Chronology of UN Peacekeeping Operations (as of September 1st, 1997)

Name Period of operation
1 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) other site June 1948-to the present
2 United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) other site Jan. 1949-to the present
  3 First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I) Nov. 1956-June 1967
  4 United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) June 1958-Dec.1958
  5 United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) July 1960-June 1964
  6 United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian) (UNSF) Oct. 1962-April 1963
  7 United Nations Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM) July 1963-Sept.1964
8 United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) other site March 1964-to the present
  9 Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic
(DOMREP)
May 1965-Oct.1966
  10 United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) Sept.1965-March 1966
  11 Second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) Oct. 1973-July 1979
12 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) other site June 1974-to the present
13 United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) other site March 1978-to the present
  14 United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghannistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP) April 1988-March 1990
  15 United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) Aug. 1988-Feb.1991
  16 United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEMI) Jan. 1989-June 1991
  17 United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) April 1989-March 1990
  18 United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) Nov.1989-Jan.1992
19 United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) other site April 1991-to the present
  20 United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II) June 1991-Feb.1995
  21 United Nations Observer Mission in EL Salvador (ONUSAL) July 1991-April 1995
22 United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) other site Sept.1991-to the present
  23 United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) (See Notes 1) Oct.1991-March 1992
  24 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) (See Notes 2) March 1992-March 1995
  25 United Nations Trasitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) March 1992-Sept.1993
  26 United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) April 1992-April 1993
  27 United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) Dec.1992-Dec.1994
  28 United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) May 1993-March 1995
  29 United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR) June 1993-Sep.1994
30 United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) other site Aug.1993-to the present
31 United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) other site Sept.1993-to the present
  32 United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) Sep.1993-June 1996
  33 United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) Oct.1993-Mar.1996
  34 United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG) May 1994-June 1994
35 United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) Dec.1994-to the present
  36 United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III) Feb.1995-to June 1997
  37 United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO)(See Notes2) Mar.1995-Jan.1996
38 United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) other site(See Notes2) Mar.1995-to the present
39 United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) other site
including International Policing Task Force (IPTF)
Dec.1995-to the present
40 United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia,Baranja and Western Sirmium other site
(UNTAES)
Jan.1996-to the present
41 United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) other site Jan.1996-to the present
  42 United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH) June 1996-July 1997
  43 United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) Jan. 1997-May 1997
44 United Nations Observer Mission in Angola(MONUA) other site July.1997-to the present
45 United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH) other site Aug.1997-to the present
Notes:
  1. UNAMIC was adsorbed by UNTAC.
  2. UNPROFOR was split into UNPROFOR,UNCRO and UNPREDEP in March 1995.
  3. Indicates operations still underway.

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