCIAL ASPECTS (US$)
Approved budgets for the period
from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016
Outstanding contributions to
peacekeeping (as of 30 June 2015)
About 8.27 billion
About 1.6 billion
*Includes fatalities for all UN peacekeeping operations, as well as political
and peacebuilding missions.
CURRENT PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
Mission
Established
Troops
Military
Observers
Police
0
150
0
88
UNTSO
May 1948
UNMOGIP
January 1949
0
44
0
UNFICYP
March 1964
859
0
54
UNDOF
June 1974
793
0
UNIFIL
March 1978
10,494
MINURSO
April 1991
UNMIK
June 1999
UNMIL
International
Local
UN
Civilans
Civilians Volunteers
Total
Personnel
Fatalities
384
50
74,291,900 (2014-15) *
Budget (US$)
146
0
25
47
0
116
11
19,647,100 (2014-15) *
33
118
0
1,064
183
52,538,500
0
50
90
0
933
46
51,706,200
0
0
257
591
0
11,342
308
506,346,400
26
200
2
84
157
10
479
15
53,190,000
0
8
8
109
219
22
366
55
40,031,000
September 2003
3,306
95
1,318
358
801
184
6,062
193
344,712,200
UNOCI
April 2004
4,989
188
1,441
301
660
140
7,719
137
402,794,300
MINUSTAH
June 2004
2,352
0
2,500
304
941
107
6,204
184
380,355,700
UNAMID
MONUSCO
UNISFA
UNMISS
MINUSMA
MINUSCA
July 2007
July 2010
June 2011
July 2011
March 2013
April 2014
14,403
17,048
4,380
11,707
10,563
10,220
182
479
105
185
42
158
3,122
1,200
21
1,143
1,062
1,983
811
816
130
787
585
518
2,601
2,654
72
1,215
661
242
158
407
28
427
142
171
21,277
22,604
4,736
15,464
13,055
13,292
228
98
20
42
73
18
1,102,164,700
1,332,178,600
268,256,700
1,085,769,200
923,305,800
814,066,800
Total:
91,140
1,836
13,854
5,256
11,215
1,796
125,097
1,661
UNTSO - UN Truce Supervision Organization
UNMOGIP - UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNFICYP - UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
UNDOF - UN Disengagement Observer Force
UNIFIL - UN Interim Force in Lebanon
MINURSO - UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
UNMIK - UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL - United Nations Mission in Liberia
About $8.27 billion**
UNOCI - United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
MINUSTAH - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
UNAMID - African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
MONUSCO - United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNISFA - United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
UNMISS - United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan
MINUSMA - United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
MINUSCA - United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
*NOTE: UNTSO and UNMOGIP are funded from the United Nations regular biennial budget. Costs to the United Nations of the other current operations are financed from their own separate accounts on the basis of
legally binding assessments on all Member States. For these missions, budget figures are for one year (07/15--06/16) unless otherwise specified. For information on United Nations political missions, see
DPI/2166/Rev.150 also available on the web at http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/ppbm.pdf.
**Includes requirements for the UN Support Office for the AU Mission in Somalia (UNSOA), the support account for peacekeeping operations and the UN Logistics Base in Brindisi (Italy) [A/C.5/69/24].
Prepared by the Peace and Security Section of the United Nations Department of Public Information, in consultation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Department of Field Support and Department of
Management — DPI/1634/Rev.176 — January 2016