FACT SHEET: 31 JANUARY 2014

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 by
by the Department of Peacekeeping
Operations (DPKO)
PERSONNEL
Uniformed personnel.....
( 83,431 troops, 13,075 police and 1,838 military observers)
Countries contributing uniformed personnel
International civilian personnel (as of 31 October 2013)
Local civilian personnel (as of 31 October 2013)....
UN Volunteers .
Total number of personnel serving in
15 peacekeeping operations.
Total number of personnel serving in
16 DPKO-led peace operations.
Total number of fatalities in
peace operations since 1948
FINANCIAL ASPECTS (US$)
Approved budgets for the period
from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014
Outstanding contributions to
peacekeeping (as of 31 January 2014)

68
15

16

98,344 *
123
5,190 *
11,698 *
2,003 *
117,235 *
119,047 **
3,199 ***

About 7.83 billion

About 2.51 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 missionUNAMA
***Includes fatalities for all UN peace operations

CURRENT PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Mission

Established

Troops

Military
Observers

Police

Local
UN
International
Civilians Volunteers
Civilans

Total
Personnel

Fatalities

Budget (US$)

UNTSO

May 1948

162

96

137

395

50

74,291,900 (2014-15) !

UNMOGIP

January 1949

42

24

44

110

11

19,647,100 (2014-15) !

UNFICYP

March 1964

855

67

40

109

1,071

181

56,604,300

UNDOF

June 1974

1,236

46

99

1,381

45

60,654,500

UNIFIL

March 1978

10,389

317

635

11,341

299

492,622,000

MINURSO

April 1991

27

195

96

166

15

503

15

60,475,700

UNMIK

June 1999

112

207

27

362

55

44,953,000

UNMIL

September 2003

5,744

132

1,580

425

859

216

8,956

180

476,329,800

UNOCI

April 2004

8,233

185

1,165

398

768

153

10,902

117

584,487,000

MINUSTAH

June 2004

6,355

2,420

379

1,250

164

10,568

175

576,619,000

UNAMID

July 2007

14,379

335

4,624

1,057

2,956

403

23,754

191

1,335,248,000

MONUSCO

July 2010

19,522

502

1,193

979

2,967

560

25,723

70

1,456,378,300

UNISFA
UNMISS
MINUSMA

June 2011
July 2011
March 2013

3,957
6,886
5,848

133
143
0

23
1,038
954

105
864
252

61
1,331
109

18
406
41

4,297
10,668
7,204

12
22
7

Total:

83,431

1,838

13,075

5,190

11,698

2,003

117,235

1,430

329,108,600
924,426,000
602,000,000
About $7.83 billion*

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

UNOCI - United Nations Operation in Cte 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

*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.5/68/21].
! 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 (07/13--06/14) unless otherwise specified. For information on United Nations political missions, see
DPI/2166/Rev.127 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.153 February 2014