Peacekeeping Overview
Evolution and Effectiveness
Peacekeeping is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. United Nations peacekeepers — soldiers and military officers, police, and civilian personnel from many countries — monitor and observe peace processes that emerge in post-conflict situations and assist conflicting parties to implement the peace agreement they have signed. Such assistance comes in many forms, including promoting human security, confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengthening the rule of law, and economic and social development. TheCharter of the United Nations gives the UN Security Council the power andresponsibility to take collective action to maintain international…
