Traditional peacekeeping: Cases

Modern UN peacekeeping has evolved from traditional missions, as described in Chapter 2. The basic monitoring tasks found in the earlier traditional operations remain in the newer multidimensional missions, though many new requirements were added. Because traditional operations illustrate some of the fundamental challenges facing all operations, they are examined here. Historical cases also provide an overview of past UN experience and show how the United Nations arrived where it is today. In addition, seven traditional missions are still in operation today, four of them keeping watch in the Middle East. (A full list of peacekeeping operations is provided in Appendix 1.)

Related Subject(s): Human Rights and Refugees