Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023
132. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of peacekeeping missions approved by the UN Security Council in each year since 1960; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32191/23]
View answerUnder the UN Charter, the UN Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. In fulfilling its mandate, the Security Council may adopt a range of measures, including the establishment of a UN peace mission or the authorisation of action by a group of States or a regional organisation, such as the European Union or the African Union.
However no new peacekeeping missions have been approved by the UN Security Council since 2014.
Details relating to current and past UN peacekeeping missions, including their mandates, years of operation and locations are publicly available on the United Nations website. All missions and years established are as follows:
|
Peacekeeping operation |
Year established |
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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) |
1948 |
|
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) |
1949 |
|
United Nations Emergency Force I (UNEF I) |
1956 |
|
United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) |
1958 |
|
United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) |
1960 |
|
United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea (UNSF) |
1962 |
|
United Nations Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM) |
1963 |
|
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) |
1964 |
|
Mission of the Representative of the Secretary - General in the Dominican Republic (DOMREP) |
1965 |
|
United Nations India - Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) |
1965 |
|
United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II) |
1973 |
|
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) |
1974 |
|
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) |
1978 |
|
United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP) |
1988 |
|
United Nations Iran - Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) |
1988 |
|
United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I) |
1989 |
|
United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) |
1989 |
|
United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) |
1989 |
|
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) |
1991 |
|
United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II) |
1991 |
|
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) |
1991 |
|
United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) |
1991 |
|
United Nations Iraq - Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) |
1991 |
|
United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) |
1992 |
|
United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) |
1992 |
|
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) |
1992 |
|
United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) |
1992 |
|
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) |
1993 |
|
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) |
1993 |
|
United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) |
1993 |
|
United Nations Observer Mission Uganda - Rwanda (UNOMUR) |
1993 |
|
United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) |
1993 |
|
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) |
1993 |
|
United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG) |
1994 |
|
United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) |
1994 |
|
United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III) |
1995 |
|
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) |
1995 |
|
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) |
1995 |
|
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) |
1995 |
|
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH) |
1996 |
|
United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) |
1996 |
|
United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) |
1996 |
|
United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) |
1997 |
|
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) |
1997 |
|
United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH) |
1997 |
|
United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) |
1997 |
|
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) |
1998 |
|
United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) |
1998 |
|
United Nations Civilian Police Support Group (UNCPSG) |
1998 |
|
United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) |
1999 |
|
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) |
1999 |
|
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) |
1999 |
|
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) |
1999 |
|
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) |
2000 |
|
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) |
2002 |
|
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) |
2003 |
|
United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI) |
2003 |
|
United Nations Operations in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) |
2004 |
|
United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) |
2004 |
|
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) |
2004 |
|
United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) |
2005 |
|
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor - Leste (UNMIT) |
2006 |
|
African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) |
2007 |
|
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) |
2007 |
|
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) |
2010 |
|
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |
2011 |
|
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) |
2011 |
|
United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) |
2012 |
|
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) |
2013 |
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United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) |
2014 |
|
United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH, formerly MINUSTAH est. 2004) |
2017 |
