As of October of 2004, the UN has authorized 59 peacekeeping missions. These do not include interventions authorized by the UN like the Korean War and the Gulf War. The 1990s saw the most UN peacekeeping operations to date.
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1956 UN Emergency Force I (UNEF I), first armed peacekeepers
- Purpose: To supervise withdrawal of troops from Suez Crisis
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1958 UN Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL)
- Purpose: To prevent troops and weapons entering Lebanon during crisis
- Status: Ended December 1958
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1960 UN Operation in the Congo (ONUC)
- Purpose: To prevent foreign intervention in and preserve territory of the Congo
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1962 UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian) (UNSF)
- Purpose: Monitor ceasefire during transition of West Irian from Dutch rule to Indonesian
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1963 UN Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM)
- Purpose: Supervise disengagement of Saudi Arabia and Egypt from Yemen's civil war
- Status: Ended September 1964
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1964 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
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1965 Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic (DOMREP)
- Purpose: Monitor situation caused by rival governments in Dominican Republic
- Status: Ended October 1966
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1965 UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM)
- Purpose: Supervise India-Pakistan ceasefire outside of Kashmir
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1973 UN Emergency Force II (UNEF II)
- Purpose: Supervise withdrawal of forces from Sinai after Egypt, Syria and Israel battle.
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1974 UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
- Purpose: Maintain ceasefire between Syria and Israel in Golan Heights
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1978 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
- Purpose: Supervise Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
- Status: Israeli completed full withdrawal from Lebanon
- Purpose: Keep the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area.
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1988 UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
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1988 UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- Purpose: Supervise Iran-Iraq ceasefire
- Status: Ended February 1991
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1989 UN Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- Purpose: Supervise withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola
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1989 UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- Purpose: Supervise Namibia's elections and transition to independence
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1989 UN Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- Purpose: Monitor ceasefire in Nicaragua
- Status: Ended January 1992
(† - not counted as separate missions by the UN DPKO, linked below)
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2000 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
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2002 United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
- Purpose: Two-year mission while East Timor develops government
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2003 United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
- Purpose: Oversee ceasefire and train national police.
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2004 United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
- Purpose: Facilitate implementation of peace process
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2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
- Purpose: Return stability to Haiti
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2004 United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB)
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