Source: CCTV.com

05-11-2007 17:26

UN peacekeeping operations have normally fallen into two broad categories: .UN peacekeeping operations directly led by the UN Secretary-General and peacekeeping operations sanctioned by the Security Council, authorized by the Secretary-General and mandated by a regional organization and major nations.

The former includes: 1)military observer missions composed of relatively small numbers of unarmed officers, charged with such tasks as monitoring cease-fires, verifying troop withdrawals, or patrolling borders on demilitarized zones; 2)peacekeeping forces composed of national contingents of troops, deployed to carry out tasks similar to those of military observers and, often, to act as a buffer between hostile parties.

The later includes: 1) the multinational forces; 2) the humanitarian intervention forces. 　　

 

Editor:Du Xiaodan