Issues for Congress
Financing and Strengthening Peacekeeping Operations
United Nations peacekeeping might be defined as the placement of military personnel or forces in a country or countries to perform basically nonmilitary functions in an impartial manner. These functions might include supervision of a cessation of hostilities agreement or truce, observation or presence, interposition between opposing forces as a buffer force, maintenance and patrol of a border, or removal of arms in the area. The UN Security Council normally establishes peacekeeping operations in keeping with certain basic principles, which include agreement and continuing support by the Security Council; agreement by the parties to the conflict and consent of the…
