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UN peace keeping operations

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List of Operations

1948 - 2009

Acronym Mission name Start date Closing date
UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization May 1948 Present
UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan January 1949 Present
UNEF I First United Nations Emergency Force November 1956 June 1967
UNOGIL United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon June 1958 December 1958
ONUC United Nations Operation in the Congo July 1960 June 1964
UNSF United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea October 1962 April 1963
UNYOM United Nations Yemen Observation Mission July 1963 September 1964
UNFICYP United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus March 1964 Present
DOMREP Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic May 1965 October 1966
UNIPOM United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission September 1965 March 1966
UNEF II Second United Nations Emergency Force October 1973 July 1979
UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force June 1974 Present
UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon March 1978 Present
UNGOMAP United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan May 1988 March 1990
UNIIMOG United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group August 1988 February 1991
UNAVEM I United Nations Angola Verification Mission I January 1989 June 1991
UNTAG United Nations Transition Assistance Group April 1989 March 1990
ONUCA United Nations Observer Group in Central America November 1989 January 1992
UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission April 1991 October 2003
MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara April 1991 present
UNAVEM II United Nations Angola Verification Mission II June 1991 February 1995
ONUSAL United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador July 1991 April 1995
UNAMIC United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia October 1991 March 1992
UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force February 1992 March 1995
UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia March 1992 September 1993
UNOSOM I United Nations Operation in Somalia I April 1992 March 1993
ONUMOZ United Nations Operation in Mozambique December 1992 December 1994
UNOSOM II United Nations Operation in Somalia II March 1993 March 1995
UNOMUR United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda June 1993 September 1994
UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia August 1993 June 2009
UNOMIL United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia September 1993 September 1997
UNMIH United Nations Mission in Haiti September 1993 June 1996
UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda October 1993 March 1996
UNASOG United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group May 1994 June 1994
UNMOT United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan December 1994 May 2000
UNAVEM III United Nations Angola Verification Mission III February 1995 June 1997
UNCRO United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia May 1995 January 1996
UNPREDEP United Nations Preventive Deployment Force March 1995 February 1999
UNMIBH United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina December 1995 December 2002
UNTAES United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium January 1996 January 1998
UNMOP United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka January 1996 December 2002
UNSMIH United Nations Support Mission in Haiti July 1996 July 1997
MINUGUA United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala January 1997 May 1997
MONUA United Nations Observer Mission in Angola June 1997 February 1999
UNTMIH United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti August 1997 December 1997
MIPONUH United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti December 1997 March 2000
  UN Civilian Police Support Group January 1998 October 1998
MINURCA United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic April 1998 February 2000
UNOMSIL United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone July 1998 October 1999
UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo June 1999 Present
UNAMSIL United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone October 1999 December 2005
UNTAET United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor October 1999 May 2002
MONUC United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo November 1999 Present
UNMEE United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea July 2000 July 2008
UNMISET United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor May 2002 May 2005
UNMIL United Nations Mission in Liberia September 2003 Present
UNOCI United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire April 2004 Present
MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti June 2004 Present
ONUB United Nations Operation in Burundi June 2004 December 2006
UNMIS United Nations Mission in the Sudan March 2005 Present
UNMIT United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste August 2006 Present
UNAMID African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur July 2007 Present
MINURCAT United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad September 2007 Present