This map layer presents the current UN ‘peace missions’ for 2018, classified in six categories (peacebuilding, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, multi-dimensional peacebuilding, multi-dimensional peacebuilding and peace enforcement, UN-transitional administration).
By combining the sources UN DPKO (United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations) and UN DPA (United Nations Department of Political Affairs) it was possible to create a nearly complete data set with all UN missions. Differences between the individual sources were solved on the basis of further research.
UN mission duration in years - Top 10
The figure shows the top ten longest UN missions until 24-10-2018.
Sources: UN DPKO 2018, UN DPA 2018
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Case study: peace missions in Sudan and South Sudan
For nearly 40 years, civil war waged between north and south Sudan. The south wanted more access to political power and development benefits from the northern government which, since colonial times, had been limited to a small region in the triangle between the capital Khartoum, the Blue, and the White Nile.
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International law and peace missions
Peace missions of any kind are not explicitly provided for in the UN Charter. Peace missions are defined as all multilateral peace operations that are launched to help stabilise societies after an external or internal violent conflict, to maintain peace or to build the foundations for a durable peace.
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