Basic Facts about the United Nations

II. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS: PAST AND PRESENT UNTSO*

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (Jerusalem) UNMOGIP* United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan UNEF I First United Nations Emergency Force (Gaza) UNOGIL United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon ONUC United Nations Operation in the Congo UNSF United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian) UNYOM United Nations Yemen Observation Mission UNFICYP* United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus DOMREP Mission of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic UNIPOM United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission UNEF II Second United Nations Emergency Force (Suez Canal and later Sinai Peninsula) UNDOF* United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Syrian Golan Heights) UNIFIL* United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNGOMAP United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan UNIIMOG United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group UNAVEM I United Nations Angola Verification Mission I UNTAG United Nations Transition Assistance Group (Namibia and Angola) ONUCA United Nations Observer Group in Central America MINURSO* United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission UNAVEM II United Nations Angola Verification Mission II ONUSAL United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador UNAMIC United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force (former Yugoslavia) UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia

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Basic Facts about the United Nations

Published on Jun 8, 2011

United Nations Publications

This comprehensive handbook designed for the general public, sets forth the structure of the United Nations, how the Organization works and the main issues it deals with in their importance for people everywhere. Along with explaining the role played by its principal organs and the family of UN organizations, individual chapters explore UN contributions to international peace and security, economic and social development, human rights; humanitarian action, international law; and decolonization. A series of appendices documents UN membership, peacekeeping operations, budget, and contact information for UN information centres, services and offices. This new edition of the work has been substantially revised to take account of many significant developments that have taken place in the world and in the United Nations itself since the last edition of the book (previously titled The UN Today) in 2008.