FACT SHEET: 31 DECEMBER 2011
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…………………….……..
Current peace operations directed and supported
by the Dept.of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)….……….
66
15
16
PERSONNEL
Uniformed personnel……....………….…………………
98,639 *
(82,377 troops, 14,300 police and 1,962 military observers)
Countries contributing uniformed personnel………………
114
International civilian personnel (31 October 2011)………………………………..
5,553 *
Local civilian personnel (31 October 2011)....…………………………..
12,809 *
UNV Volunteers ………………………………………………….2,347 *
Total number of personnel serving in
15 peacekeeping operations…………………………………. 119,348 *
Total number of personnel serving in
16 DPKO-led peace operations……………………………. 121,591 **
Total number of fatalities in
peace operations since 1948………………………………
2,966 ***
FINANCIAL ASPECTS (US$)
Approved budgets for the period
from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
Estimated total cost of operations from
1948 to 30 June 2010……..……….
Outstanding contributions to
peacekeeping ……...………….………………
About 7.84 billion
About $69 billion
About $2.63 billion
* Numbers include 15 peacekeeping operations only. Statistics for UNAMA, a special political mission directed and supported by DPKO, can be found at
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/ppbm.pdf
** This figure includes the total number of uniformed and civilian personnel serving in 15 peacekeeping operations and one DPKO-led special political mission—UNAMA
***Includes fatalities for all UN peace operations
CURRENT PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
Mission
Established
Troops
Military
Observers
Police
International
Local
UNV
Civilans
Civilians Volunteers
Total
Personnel
Fatalities
Budget (US$)
UNTSO
May 1948
0
150
0
101
132
0
383
50
60,704,800 (2010-11)
UNMOGIP
January 1949
0
39
0
25
51
0
115
11
16,146,000 (2010-11)
UNFICYP
March 1964
872
0
69
38
112
0
1,091
181
58,204,247
UNDOF
June 1974
1,043
0
0
41
103
0
1,187
43
50,526,100
UNIFIL
March 1978
12,017
0
0
353
666
0
13,036
293
545,470,600
MINURSO
April 1991
27
195
6
102
165
19
514
15
63,219,300
UNMIK
June 1999
0
9
7
150
215
26
407
54
44,914,800
UNMIL
September 2003
7,778
131
1,297
477
991
255
10,929
164
525,612,730
UNOCI
April 2004
9,416
197
1,386
397
743
276
12,415
89
645,961,400
MINUSTAH
June 2004
8,065
0
3,546
568
1,355
236
13,770
168
793,517,100
UNMIT
August 2006
0
33
1,183
394
883
211
2,704
12
196,077,500
UNAMID
July 2007
17,778
262
4,950
1,124
2,904
483
27,501
104
1,689,305,500
MONUSCO
July 2010
16,854
703
1,371
976
2,865
614
23,383
33
1,489,390,500
UNISFA
UNMISS
June 2011
July 2011
3,724
4,803
74
169
0
485
20
697
N/A
1,117
0
226
3,818
7,497
5
1
UNMIS**
March 2005
N/A
N/A
N/A
90
507
1
598
N/A
175,500,000
722,129,600
137,532,000
82,377
1,962
14,300
5,553
12,809
2,347
119,348
1,223
Total:
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 $7.84 billion*
UNOCI - United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
MINUSTAH - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
UNMIS - United Nations Mission in the Sudan
UNMIT - United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
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
*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.5/66/14].
**UNMIS is in liquidation phase; figures for civilian personnel and budget are still reflected despite its official closure on 9 July 2011.
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 (07/11--06/12) unless otherwise specified. For information on United Nations political
missions, see DPI/2166/Rev.102 also available on the web at http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/ppbm.pdf.
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.128 — January 2012