UN operations: not only expanding, but breaking new ground. (peacekeeping forces) (United Nations developments)

From: UN Chronicle | Date: September 1, 1993 | Copyright information

The UN has played a considerably more significant role in peacekeeping missions during the 1990s than it has during its entire history. These missions help to implement cease-fire agreements, oversee foreign troop withdrawals and maintain a physical distance between opposing forces.

United Nations peace-keeping activities have increased and broadened dramatically in recent years, as the Organization responds to new challenges and takes on new tasks. In the span of only five years, the UN has launched more operations than in the previous 40 years. The growth is not only in quantity, but ...

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