United Nations peacekeeping
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United Nations peacekeeping is the deployment of international military, police, and civilian personnel under United Nations command to help countries transition from conflict to peace. Authorized by
Peacekeepers' Panhard armoured car in the Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. These vehicles have served with the UN since the inception of UNFICYP.
A Pakistani UNOSOM armed convoy making the rounds in Mogadishu
Bangladesh forces under MINUSMA Mali
Norwegian Peacekeeper during the Siege of Sarajevo, 1992–1993
The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts began in 1948. Its first activity was in the Middle East to observe and maintain the ceasefire during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Since then, United Nations peac
14th Prime Minister of Canada, Lester B. Pearson a Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Canadian peacekeeper in 1976 wearing the distinctive UN blue helmet
Alpine Helicopters contract Bell 212 on MINUGUA peacekeeping duty in Guatemala, 1998
UN Soldiers in Eritrea as part of UNMEE. Photo by Dawit Rezene